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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: social fact
    sub title: news and knowledge in a networked world
  name:
    name part: Wihbey, John P.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    date issued: 2019
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (328 pages).
  abstract: How the structure of news, information, and knowledge is evolving and how news media can foster social connection. While the public believes that journalism remains crucial for democracy, there is a general sense that the news media are performing this role poorly. In The Social Fact, John Wihbey makes the case that journalism can better serve democracy by focusing on ways of fostering social connection. Wihbey explores how the structure of news, information, and knowledge and their flow through society are changing, and he considers ways in which news media can demonstrate the highest possible societal value in the context of these changes. Wihbey examines network science as well as the interplay between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the structure of knowledge in society. He discusses the underlying patterns that characterize our increasingly networked world of information--with its viral phenomena and whiplash-inducing trends, its extremes and surprises. How can the traditional media world be reconciled with the world of social, peer-to-peer platforms, crowdsourcing, and user-generated content Wihbey outlines a synthesis for news producers and advocates innovation in approach, form, and purpose. The Social Fact provides a valuable framework for doing audience-engaged media work of many kinds in our networked, hybrid media environment. It will be of interest to all those concerned about the future of news and public affairs.
  note: John P. Wihbey.
  subject:
    topic: Journalism
    topic: Social aspects
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Social media
    topic: Social aspects
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: News audiences
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Mass media
    topic: Technological innovations
  classification: PN4888.S6 W55 2019eb
  classification: 071/.3
  identifier: 9780262351973
  identifier: 0262351978
  identifier: 9780262039598
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: OCoLC-P
    record creation date: 190117
    record change date: 20221121162748.6
    record identifier: in00004603082
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng