Newsroom Integration in Austria, Spain and Germany

Models of media convergence

Bibliographic Data

ID7499685
AuthorsJosé Alberto García Avilés (0000-0001-7854-3476, corresponding author), Klaus Meier (0000-0002-0582-2172), Andy Kaltenbrunner (0000-0003-4136-4655, Barmherzige Schwestern Krankenhaus Wien), Miguel Carvajal Prieto (0000-0001-6547-6171), Daniela Kraus (Barmherzige Schwestern Krankenhaus Wien)
Year2009
Volume3
Issue3
Pages285-303
Publication date2009-03-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512780902798638
OpenAlexW1520275203
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited16

Convergence is reshaping the landscape of journalism in a variety of ways. This comparative study was targeted on integrated newsrooms, which combine at least two platforms: print and online, in some cases also television and radio. Research was conducted in six media companies which are undergoing some degree of newsroom convergence in Austria, Spain and Germany. Descriptors for different levels of cross-media production and the process of convergence were established—avoiding technological determinism and the typical mindset in the industry that regards full integration as the necessary final step of any convergence project. As a result of the transnational comparison of six case studies, a convergence matrix for analysis and comparison of integrated newsrooms was outlined. The matrix is related to four essential areas of development in a media convergence process: project scope, newsroom management, journalistic practices, work organization. Based on this matrix, three models of newsroom convergence were drawn: full integration, cross-media and co-ordination of isolated platforms

Advertising · Business · Convergence (economics · Economics · Journalism · Political science · Scope (computer science · Technological convergence · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Intellectual Property Rights and Media · Media and Digital Communication · Media Studies and Communication

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