The Life Informatic: Newsmaking in the Digital Era

by Dominic Boyer

Book Overview

News journalism is in the midst of radical transformation brought about by the spread of digital information and communication technology and the rise of neoliberalism. What does it look like, however, from the inside of a news organization? In The Life Informatic, Dominic Boyer offers the first anthropological ethnography of contemporary office-based news journalism. The result is a fascinating account of journalists struggling to maintain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478588
• ISBN13: 9780801478581
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher