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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.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Understanding Aggregation in Context
1. Gathering Evidence of Evidence: Aggregation as Second-Order Newswork
2. Making News by Managing Uncertainty
3. Inferiority and Identity: Aggregators and the Journalistic Profession
4. Clickbait, Analytics, and Gut Feelings: How Aggregators Understand Their Audiences
5. Atomization and the Breakdown (and Rebuilding) of News Narrative
6. Conclusion: Aggregation, Authority, and Uncertainty
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the author
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.
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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.
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A valuable text for journalists as well as public relations professionals who are often tasked with creating news.
