TY - JOUR
T1 - New technologies, old practices
T2 - The conservative revolution in communication between reporters and news sources in the Israeli press
AU - Reich, Zvi
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - The study explores to what extent new communication technologies have played a revolutionizing role in the ways in which news reporters acquire information. Reporters reconstructed how they used different technologies in order to obtain each of their sampled items, both before and after the introduction of new communication technologies into the Israeli daily press. Changes appear to be minor. Reporters continued to contact sources directly, negotiate their versions orally, and use technologies to replace physical presence at news scenes and face-to-face interviews. This relative stability might reflect the fact that, in the interplay between forces for continuity (represented by the ongoing patterns of newswork) and forces for change (suggested by the new technologies), the role of the former has been dominant.
AB - The study explores to what extent new communication technologies have played a revolutionizing role in the ways in which news reporters acquire information. Reporters reconstructed how they used different technologies in order to obtain each of their sampled items, both before and after the introduction of new communication technologies into the Israeli daily press. Changes appear to be minor. Reporters continued to contact sources directly, negotiate their versions orally, and use technologies to replace physical presence at news scenes and face-to-face interviews. This relative stability might reflect the fact that, in the interplay between forces for continuity (represented by the ongoing patterns of newswork) and forces for change (suggested by the new technologies), the role of the former has been dominant.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=29744469256&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/107769900508200305
DO - 10.1177/107769900508200305
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:29744469256
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 82
SP - 552
EP - 570
JO - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -