From pigeons to news portals foreign reporting and the challenge of new technology /
Ever since the invention of the telegraph, journalists have sought to remove the barriers of time and space. Today, we readily accept that reporters can jet quickly to a distant location and broadcast instantly from a satellite-connected, video-enabled cell phone hanging from their belts. But now th...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
c2007.
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| Series: | Media & public affairs.
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| Online Access: | ebrary View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | Ever since the invention of the telegraph, journalists have sought to remove the barriers of time and space. Today, we readily accept that reporters can jet quickly to a distant location and broadcast instantly from a satellite-connected, video-enabled cell phone hanging from their belts. But now that live news coverage is possible from virtually anywhere, is foreign correspondence better? And what are the implications of recent changes in journalistic technology for policy makers and their constituents?. In From Pigeons to News Portals, edited by David D. Perlmutter and John Maxwell Hamilton. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 214 p.) : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807135334 (electronic bk.) 080713533X (electronic bk.) |