American Journalism
Review (ISSN: 1067-8654) was, most recently, published three times per year
(spring, fall, and winter) by the University of Maryland’s Department of
Journalism. However, it will become an online-exclusive product beginning with
the Fall 2013 edition. According to the EBSCO site, it includes feature articles, commentary, profiles, books, legislation
and timely news of note for editors, columnists, reporters and correspondents
on newspapers, television, magazines, radio, business and government.
Article: Spivak,
Cary. (2013). Solving The Hyperlocal Puzzle. American Journalism Review, 35(1), 12-17.
Abstract from author:
The article examines whether businessman Joe Ricketts' DNAinfo.com two
hyperlocal news websites focusing on New York City and Chicago, Illinois will
be successful. It states that Ricketts' launched the web sites through his New
Media News LLC with dozens of journalists who cover the said areas. It
discusses the business performance of the web sites which are reportedly
showing impressive growth with the New York site having 1.44 million unique visitors and
the Chicago site attracting 613,171 as of March 2013. It profiles Ricketts who
is one of the top 400 richest people in the U.S. It also tackles the
predicament of hyperlocal sites which are struggling with profitability.
Article online: http://www.ajr.org/article.asp?id=5511
Journalism and Mass Communication
Quarterly (ISSN: 1077-6990, known as Journalism
Quarterly from 1955-1994) presents articles and
essays on all aspects of print journalism and electronic mass communications,
including reviews, studies, and opinion, as described on the EBSCO site. It is
published by Sage Publications.
Article: Stewart, Daxton R. Chip. (2013).
When Retweets Attack: Are Twitter Users Liable for Republishing the Defamatory
Tweets of Others? Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 90(2),
233-247.
Abstract
from author: Under the republication doctrine, repeating false and
defamatory statements has traditionally triggered liability for the repeater.
However, some confusion has emerged regarding retweeting posts of others on
Twitter, the popular microblog site. Does retweeting the defamatory statement
of another open the retweeter to liability? This article examines exceptions to
the republication doctrine, such as the single publication rule, the wire
service defense, and the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to answer this
question. A review of court opinions leads to the conclusion that Section 230
of the CDA provides a powerful shield for users of interactive computer
services such as Twitter.
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