News content online

Patterns and norms under convergence dynamics

Bibliographic Data

ID7477593
AuthorsVaia Doudaki (0000-0002-6341-9963, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus, corresponding author), Lia‐paschalia Spyridou (0000-0002-8905-6881), Lia-Paschalia Spyridou (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
Year2014
Volume16
Issue2
Pages257-277
Publication date2014-02-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884913517657
OpenAlexW2020751747
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited36

The article investigates evolutionary trends in online news presentation and delivery in the light of convergence dynamics. The case study of Greece is an example of how convergence ideas are ‘normalised’ in the actual content due to countering forces exercised by the dominant professional culture and organisational models in the news business. The findings provide evidence that the outcomes of this new culture of high interconnectivity that come along with convergence cannot be ignored even in countries with no advanced employment of its potentialities. At the same time, questions on whether, under conditions of scarce resources and a weak journalistic culture, convergence affordances actually create spaces for a more open and inclusive journalism or are used mainly as vehicles for economic survival, smothering any other potential, are raised

Affordance · Content (measure theory · Convergence (economics · Dynamics (music · Economics · Journalism · Media studies · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics · Public relations · Sociology · Technological convergence · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Mathematics · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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