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Hypernews, biological authenticity, and the mediation of what's important

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

John E. Newhagen
John E. Newhagen*
Affiliation:
Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland, 2212 Knight Hall, College Park, MD 20742, jnewhagen@jmail.umd.edu
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Abstract

A subtle but important shift is unfolding in the capture and distribution of news events brought about largely due to advances in ubiquitous communication technology. This shift has spawned a new kind of witnessing, or firsthand observation, that has the potential to change the very notion of public affairs news. To understand this shift the idea of news has to be grounded on a functional, biological foundation, first for what will be called “hard news,” and then for the more problematic genre called “public affairs reports.”

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Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 1-2 , Spring/Fall 2012 , pp. 80 - 86
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Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

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