Discutir en tiempos de crisis

Desde el 2004, que la Universidad de Texas organiza los Simposios de Periodismo Online. Pero probablemente este año (duro y desafiante al mismo tiempo) sea el que despierte un interés obligado. De la mano de Rosental Alves, director de la Knight Center for the Journalism in the Americas, este seminario internacional ha ido cobrando fuerza, especialmente por la presencia de algunos pro hombres del periodismo digital. En dos días se podrá seguir las opiniones de Politico.com, BBC News, el encargado de los blogs del NYT y ABC News.com, entre otros. También habrá paneles dedicados a temas más vinculados con la academia (por supuesto) y el Periodismo Ciudadano (¿Existe?). Se extrañan algunos debates sobre el rol de los microformatos, la formación de comunidades y la supervivencia de los modelos de negocios. Pero, sin duda son temas que se pondrán sobre la mesa. Lo interesante es la posibilidad de seguir la discusión desde la página del Simposio. Al mismo tiempo, se pueden recoger algunos paper del seminario. Una pequeña selección a continuación, que lamentablemente sólo están en PDF.

Web Production, News Judgment, and Emerging Categories of Online Newswork in Metropolitan Journalism

Chris Anderson (texto completo)

This paper documents a new form of news work that has emerged in online newsrooms (what I call web production) as well as the conflicting set of variables that are turning the news judgments of these workers towards a greater and greater focus on quantitative metrics of audience behavior. Emphasizing that web production is a form of newswork that transcends institutional - deinstitutional boundaries, I define the work as the aggregation, prioritization, inter-linking, and bundling of web content. Web production is particularly common in journalistic networks where pieces of content are composed and submitted by producers at the ends of the news network. The news judgments of these web producers stand in marked contrast from the judgments described by Herbert Gans and other media sociologists from the "golden age" of newsroom ethnography, and can be seen as centering around a new vision of the audience amongst online journalists. I documented at three major trends documenting a dramatically different relationship between digital journalists - particularly web producers - and their online readership.

The Use of Video Journalism and Other Types of Copyrighted Video in Teaching Journalism

Loreto Corredoira y Alfonso and Rodrigo Cetina Presuel (Texto Completo)

The Internet offers many media possibilities and its use by Professors as a tool for education has become widespread. As costs drop, initiatives using Video on Demand for educative purposes are appearing in Universities in Europe around the world. This type of channels, when teaching Journalism may use User Generated Content videos, copyrighted video content such as films, or examples of online video journalism produced by professionals. All types of video content, including, of course, film and online video journalism content are generally subject to copyright. The use of content on the Internet, and on VOD channels specifically, involves many risks, even when used by Professors and in Universities. One of such risks is in infringing copyright and author's moral rights. Usually, this is not due to voluntary infringement by the Professors, but as a result of the current Legislation not being accurate, clear or realistic regarding the fair use of copyrighted works. VOD channels show particularities regarding the use of copyrighted works in terms of the limits and exceptions to Intellectual Property Rights established in the European Union and Spanish Legislations. Analyzing examples of VOD and current Legislation, this paper focuses on what a VOD channel for teaching Journalism that uses copyrighted content can and can't do, and what types of content they can or can't use, without infringing copyright.

The Loud Public: Readers' Comments in Online News Media

Na'ama Nagar (Texto Completo)

The users' comments feature refers to the ability of readers to express their opinions on news reports, opinion pieces, journalists' blogs, and any other content available on the site. In essence everyone with an Internet access can 'talk back' to reporters and to each other on high-profile issues. For the purpose of this paper I use the term 'talkbacks' to refer to users' comments in news sites. This paper has two goals: 1) to examine how do editors perceive talk-backs, and 2) to inquire whether talkbacks inuence the media agenda. The empirical evidence consists of semi-structured interviews with online editors. At the moment the study includes news sites in Israel and the U.K