Dan Gillmor

Broschiertes Buch

We the Media

Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People

Beschreibung

"We the Media, has become something of a bible for those who believe the online medium will change journalism for the better." -Financial TimesBig Media has lost its monopoly on the news, thanks to the Internet. Now that it's possible to publish in real time to a worldwide audience, a new breed of grassroots journalists are taking the news into their own hands. Armed with laptops, cell phones, and digital cameras, these readers-turned-reporters are transforming the news from a lecture into a conversation. In We the Media, nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make--and consume--the news.Gillmor shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, Internet chat groups, email, and a host of other tools. He sends a wake-up call tonewsmakers-politicians, business executives, celebrities-and the marketers and PR flacks who promote them. He explains how to successfully play by the rules of this new era and shift from "control" to "engagement." And he makes a strong case to his fell journalists that, in the face of a plethora of Internet-fueled news vehicles, they must change or become irrelevant.Journalism in the 21st century will be fundamentally different from the Big Media oligarchy that prevails today. We the Media casts light on the future of journalism, and invites us all to be part of it.Dan Gillmor is founder of Grassroots Media Inc., a project aimed at enabling grassroots journalism and expanding its reach. The company's first launch is Bayosphere.com, a site "of, by, and for the San Francisco Bay Area."Dan Gillmor is the founder of the Center for Citizen Media, a project to enable and expand reach of grassroots media. From 1994-2004, Gillmor was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. He joined the Mercury News after six years with the Detroit Free Press. Before that, he was with the Kansas City Times and several newspapers in Vermont. He has won or shared in several regional and national journalism awards. Before becoming a journalist he played music professionally for seven years.

Autor

Dan Gillmor is founder of Grassroots Media Inc., a project aimed at enabling grassroots journalism and expanding its reach. The company's first launch is Bayosphere.com, a site "of, by and for the Bay Area." Gillmor is is author of We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People (O'Reilly Media, 2004), a book that explains the rise of citizens' media and why it matters. From 1994-2004, Gillmor was a columnist at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper, and wrote a weblog for SiliconValley.com. He joined the Mercury News after six years with the Detroit Free Press. Before that, he was with the Kansas City Times and several newspapers in Vermont. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Vermont, Gillmor received a Herbert Davenport fellowship in 1982 for economics and business reporting at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. During the 1986-87 academic year he was a journalism fellow at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he studied history, political theory and economics. He has won or shared in several regional and national journalism awards. Before becoming a journalist he played music professionally for seven years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 154mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9780596102272
• ISBN-10: 0596102275
• Artikelnr.: 20746552

Rezensionen

"Mit We The Media hat Dan Gillmore die Blaupause für eine neue Generation des Graswurzel-Journalismus geschrieben. In seinem Buch zeigt er auf, welche Möglichkeiten das Internet im Bereich des Personal Publishing - des persönlichen Publizieren eines Jeden - bietet. Seine optimistische Analyse beweist, wie mit Werkzeugen wie Weblogs, RSS, mobilen Telefonen und Handhelds sowie modernen Redaktionssystemen generell eine neue Generation von Meinungsmachern heranwächst. [...] Einerseits ist das Buch spannend mit zahlreichen Beispielen angehäuft, deren Entwicklung man nachträglich im Web nachspüren kann und andererseits schafft es der erfahrene amerikanische Journalist ein Medienphänomen auf den Punkt zu bringen, um seine Leser enthusiastisch in

die Welt zurück zu schicken. We The Media ist eine präzise und generell positive Analyse der neuen Veröffentlichungskultur, die mit dem Internet in unserem Alltag Einzug genommen hat. Auch wenn Dan Gillmore stets begeistert von den neuen Formen des Publizierens berichtet, beleuchtet er auch die Schattenseiten und appeliert für den Kampf um Meinungsfreiheit. Auch wenn We The Media enthusiastisch geschrieben ist, verliert es nie den Boden unter den Füßen und wagt nicht nur Ausblicke in die Zukunft, sondern sensibilisiert uns für die neuen demokratischen Möglichkeiten der Berichterstattung. Denn auf mehr als 250 Seiten zeigt uns Dan Gillmore, wie der normale Bürger mit Hilfe des World Wide Web ein starkes Werkzeug für gelebte Diskussion, Demokratie und variantenreiche Berichterstattungen an die Hand bekommen hat." - phlow.net, Mai 2006