Of the three characteristics of online journalism, namely hypertextuality, multimediality and interactivity, the latter lies at its very core. No other traditional medium is able to offer the same interactivity level as the internet.
This is because the medium of the web, embedded on the internet’s limitless boundaries considering time and space, has become a platform that closely [...]
June 3, 2008
Interactivity: The heart of online journalism
June 3, 2008
Summary 7: Domingo, D. (2008). Interactivity in the daily routines of online newsrooms: dealing with an uncomfortable myth. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13 (680-704).
Domingo looks at the “myth of interactivity”, suggesting that the professional culture of traditional journalism has a huge effect in online newsrooms, as this prevents journalists from developing most of the ideals of interactivity, because these ideals don’t fit into the standard news production routines.
Domingo quotes Bruns (2005) as saying that weblogs and citizen journalism [...]
