Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-192) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Shifting audiences -- Offline and online news content -- News specialization and segmentation -- Selecting news online -- Learning from online news -- Fragmentation and polarization of the audience -- Information democratization -- Online news and public affairs.
Summary
News on the Internet synthesizes research on developing and current patterns of online news provision with the literature on traditional, offline media to create a conceptual map for understanding the way that public affairs and news are presented and consumed on the internet.