Week 11: News and the
Internet
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
- Andrew Sullivan, "A Blogger Manifesto: Why online weblogs are one future for journalism," http://time-blog.com/daily_dish/culture.php?artnum=20020224
- Gary Wolf, "How the Internet Invented Howard Dean," Wired Magazine, Issue 12.1, Jan. 2004; http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/dean.html
- [optional: Love Letter to the Dean Campaign]
- DAN MITCHELL, "A Blog Writes the Obituary of TV," New York Times, March 11, 2006, Business Section, p. 5.
- David Reid, "Papers battle online news sites," BBC, Friday, 8 December 2006, 15:42 GMT
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_journalism
What are blogs? Why do some think they are an important innovation in the development of journalism? How can the internet change the relations of citizens to news, and of citizens to political campaigns? How did the internet "invent Howard Dean"? How are newspapers and other news sources responding to the proliferation of news on the internet?