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Aggregating the News: Secondhand Knowledge and the Erosion of Journalistic Authority
ISBN: 9780231547192
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Columbia University Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Language & Literature ; Sociology;

Mark Coddington gives a vivid account of the work of aggregation--how such content is produced, what its values are, and how it fits into today's changing journalistic profession. Aggregating the News explores how aggregators weigh sources, reshape news narratives, and manage life on the fringes of journalism.

Mark Coddington (University of Texas, Ph.D) is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Washington and Lee University. His articles have been published in Mass Communication and Society , Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly , Journalism , Journalism Studies , The International Journal of Communication , and others. He is a former contributor to the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University and is also a former newspaper reporter in his native Nebraska.Mark Coddington is assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at Washington and Lee University. He is a former newspaper reporter and a contributor to Harvard University's Nieman Journalism Lab. His research has been published in Mass Communication and Society ; Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism ; Journalism Studies ; and the International Journal of Communication .