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Pandemedia : how COVID changed journalism

Title
Pandemedia : how COVID changed journalism / edited by Tracey Kirkland & Gavin Fang.
Publication
  • Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2023]
  • ©2023.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Kirkland, Tracey
  • Fang, Gavin
Description
xx, 300 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
If journalism is the first draft of history, what will it say about COVID? The COVID-19 pandemic ripped through the world with no regard for borders, age, status or wealth. It was brutal in its impact and created a raft of new social norms. And without warning, the pandemic changed journalism, in some ways irrevocably. This arresting collection of essays from some of Australia's top media minds examines how the pandemic altered the news. Some changes accelerated shifts already underway, such as the rise of user-generated content, the weaponising of disinformation, and the demand for data journalism. Other changes were unexpected, such as the emergence of the home-based expert and a story with a very, very long tail. Many reporters were forced to write, file and broadcast from home. Numbers took on a new importance. And every day, journalists had to find new ways to tell the same story, one they too were living through. With contributors including Stan Grant, Michelle Grattan, David Speers, Alan Kohler, Lisa Millar and Dr Norman Swan, Pandemedia takes readers behind the scenes of Australia's media organisations to give a firsthand perspective on the new reign of the fourth estate.
Subject
  • Journalism > Australia > History > 21st century
  • COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- > Australia > Influence
  • Journalisme > Australie > Histoire > 21e siècle
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-300).
ISBN
  • 9781922633811
  • 192263381X
  • 9781922633828 (canceled/invalid)
  • 9781922633835 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023446450
OCLC
YBP 2023446450
Title
Pandemedia : how COVID changed journalism / edited by Tracey Kirkland & Gavin Fang.
Publisher
Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2023]
Copyright Date
©2023.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-300).
Added Author
Kirkland, Tracey, editor.
Fang, Gavin, editor.
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