The document discusses several topics related to modern newswork and media. It summarizes readings on how newswork is changing with new technologies and the rise of citizen journalism. This has led to more "atypical" and contingent forms of newswork with challenges around labor relations and outsourcing. The document also discusses collaboration and participation in online networks, how these impact culture and the sharing economy. Finally, it considers how traditional media is becoming less relevant compared to modern internet and social media, which allow people greater ability to voice their opinions.
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1. Topic: Newswork Online (w11) Group member: Xuanyue He, Yan Wang
2. Summary of the readings: 1, Marjoribanks, T and Deuze,M2009, Newswork 1.1 What is newswork ? The changing contexts of news as professional work. 1.2 Rising of Atypical newswork (reported by IFJ2006) & challenges -Labor relationship: temporary, contingent, non-committal, without contractual responsibilities- -Trend towards outsourcing of free labor to consumers(citizen journalism) -New situation for journalists in terms of news source issues
3. Summary of the readings 1,3 Innovation in news industry -Approaches, organization and management of the production process. -Discussion about the survival of various media forms, and forms of newswork. Debate about the future of newspapers.
4. Summary of the readings 1.4 Scholarly attention: contemporary of working conditions and labor practice in journalism -maketplace(for news and news labor -ideal newsworker -the embarrassed limitation in current innovation and experiment -Tensions: Journalists as either individuals or as a collective & suggestion 1.5 More suggestions to the analysis of on-line newswork.
5. Summary of the readings 2, Scholz, T 2006, The participatory challenge 2.1 About participation in online collaborations and potentials of extreme sharing networks. - focus on people: behavior and effects. - the lack of blueprints for participation in social networks and hierarchies of gift exchanges. 2.2 Definition and introduction to Collaboration 2.3 The social protocols of collaboration, for example: - develop trust and mutual respect; get everybody involved in the process; keep contribution informed
6. Summary of the readings 2.4 The hierarchies of the internet gift economy 2.5 Culture Context Providers 2.6 Extreme Sharing Network 2.7Organisation and Domination
17. Questions: 1, In today s newswork, Is there any problem may effect on journalists caused by they have to compete with audiences for chances to tell stories and more rely on newsreels produced by public relations and marketing firms ? 2,Based on collaboration, the Internet Gift Economy, a cybercommunism (Richard Barbrook ,1999), which MIT declared to make an openness of all their resources, is it an incentive or an oppression for creation of knowledge? Shall we remove the political implications(e.g. property/copyright, password protection ) as enclosure in order to benefit the commons. 3, How do social networks (like blogs or wikis) draw the users/producers needs and successfully empower them to lead fulfilled and engaged lives? What are the fundamental concepts should be considered?