Beyond the Echo Chamber: How a Networked Progressive Media Can Reshape American Politics by Jessica Clark & Tracy van Slyke

Author:Jessica Clark & Tracy van Slyke [Clark, Jessica & Slyke, Tracy van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Political Science, Media Studies, General
ISBN: 9781595584717
Google: txbwUOoxWgoC
Goodreads: 7192338
Publisher: The New Press
Published: 2009-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

Jeff Jarvis, “The Press Becomes the Press-Sphere,” BuzzMachine, April 14, 2008, http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/04/14/the-press-becomes-the-press-sphere

In an April 2008 blog post titled “The Press Becomes the Press-Sphere,” CUNY’s Jeff Jarvis sketched out his vision of how the journalism environment had transformed in the networked era

Amid the fog of debate, one thing was clear: Off the Bus had made an impact. Not only did Fowler’s post generate a hundred thousand hits within a day, it launched a new electoral talking point and significantly challenged journalistic norms.38 And the project’s accomplishments weren’t just limited to “gotcha” moments like Bittergate. Michel ticked off a range of reporting efforts in her CJR article, from organizing 227 contributors to dig up background details on superdelegates, to assigning a blogger to cover a breaking hostage situation at Hillary Clinton’s campaign office in New Hampshire, to sending volunteers out with Obama canvassers to assess on-the-ground reactions to new campaign slogans. A personal report from blogger Wende Marshall about her rising blood pressure led to a HuffPo story about the effect of Obama’s campaign on the anxiety levels of African American women. All of this was unpaid, which meant the quality of reporting varied widely.

Michel noted that Off the Bus staff spent most of their time providing editorial guidance, fact-checking, and offering citizen reporters tips of the trade. “Ultimately, many more felt comfortable being impressionistic, profiling their and their friends’ experiences around the campaign. They resisted hard leads. We risked becoming the Monet School of Journalism.”

She suggested that professional journalists will need to switch from an ethic of neutrality to an ethic of transparency and disclosure in order to work successfully with pro-am reporters. For progressive media, it will require continuing their tradition of combining ideological stances with a commitment to fact-checking and rigorous investigation. “The timing for a new social contract between the press and the public could not be better,” Michel concluded. “There will be no reason to mourn the loss of its audience if the press fully understands and exploits the new reality that its audience can now be its ally.”

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