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Researching Digital Media
1. RESEARCHING DIGITAL MEDIA
Cindy Royal, Ph.D.
A s s o c i a te P r o f e s s o r
S c h o o l o f J o u r n a l i s m a n d M a s s C o m m un i ca t i o n
Tex a s S t a te U n i v e r s i t y
c i n d y roya l .c o m
w w w. s l i d e s h a r e. n et / c l royal / r e s e a rc h i n g - d ig i t al - m e d ia
3. PRODUCERS
The Journalist as Programmer: A Case Study of The New York
Times Interactive News Technology Department - #ISOJ
Open Innovation in Digital Journalism: Examining the Impact of
Open APIs at Four News Organizations – NM&S; Aitamurto &
Lewis
Innovation Processes in Online Newsrooms as Actor-Networks
and Communities of Practice – NM&S; Schmitz-Weiss & Domingo
The New Journalism: Goosing the Gray Lady – NY Magazine
Lone Star Trailblazer: Will Texas Tribune Transform Journalism? –
CJR
Theories: Media Sociology/Social
Meaning of News; Diffusion of Innovation;
Programmer/Journalist
Methods: Case Study, Ethnography,
Interview, Survey
4. PRODUCTS
Interactives of Olympic Proportions: The Dif fusion of Data
Journalism at The New York Times
The Interactive News Graphics of the Guardian and the New
York Times (marijerooze.nl/thesis/graphics) – Marije Rooze
Twitter First: Changing T V News 140 Characters at a Time –
#ISOJ
Twittering the News: The Emergence of Ambient Journalism –
Journalism Practice
Theories: Dif fusion of Innovation;
Interactivity
Methods: Content
Analysis, Qualitative Methods
5. PEOPLE
Pew Internet and American Life Project
The Benefits of Facebook "Friends:"
Social Capital and College Students'
Use of Online Social Network Sites –
JCMC; Ellison, Steinfield, Lampe
It's Complicated: The Social Lives of
Networked Teens – Danah Boyd
Mobile News Adoption Among Young Adults: Examining the
Roles of Perceptions, News Consumption, and Media Usage -
JMCQ; Chan-Olmstead, Rim and Zerba
Methods: Survey, Interviews, Focus Groups, Observation
Theories: Uses and Gratifications; Media Ef fects, Impression
Management; Identity; Cultural Theories; Virtual
Community, Social Capital; Network Theory
6. PEDAGOGY
Creating Collegiate Media Opportunities in
the Classroom Using Social Media: A Case
Study of Experiential Learning
Journalism Schools Need to Get Better at
Teaching Tech Where the Girls Are –
Nieman Journalism Lab
Curriculum issues
Online Learning & Distance Education
Methods: Case Study, Experiments, Thought Pieces
Theories: Dif fusion of Innovation; Network Theory;
Experiential Learning
7. DATA
Pew Internet
U.S. Census
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Bank Open Data Sources
Patchwork Nation
Texas Tribune
The Guardian
8. BIG THINKERS
Social Networking Sites: Definition, History and Scholarship –
Boyd & Ellison
Social Networking Sites…Revisiting the Story So Far: A
Response to Danah Boyd & Nicole Ellison – David Beer
Lawrence Lessig
Henry Jenkins
Clay Shirky
Manual Castells
Sherry Turkle
Chris Anderson’s – The Long Tail and Free
9. INTERSECTIONS
The intersection of the roles of producer and consumer;
citizen journalism; user -generated content
Cross-disciplinary collaborations
Programmer/journalist; team collaboration on data
projects/process
Teaching technology in communication programs – Web
design, programming, data
Use of social media in the classroom – SXTXState.com,
TXStateMCWeekcom, TXStateOfChange.com
Seek inspiration from
data presentations to
incorporate into academic
research
Making research more
useful/accessible
Researching Digital MediaRelevant to many fieldsHealth, Education – all need to communicate; understand public discourseSome directions that most interest me
4 P’s – different angles to approach researchIntersections – most interestingData journalism – most interesting area right now.Data – election – Nate SilverWikileaks
Social Networking Sites: Definition, History and Scholarship – Boyd & EllisonSocial Networking Sites…Revisiting the Story So Far: A Response to Danah Boyd & Nicole Ellison – David BeerLawrence LessigHenry JenkinsClay ShirkyManual CastellsSherry TurkleNew Media and SocietyJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication#ISOJ – the Journal of the International Symposium in Online JournalismNieman Journalism LabOnline Journalism ReviewOnline News AssociationSXSW