When Rumour and Comment Become the News

Wilson, Jason A. and Saunders, Barry J. and Bruns, Axel (2008) When Rumour and Comment Become the News. In ABC News Online: Club Bloggery, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Abstract

Many of the dust-ups so far between bloggers and the mainstream media (MSM) in Australia have concerned comment, not news. The kinds of spats we’ve written about previously have been over who exactly has the mortgage on punditry about established stories, social issues, opinion polls and the like.

Item Type:	Newspaper/Magazine Article
Status:	Published
Keywords:	Heath Ledger, media, journalism, culture, film, death
Subjects:	400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400104 Communication and Media Studies 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400101 Journalism 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies
ID Code:	12301
Deposited By:	Bruns, Axel
Deposited On:	05 February 2008
Alternative Locations:	http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/25/2146455.htm, http://gatewatching.org/2008/01/29/club-bloggery-part-10-this-just-in/
Copyright Owner:	Copyright 2008 (The authors)
Additional Information:	First published at Gatewatching: http://gatewatching.org/2008/01/29/club-bloggery-part-10-this-just-in/ Also published in a condensed version at ABC Online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/25/2146455.htm