Swartz,T

From Digital Culture & Society

[edit] Context Statement

My topic is the financial incentives in journalism and news, and how the profit motive affects quality of news and clickbait headlines.

[edit] Escaping the news desert: Nonprofit news and open-system journalism organizations

Ferrucci, P., & Alaimo, K. I. (2019). Escaping the news desert: Nonprofit news and open-system journalism organizations. Journalism, 146488491988643. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1464884919886437

https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884919886437

Context

This article provides insight on the impact of financial donations and contributions in the news industry and provides potential ways in which news processes can be improved by using open-system methods and non-profit incentives. It goes in-depth about small communities and how they are unable to access many local news outlets, and expresses concern over the effect of large news monopolies on local journalism and describes the importance of local journalism when compared to global news institutions. The article describes the effect of non-profit journalism and how it benefits news outlets and citizens in many areas where they are unable to access local news.

Overview

The article uses in-depth interviews, as well as participant observations and qualitative research to create conclusions. Three journalists at the Sopris Sun were evaluated for 21 hours, and 17 interviews averaging 29 minutes were used for this research. The interviewer used multiple open-ended questions to gather more detailed responses. Afterwards, the evaluations went through a three-step process which includes writing memos and taking notes, uncovering patterns by closely reading and analyzing the lines of notes, then a final evaluation of the findings with the themes being considered through the evaluation, at which point a draft of the findings is created.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Rather obviously, this is where you discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the article. As noted in Appendix 3 (below), strengths identify the most significant areas in which you think the article does well. The single greatest strength should be addressed in detail. If there are a few other significant strengths, they can be addressed in brief. Weaknesses identify the most significant areas in which you think the article could be improved. While a weakness might be related to something you actually believe to be incorrect, it is more likely to be something that the author omitted, or neglected to address in sufficient detail.

Assessment

End your review with a concluding statement summarizing your opinion of the article. You should also explicitly identify a range of audiences and/or research questions that might benefit from the article.

- Ts18fq 10:18, 27 November 2023 (EST)

[edit] Filling the Void

Boehmer, J., Carpenter, S., & Fico, F. (2017). Filling the Void. Digital Journalism, 6(3), 369–388. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2017.1297683

https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2017.1297683

Context

This article describes the frequency in which government conflict appeared in local news articles, and compares the differences in non-profit news organizations and for-profit news organizations. This article also attempts to describe if non-profit news organizations can "fill the void" that other news organizations fail to achieve. It attempts to show the factors that cause for-profit news organizations to not show the conflicts as frequently.

Overview

Strengths and Weaknesses

Assessment

- Ts18fq 11:20, 27 November 2023 (EST)