Internet revolution revisited

A comparative study of online news

Bibliographic Data

ID11268992
AuthorsJoanne Curran (0009-0000-1627-4231, Goldsmiths University of London, corresponding author), James Curran (0000-0001-9637-0484, Goldsmiths University of London), Sharon Coen (0000-0003-4632-1929, University of Salford), Toril Aalberg (0000-0001-5461-1470, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Kaori Hayashi (0000-0002-9020-3068, University of Tokyo, Japan), Paul K Jones (0000-0001-5260-8550, UNSW Sydney), Sergio Splendore (0000-0001-5324-4496, University of Milan), Stylianos Papathanassopoulo (0000-0001-7946-6310, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Stylianos Papathanassopoulos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), David Rowe (0000-0001-7281-903X, Western Sydney University), Rod Tiffen (The University of Sydney)
Year2013
Volume35
Issue7
Pages880-897
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0163443713499393
OpenAlexW2156196761
LanguageEN
Citations received23
References cited41

While numerous studies view the internet as a patron of internationalism and public empowerment, this comparative study of leading news websites in nine nations shows that online news is strongly nation-centred, and much more inclined to cite the voices of authority than those of civil society and the individual citizen. Online news is very similar, in these respects, to newspaper and television news. This convergence is due to the way in which leading media conglomerates have extended their hegemony across technologies. It also reflects the constraints exerted by the wider societal context across all media

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