Open source and journalism: toward new frameworks for imagining news innovation.

Journalists and technologists increasingly are organizing and collaborating, both formally and informally, across major news organizations and via grassroots networks on an international scale. This intersection of so-called ‘hacks and hackers’ carries with it a shared interest in finding technologi...

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Publicado en:Media, Culture & Society Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 602 - 620
Autores principales: Lewis, Seth C, Usher, Nikki
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications, Ltd. Jul2013
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