Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate

Jennifer Beckett; Catharine Lumby

doi:10.1057/9781137440402_10

Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate

Jennifer Beckett^*, Catharine Lumby

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Abstract

Beckett and Lumby explore the impact of social media on journalism. In particular they address the use of Twitter to convey news information at extraordinary speed, while advancing news events - or 'stories' - in real time. Beckett and Lumby analyse the various challenges confronting journalism in the age of 'the news that never sleeps'.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Future of Writing
Editors	John Potts
Place of Publication	Hampshire
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	115-126
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781137440402
ISBN (Print)	9781137440396
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137440402_10
Publication status	Published - 4 Apr 2014

Keywords

Ethics
Journalism
Social media
Speed
Twitter

Access to Document

10.1057/9781137440402_10

Cite this

@inbook{6a15dcaca3a445dd870070f2ce18f5df,

title = "Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate",

abstract = "Beckett and Lumby explore the impact of social media on journalism. In particular they address the use of Twitter to convey news information at extraordinary speed, while advancing news events - or 'stories' - in real time. Beckett and Lumby analyse the various challenges confronting journalism in the age of 'the news that never sleeps'.",

keywords = "Ethics, Journalism, Social media, Speed, Twitter",

author = "Jennifer Beckett and Catharine Lumby",

year = "2014",

month = apr,

day = "4",

doi = "10.1057/9781137440402_10",

language = "English",

isbn = "9781137440396",

pages = "115--126",

editor = "John Potts",

booktitle = "The Future of Writing",

publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",

address = "United Kingdom",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate

AU - Beckett, Jennifer

AU - Lumby, Catharine

PY - 2014/4/4

Y1 - 2014/4/4

N2 - Beckett and Lumby explore the impact of social media on journalism. In particular they address the use of Twitter to convey news information at extraordinary speed, while advancing news events - or 'stories' - in real time. Beckett and Lumby analyse the various challenges confronting journalism in the age of 'the news that never sleeps'.

AB - Beckett and Lumby explore the impact of social media on journalism. In particular they address the use of Twitter to convey news information at extraordinary speed, while advancing news events - or 'stories' - in real time. Beckett and Lumby analyse the various challenges confronting journalism in the age of 'the news that never sleeps'.

KW - Ethics

KW - Journalism

KW - Social media

KW - Speed

KW - Twitter

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84996629773&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1057/9781137440402_10

DO - 10.1057/9781137440402_10

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84996629773

SN - 9781137440396

SP - 115

EP - 126

BT - The Future of Writing

A2 - Potts, John

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - Hampshire

ER -

Reading and writing the news in the fifth estate

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this