The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World: The Transformation of an American Newspaper

The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World: The Transformation of an American Newspaper

The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World: The Transformation of an American Newspaper

The Times-Picayune in a Changing Media World: The Transformation of an American Newspaper

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Overview

This book is a study of the 2012-2013 transition of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans from a daily newspaper to a three-day-a-week publication with emphasis on its online presence (“Digital First”). It is instructive for all concerned with what the transformation might signify for the news profession and the role of the press in the digital age.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739182444
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: 07/17/2014
Pages: 154
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

S.L. Alexander is associate professor of mass communication at Loyola University New Orleans. Frank D. Durham is associate professor of journalism and mass communication at University of Iowa. Alfred Lawrence Lorenz is A. Louis Read distinguished professor emeritus of mass communication at Loyola University New Orleans. Vicki Mayer is professor of communication at Tulane University.

Table of Contents

Introduction, C.W. Anderson Chapter 1: The Times-Picayune: A Historical View, Alfred Lawrence Lorenz Chapter 2: “Inescapable Reality:” Pragmatism and the Press in the New Orleans School Desegregation Crisis of 1960-1961, Frank D. Durham Chapter 3: The (Some) Times-Picayune: “Digital First” October 2012-October 2013, S.L. Alexander Chapter 4: More but Softer: A Content Analysis of News Before and After the Digital Decision at The Times-Picayune 2012, Vicki Mayer
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