Network journalism: journalistic practice in interactive spheres / Ansgard Heinrich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Network journalism : theories and concepts. The network age and its footprints on journalism -- News agencies and telegraph technology : the evolution of global news exchange networks -- Network journalism : between decentralization and non-linear news flows -- Information nodes in the network journalism sphere -- Network journalism : practitioner perspectives. Studying network journalism -- The advent of digitalization in newsrooms -- The shared information sphere : user-generated content providers, citizen journalists, media activists -- The shared information sphere : blogs and their impact on journalism -- The active user in the network journalism sphere -- Transnational news flows in the network journalism sphere -- Reconceptualizing journalistic outlets as information nodes -- Conclusion.