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Watching the watchdog : bloggers as the fifth estate / Stephen D. Cooper.
| Author/creator | Cooper, Stephen D, 1950- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Spokane, Wash. : Marquette Books, ©2006. |
| Description | 355 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction -- Bloggers as media critics -- Accuracy -- Fact-checking descriptions -- Fidelity of quotations -- Authenticity of documents -- Interpretations of statistics or scientific studies -- Trustworthiness of memes -- Framing -- Disputing the frame -- Reframing a set of facts -- Contextualizing -- Agenda-setting and gatekeeping -- Questioning the news judgment -- Setting an alternative agenda -- Journalistic practices -- Newsgathering -- Writing and editing -- Error correction -- The economics of blogs -- Technological facilitation -- Cost/benefit ratio -- The value chain -- The media marketplace as an ecosystem : symbiosis -- Blogs as alternative media -- Reporting -- Essays -- The blogosphere and the public sphere -- The ideal speech situation -- The spiral of silence -- The quantity question -- The quality question -- Competence -- Cocooning -- Bias -- Quantity and quality, both. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-339) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006018047 |
| ISBN | 0922993475 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780922993475 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0922993467 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780922993468 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PN4784.O62 C665 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |