CI5472 Teaching Film, Television, and Media
Module 10: Studying the News ~ Newspaper or Print News
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The Web has assumed an increasingly important role in politics. Candidates have employed the Web to both promote their views and raise money. Web sites also provide voters with information about different candidates, their donor contributions, and issue analysis. Organizations and political parties sponsoring certain candidates also use the Web to promote their causes and organize voter turnout. |
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Much of the appeal of the Web in political arenas is it allows for a grass-roots participation by people who may not necessarily having been involved otherwise. People can not only continually follow what is happening in a campaign, but also they can participate through online input, chats, blogs, and contributions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OnlineJournalism.com [ sponsored by the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review ] |
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For further reading on on-line journalism: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
De Wold, R. (2001). Introduction to online journalism: Publishing news and information. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hall, J. (2001). Online journalism: A critical primer. Sterling VA: Pluto Press. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pavlik, J. V. (2001). Journalism and new media. New York: Columbia University Press. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Missouri Group. (2001). Telling the story:
Writing for print, broadcast, and on-line media. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martin’s. |
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The Web and Politics | |
