CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Notes on Contributors ix Part IIntroduction : New Media and Democracy 1 Drowning or Waving? New Media, Journalism and Democracy 3 Natalie Fenton Part IINew Media and News In Context 17 1 Technology Foretold 19 James Curran 2 The Political Economy of the 'New' News Environment 35 Des Freedman 3 An Ethical Deficit? Accountability, Norms, and the Material Conditions of Contemporary Journalism 51 Angela Phillips, Nick Couldry, Des Freedman Part IIINew Media and News in Practice 69 4 Culture Shock: New Media and Organizational Change in the BBC 71 Peter Lee-Wright 5 Old Sources : New Bottles 87 Angela Phillips 6 Liberal Dreams and the Internet 102 James Curran and Tamara Witschge Part IVNew Media, News Sources, New Journalism? 119 7 Politics, Journalism and New Media: Virtual Iron Cages in the New Culture of Capitalism 121 Aeron Davis 8 New Online News Sources and Writer-Gatherers 138 Nick Couldry 9 NGOs, New Media and the Mainstream News: News from Everywhere 153 Natalie Fen ton Part VNew Media, News Content and International Context169 10 A New News Order? Online News Content Examined 171 Joanna Redden and Tamara Witschge 11 Futures of the News: International Considerations and Further Reflections 187 Rodney Benson References 201 Index 219