Abstract
Online journalism’s new economy of attention is bringing about profound changes in how journalism is defined and how individuals, organizations and causes achieve visibility. The 2011 strike against the online news organization The Huffington Post exemplifies how competing interests seek to circumscribe the field through new means to gain attention. Journalists on both sides of the strike sought to discursively impose a vision of the field of journalism and define the relations between content producers and distributors. The institutionalization process that online journalism is currently undergoing involves both the reproduction of established journalistic structures and the opening of new possibilities through the struggles of actors in the field.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Global Media Journal |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- online journalism
- visibility
- attention
- field
- The Huffington Post