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Annotated Bibliography

 

Birsen, Haluk. "Internet Journalism And Journalistic Ethics: Working Conditions And Qualifications Of Journalists In The New Media." Journal Of US-China Public     Administration 8.2 (2011): 230-240.

This is an article in the Journal of US-China Public Administration with an audience for those concerned or interested in how the the ethics of journalism has changed due to new media. The article itself outlines the ethics and qualifications for journalists working in mainly online media sources. There is also data presented on how journalists feel about their level of education on these ethics and where they think they should be. The author has bias towards promoting these ethics. This source is useful because it outlines the ethics of online journalism in order to maintain credibility in a media dominated by online sources.

 

Cornish, Sabryna. "Online Newspaper Sites Need To Establish Uniform Process For Making Corrections." Newspaper Research Journal 31.4 (2010): 93-100.

This is an article in the Newspaper Research Journal. The author has targeted a general audience of those involved in media in order to attempt to persuade them to establish a uniform way to make corrections when there are errors on websites. The article shows that even if there is an error made, the mistake is simply fixed without ever informing readers that there was an error when it was first uploaded. This presents a problem because then people who read it before the error was fixed believes in false information. The authors bias is towards a system to correct these mistakes, and she feels that it is very important that it is put into place. This source is useful because it shows that credibility in online media is subject to these errors and there needs to be a way to fix them.

 

Demir, Muge. "Importance Of Ethic, Credibility And Reliability In Online Journalism." European Journal Of Social Science 24.4 (2011): 537-545.

This is an article in the European Journal of Social Science with an audience geared towards those interested in the social aspects of the change in how media is presented. It discusses the ethics of maintaining credibility and reliability in online journalism. The author has a call to action, asking the reader that the principles of journalistic ethic and that norms of journalism should be agreed upon in order to avoid problems such as credibility issues. The author shows bias in that they feel that all journalists should be held under the same set of ethic codes. This source is useful in that it provides a well informed opinion on how credibility and ethical codes in journalism are important.

 

Enda, Jodi. "Campaign Coverage In The Time Of Twitter. (Cover Story)." American Journalism Review 33.2 (2011): 14-21.

This is an article in a periodical called the American Journalism Review. The article is geared more towards those interested in political campaigns as it discusses the issues of how Twitter is used by journalists in order to keep up with all of the different news coming from each candidate.  It also focuses on social online networks in general and their impact on political journalism. The author has a bias against the use of the social media being used heavily in journalism, as it decreases the opportunities for one on one interviews with the candidates themselves. This article is not useful as it discusses mainly issues in social media for journalism rather than the credibility of online journalism as a whole.

 

Hoskin, Dave. "Brush With Mortality: Newspapers On A Knife Edge." Screen Education 64 (2012): 18-26.

This source is an article in a periodical called Screen Education, which discusses film work that seeks to educate about issues of importance. The audience for this specific article is for those interested in the decline of newspapers, but also those that have watched the film Page One, which explores the struggles of Time magazine in the newspaper industry, as this article critiques the work and counters those who are critical of it. The main point of the article is the discussion of the future of printed media with the introduction and rise of online journalism and advertising. The author has a strong bias towards keeping newspapers in print and does not particularly agree with the increase of online based journalism. This source is not useful due to its in depth discussion of a film that has little to do with the actual basis of the paper, concentrating more on the actual decline of newspapers than the need to keep online news sources credible.

 

Johnson, Kirsten A., and Susan Wiedenbeck. "Enhancing Perceived Credibility Of Citizen Journalism Web Sites." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 86.2 (2009): 332-348.

This is an article from the periodical Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly with an audience intended for those interested in the statistics of perceived credibility of websites run by those who are not members of an online media publication. The study examined whether information about the person who wrote the article or hyperlinks on the page affected the credibility of the page as a source. The results of the study showed that information and hyperlinks do enhance perceived credibility. The authors of this article were those that conducted the study, so there is little bias to be presented as they are just reporting their findings. The source is useful because it shows that even if a source is not credible, if the reader feels like they know the author through information on their page, or the author has hyperlinks leading to other sites, they will trust the source more.

 

Newton, Julianne H. The Burden of Visual Truth: The Role of Photojournalism in Mediating Reality. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001. Print.

This source is a book with an audience geared towards those interested in photojournalism and those interested in the integrity of media as a whole. The book details the history of photojournalism and its importance in how journalistic articles are presented and interpreted. It also explains why the use of photos can be dangerous in the wrong hands, as photographs can be taken in such a way that misrepresents a scene. The author feels that photojournalism should be left to those who know how to handle it and are trained to know what shot is well representing a story and which ones are not. The author also feels that the profession is dying out even though it is a very important part of journalism as a whole and that major news publications should seriously consider keeping trained photojournalists as part of their staff. This article is useful because it details how photos can effect the credibility of a story and why keeping photojournalists on staff is important in maintaining that credibility.

 

Sweetser, Kaye D., Lance V. Porter, Deborah Soun Chung, and Kim Eunseong. "Credibility And The Use Of Blogs Among Professionals In The Communication Industry." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 85.1 (2008): 169-185.

This is an article in the periodical Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly with an audience towards those who are interested in blogging in relation to journalism. The article itself is about a study that examines the use, credibility, and impact of blogs on communications and online media. There was very little author bias as the majority of the article is straight data and the outline of the study. The source can be considered useful as it provides statistics on the blogging aspect of how journalism and online media has changed.

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