Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Internet and Journalism: An Introduction
- 2 The History and Evolution of the Internet
- 3 Multimediality, Interactivity and Hypertextuality
- 4 Annotative Reporting and Open-source Journalism
- 5 Computer Assisted Journalism or Reporting
- 6 Preparing Online Packages
- 7 Web Authoring and Publishing
- 8 Revenue, Ethics and Law
- 9 Gatekeeping: The Changing Roles of Online Journalism
- 10 Digital Determinism: Access and Barrier
- 11 Convergence and Broadband
- 12 The Network Paradigm
- Glossary
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Internet and Journalism: An Introduction
- 2 The History and Evolution of the Internet
- 3 Multimediality, Interactivity and Hypertextuality
- 4 Annotative Reporting and Open-source Journalism
- 5 Computer Assisted Journalism or Reporting
- 6 Preparing Online Packages
- 7 Web Authoring and Publishing
- 8 Revenue, Ethics and Law
- 9 Gatekeeping: The Changing Roles of Online Journalism
- 10 Digital Determinism: Access and Barrier
- 11 Convergence and Broadband
- 12 The Network Paradigm
- Glossary
- Index
Summary
In the summer of 2003, I was asked to teach a course in online journalism for Jadavpur University's postgraduate diploma programme in mass communication. Since this was the first time it was being offered, I was given a free hand in designing the curriculum.
When I began to prepare teaching material after chalking out the syllabus, I failed to locate a single book my students might find useful. One or two titles were available in libraries, but it was clear that these had been written with a Western audience in mind. Moreover, these passed over topics like the history of the internet, with which I wanted my students to be familiar. The only option then was to develop my own material, an experience I thoroughly enjoyed in spite of the extremely limited access to relevant books and journals in Kolkata.
When classes got underway, I found that most students were quite enthusiastic. This was natural – by then, the internet had penetrated sizeable sections of Indian society as a recreational tool if not as a medium of communication, serving a variety of functions related to study and work. This was particularly true of the urban middle- and upper-class students who came to my class.
Prof. Samar Bhattacharya, a member of the University's engineering faculty, had been asked to help launch the course. At some point along the way, he had suggested that I should write a textbook for my students.
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- Online JournalismA Basic Text, pp. viiPublisher: Foundation BooksPrint publication year: 2006