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Posts Tagged New York Times
A Question of Credibility
Posted by Benjamin Schulz in Quality Management on September 7, 2010
Journalism is more than thorough research and investigation. It also includes the open handling of sources.
How transparently do U.S. and German quality daily papers work? Access to information is easier than ever before. Journalists are supposed to provide readers with orientation by evaluating data and facts. But the more easily accessible sources there are both on the Web and otherwise, the more important it becomes to assess them. Coverage can only be considered fully transparent if articles provide information about the sources they are based upon. How important is transparency for quality daily newspapers? Do U.S. papers take transparency more seriously? Are differences in transpareny of newspaper articles an indication of different journalistic cultures? Read the rest of this entry »
Framing Gay Marriage
Posted by Kate Nacy in Ethics, Media Politics on August 16, 2010
New research tracks coverage of gay marriage debate.
Are you for “family values” or “human equality”? Not that you actually have to choose one over the other, despite the prevalent belief that the two are mutually exclusive. If you’re a Family Values reader, you might look to the Chicago Tribune for your latest in gay marriage info, whereas if you’re of the Human Equality variety, you’d better go for the New York Times. A new study published in the Social Science Journal takes a look at coverage of gay marriage in Read the rest of this entry »
The Ghosts of Users Past
In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
The cyberworld, it seems, is condemned to the same ineludible limitations. Facebook users are dying. So are Twitterers, MySpacers, Flickrers and Tumblrers. But as social media users eventually pass on to the great unknown, what are companies to do with carefully crafted online personas and profiles? Facebook, as explained in a recent NYT article written by Jenna Wortham, occasionally suggests users “reconnect” with deceased friends and relatives who’ve created accounts. This is, for lack of gentler terms, totally creeping people out.
Yet with users over 65 converting to Facebook at a greater pace than any other age group, the issue of cyber life-after-death will surely become more pressing. According to the NYT article, Facebook’s original strategy was to simply delete profiles of anyone Read the rest of this entry »
Not Everyone is Underpaid
Posted by Kate Nacy in Media Economics on May 3, 2010
An entire industry shrinks, yet paychecks for a select few remain bloated as ever.
As we’re all quite aware, 2009 surely made its mark as an ugly year for media workers across the globe. Despite the widespread slicing of salaries and expelling of employees, top executives at the largest media companies still managed to rake in the dough, squirreling away shameful multimillion-dollar pay packages. According to Joseph Plambeck of the New York Times, “For several executives it was more lucrative to be running a media company in 2009, however wobbly it might Read the rest of this entry »
Polarization and the Internet
Posted by Kate Nacy in Media Effects, New Media on April 20, 2010
New study explores ideological segregation on the Web.
According to David Brooks of the New York Times, “In the mid-20th century, Americans got most of their news through a few big networks and mass-market magazines. People were forced to encounter political viewpoints different from their own. Moreover, the mass media gave Americans shared experiences.” The Internet, with its awe-inspiring vastness of specialized content, is often accused of undermining such shared experiences. It’s become increasingly common to customize Read the rest of this entry »
Reality TV at the Times
Posted by Kate Nacy in New Media, Newsroom Management on April 12, 2010
TimesCast captures newsroom missteps.
Last month the New York Times launched TimesCast, a daily video produced during morning meetings in the newsroom. The mini program summarizes major stories and includes interviews with the staff, offering readers a peek at the paper’s inner workings. The idea was to jump on the technology train in order to showcase the Times‘ journalism, taking a unique stab at transparency. As anyone could guess, “uncut” newsroom footage is a stretch from the cool, polished reporting the Times is known best for. Several recent incidents – heated Tweets, sensitive discourse, fumbled facts – highlight the difficulties in introducing less-forgiving, real-time platforms for newsgathering.
Read more from NYT’s pubic editor Clark Hoyt at nytimes.com.
Time to Pay Up?
Posted by Kate Nacy in Media Economics on January 19, 2010
All things free must come to an end, right? So it is for the post-2007 free Internet access to nytimes.com content.
According to New York Magazine, “Chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. appears close to announcing that the paper will begin charging for access to its Web site, according to people familiar with internal deliberations.” In the running for potential new payment structures are a metered pay system and a model in which specific portions of the site are free while others are available by subscription only.
Read more at New York Magazine.
Hunger Strike
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Economics on June 4, 2009
Die Furche, May 28, 2009
In his latest book, American media activist Robert McChesney envisions a dark future for American newsgathering.
The author devises a U.S. government demanding “the reduction of international reporting, the closing of local editorial departments and trimming of employees and budgets.” In addition, McChesney’s president commands the media to focus on “celebrities and trivia instead of the serious investigation of scandals and law violations in the White House.”
Commodification
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in Media Economics on February 20, 2009
Werbewoche, January 15, 2009
The media’s latest catchword is misleading.
At practically every media symposium in the German speaking world, a single catchword is at the center of discussion: Oekonomisierung (the commodification of the media industry). Ostensibly, the discussion is about the need to economize, recognizing journalism and media do not exist in a vacuum, nor solely in the political sphere, and how scarce resources determine the possibilities and limitations of publishing.
Overcoming the Identity Crisis Thanks to Intensified Competition
Posted by Stephan Russ-Mohl in New Media on September 30, 2008
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