Journalism To Go

The changing spaces of news consumption

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ID20050487
AuthorsChristina Peters (0000-0002-5813-1674, corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages59-69
Publication date2015-09-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueFuture of Journalism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315678962-8
OpenAlexW2730152657
ISBN9781315678962
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This paper contends that to understand how audiences engage with journalism in thecontemporary age, we must conceive of news consumption not just as something we do, butas something we do in a particular place. It considers the experience(s) of consuming journalism,and reflects upon the influence ‘‘space’’ has in this equation. I ask how news consumption isintegrated into, and shapes, the social spaces of everyday life, and how this may be transforming.The title, ‘‘Journalism to Go’’, thus has a tripartite meaning relating to changing notions of space,speed, and convenience in journalism. Specifically: journalism is now produced to facilitateincreasingly mobile places of consumption (Space); journalism is now produced to adjust forthe faster pace of the information age (Speed); and journalism is now produced to interact withand provide multiple channels of access for audiences (Convenience). This paper demonstrates theanalytic importance of the first of these by considering data generated through Barnhurst’s ‘‘LifeHistory & The Media’’ project, which details young adults’ stories of media use. This analysisuncovers that moments of media consumption do not simply take place in space; rather, thespaces of everyday life are produced through these socio-cultural practices

Advertising · Business · Consumption (sociology) · Internet privacy · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication

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