Digitizing the News

By Pablo J Boczkowski,

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Winner of the 2005 Outstanding Book Award sponsored by the International Communication Association (ICA) , Co-winner of the 2005 Book of the Year Award presented by the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the National Communication Association and Co-winner of the 2004 Book Award presented by the Organizational Communication Division…

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1 author picked Digitizing the News as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This classic text that provides one of the first sustained accounts of how the print media transitioned to the online environment during the late-twentieth century.

Boczkowski focuses on three newsrooms and presents a compelling story of change, that looks more like an evolution than a revolution. Skillfully combining detailed ethnographic accounts with deep archival research, it remains a must-read when seeking to understand the relationship between news and technology. 

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