Abstract
This study sought to determine how convergence is defined by the journalists involved and to identify areas where news operations that adopt convergence encounter language- and culture-based challenges. It draws on the developing literature of convergence and interviews with journalists and managers working at two convergence partnerships: the Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV in Tampa, Florida, and the Arizona Republic and KPNX-TV in Phoenix, Arizona. The research, based in the Shoemaker and Reese theory of a hierarchy of influences on media content, showed that convergence was redefined in Phoenix, creating a less-integrated “co-(re)-recreating” model not previously described in the literature. In addition, it demonstrated that though language differences do not hamper convergence cooperation, different broadcast and print newsroom cultures can prove detrimental.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 610-627 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journalism Studies |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2006 |
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Keywords
- Broadcasting
- Convergence
- Journalism
- Language
- Newspaper
- Newsroom culture
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
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Translating the tower of babel? Issues of definition, Language, and culture in converged newsrooms. / Silcock, Burton; Keith, Susan.
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