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Cyberfactories: How News Agencies Produce News

Paperback by Czarniawska, Barbara

Cyberfactories: How News Agencies Produce News

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ISBN:
9780857939142
Publication Date:
28 Dec 2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Pages:
240 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 13 Feb 2026
Cyberfactories: How News Agencies Produce News

Description

Have you ever wondered how organizations decide which news is important? This insightful book portrays in detail everyday work in three news agencies: Swedish TT, Italian ANSA and the worldwide Reuters. This unique study is about organizing rather than journalism, revealing two accelerating phenomena: cybernization (machines play a more and more central role in news production) and cyborgization (people rely more and more on machines). Barbara Czarniawska reveals that technological developments lead to many unexpected consequences and complications. Cyberfactories will prove essential to researchers interested in contemporary forms of organizing, studies of technology, and media. It will also appeal to a lay reader interested in how news is produced.

Contents

Contents: 1. The Places Where Information Overflows 2. Three Histories 3. TT, or a Day at Work 4. ANSA, or Meetings and Teamwork 5. Reuters, or Tooling the News 6. How News is Produced References Index

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