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Description for We the Media
Paperback. Shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, Internet chat groups, email, and a host of other tools. This book tells the story of this emerging phenomenon and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make - and consume - the news. Num Pages: 334 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: UF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
"We the Media, has become something of a bible for those who believe the online medium will change journalism for the better." - "Financial Times". Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation. In "We the Media", nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor tells the story ... Read more
"We the Media, has become something of a bible for those who believe the online medium will change journalism for the better." - "Financial Times". Big Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation. In "We the Media", nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor tells the story ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
Number of Pages
334
Place of Publication
Sebastopol, United States
ISBN
9780596102272
SKU
V9780596102272
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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About Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor is founder of Grassroots Media Inc., a project aimed at enabling grassroots journalism and expanding its reach. The company's first launch is Bayosphere.com, a site "of, by and for the Bay Area." From 1994-2004, Gillmor was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. He joined the Mercury ... Read more
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