Watching the Watchdog : Bloggers as the Fifth Estate

by Cooper, Stephen D.

ISBN13:
9780922993475
ISBN10:
0922993475
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2006-06-27
Publisher: Marquette Books
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Author Biography

Stephen D. Cooper (Ph.D. Rutgers) is associate professor of communication at Marshall University, where he teaches courses in media and society, business and professional communication, computer-mediated communication, and group communication. He is author or coauthor of articles published in Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, Review of Communication, The Kentucky Journal of Communication, The American Communication Journal, and The New Jersey Journal of Communication.

FOREWORD BY JIM A. KUYPERS,

(2)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS,

(2)

INTRODUCTION,

(4)

1. BLOGGERS AS MEDIA CRITICS,

(4)

2. ACCURACY,

(84)

Fact-Checking Descriptions,

(21)

Fidelity of Quotations,

(11)

Authenticity of Documents,

(32)

Interpretations of Statistics or Scientific Studies,

(11)

Trustworthiness of Memes,

(8)

3. FRAMING,

105

(16)

Disputing the Frame,

106

(4)

Reframing a Set of Facts,

110

(6)

Contextualizing,

116

(5)

4. AGENDA-SETTING AND GATEKEEPING,

121

(32)

Questioning the News Judgment,

122

(7)

Setting an Alternative Agenda,

129

(24)

5. JOURNALISTIC PRACTICES,

153

(80)

Newsgathering,

153

(29)

Writing and Editing,

182

(32)

Error Correction,

214

(19)

6. THE ECONOMICS OF BLOGS,

233

(20)

Technological Facilitation,

234

(2)

Cost/Benefit Ratio,

236

(9)

The Value Chain,

245

(3)

The Media Marketplace as an Ecosystem: Symbiosis,

248

(5)

7. BLOGS AS ALTERNATIVE MEDIA,

253

(24)

Reporting,

254

(11)

Essays,

265

(12)

8. THE BLOGOSPHERE AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE,

277

(28)

The Ideal Speech Situation,

278

(4)

The Spiral of Silence,

282

(3)

The Quantity Question,

285

(5)

The Quality Question,

290

(11)

Competence,

290

(2)

Cocooning,

292

(5)

Bias,

297

(4)

Quantity and Quality, Both,

301

(4)

ENDNOTES,

305

(12)

REFERENCES,

317

(24)

INDEX,

341

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