New Media, Old News

This important book brilliantly explores the contradiction between the transforming potential of new technologies and the stifling constraints of the free market and corporate power
Greg Philo
Glasgow University Media Group

In the great and significant debate about the future of news and information, Natalie Fenton has identified important new players and new ways in which society will be educated in the world in which they function. Few people have come so freshly and perceptively to describe the ethical and other challenges that occur when old reportorial modes are so substantially altered
Monroe Price
Director, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Everyone knows that the internet "changes everything." But hardly anyone has studied it systematically enough to say anything more specific about how exactly it changes things. Here′s a collection that provides some real evidence about how the internet is and isn′t changing journalism and political communication. The essays that make up this volume are rich with real-life data about the working lives of journalists, bloggers, politicians and more, and also with sophisticated insight about how technology interacts with political and economic change. The analysis it provides is broad and nuanced, giving a complex sense of the range of different forms of news and debate that exist online
Dan Hallin
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego

This is journalism scholarship at its very best. New Media, Old News offers a radical and provocative assessment of the complexities of news, news media and journalism in the age of digital media and global news. Authoritative, yet accessible, this collection will undoubtedly shape scholarly and public debate about journalism and new media. But it also articulates a passionate commitment to the view that - more than ever - "news matters". This book is nothing less than essential reading for everyone interested in the past, present and future of news and journalism
Bob Franklin
Professor of Journalism Studies, Cardiff University

A collection of rich theoretical references. It covers many relevant new media/online journalism themes. -- Dr Abel Ugba * drupal *
It is very useful book but cannot reccomend it as essential because the course is much broader than the book. Nonetheless, for 2 or 3 of the lectures it will be aong the core reccomended texts. -- Dr Ana Langer * drupal *
A very useful collection with new research and a coherent overview of emerging trends in journalism. This is not just a collection of interesting and timely essays but there is a thread running through the book which builds a comprehensive and insightful picture of the state of the media today. -- Dr David McQueen * drupal *
very good examination of the impact of new technology, a subject which is part of the course I teach -- Dr Ekaterina Balabanova * drupal *
. Adopted as essential for the course -- Dr Hayes Mabweazara * drupal *
An interesting and very topical book that may be recommended to students following various courses that examine questions related to global journalism and media ethics in an online context. -- Dr Herman Wasserman * drupal *
I think this book′s strenghts are its timeliness and the variety of topics it covers, which allows me to include this up to date inforation in my lectures. I also think that the students will enjoy reading several of these chapters (including Fenton′s introduction, and Phillips on news sources). I also like how the book addresses the power of the internet to engage people (or not). The international context is also important as many of our students come from various backgrounds so its nice to hear from other places aside from the UK or Britain. -- Dr Kaitlynn Mendes * drupal *
This book gives a real historical overview and big picture analysis of the the digital age. The chapter on Technology foretold was particuarly useful. -- Mr Alex Fenton * drupal *
A thorough and critical assessment of the changing role of journalism and news -- Mr Anders Hansen * drupal *
Natalie Fenton and her colleagues present a fascinating collection of studies into the impact of the digital age on how journalists gather and deliver news. New Media Old News will be of great interest to students who wish to explore this topic in greater depth. -- Mr David Penman * drupal *
This book has been recommended to my students. It′s a very clear and recent analysis of a fast changing industry. There are a good selection of contributors to this collection of articles. Many of the chapters engage with new media and online reporting in a direct and practical way. Edinburgh Napier University is very focused on weaving together theory with practical advice and training so this book is very useful. -- Mr James Blake * drupal *
An excellent text that balances the core skills of journalism with the develiopments with modern day democracy. The digital age for many jurnalists is a daunting prospect, however trainees and undergraduates are better prepared by using this as a guide. -- Mr Kristian Low * drupal *
An excellent text that balances the core skills of journalism with the develiopments with modern day democracy. The digital age for many jurnalists is a daunting prospect, however trainees and undergraduates are better prepared by using this as a guide. -- Mr Kristian Low * drupal *
This offers a comprehensive study of how journalism and democracy has been affected by since the web was invented.
Its strength is the plurality of voices used and the depth of academic content. However, the fact it remains accessible to all levels of undergraduate study is vital. -- Mr Malcolm Bradbrook * drupal *
This is an excellent book which offers a comprehensive examination of different topics relevant to the fields of New Media and Journalim -- Mr Manuel Hernandez * drupal *
This will be useful for my alternative media students (other journalism students would also benefit from reading it).

It′s good to see some of the ′new media′ hype tested and questioned.

One minor quibble: several authors are guilty of wrongly attributing the term ′churnalism′ to Nick Davies. Is this not a lazy form of ′academic churnalism′? -- Mr Tony Harcup * drupal *
A most useful book. Highly recommended. -- Mrs Desiray Viney * drupal *
Excellent and timely look at the challenges posed to journalism by new media. -- Mrs Jackie Newton * drupal *
I would definitely recommend this book for my online journalism module to give students a contextual understanding of the economic, social and technological issues surrounding digital news. It will be added to the reading list. -- Ms Lily Canter * drupal *
This is a most welcome and much needed collection of essays on the current crisis in the journalistic field. It blows a hole in many of the current myths about this subject, and is a really major contribution to the study not simply of journalism but of the contemporary media. One of the sharpest edited collections on the media which I′ve ever encountered. -- Professor Julian Petley * drupal *