Ryan Sullivan. Annotated bibliography. WRT 104.

Romanelli, Fall 2015

1.

Embedding content from Syrian citizen journalists: The rise of the collaborative news
clip: This article is by far and away the single most important article that I found, seeing as it
fits into my idea perfectly. This article highlights what the New York Times did to cover the
Syrian Civil War. The Times put content straight from the war into their live blog, which
revolutionized the way that news is presented. This gave raw and uncut video and pictures of
the front line of the war, coming from anybody and everybody, known as citizen journalism.
This article highlights the importance of the blog, The Lede, and how it was done in the
Syrian Civil War
Wall, M., El Zahed, S. (April 23rd 2014). Embedding content from Syrian citizen
journalists: The rise of the collaborative news clip. Accessed October 16th, 2015. Accessed
from: http://jou.sagepub.com.uri.idm.oclc.org/content/16/2/163.full
2. Ethics in the Digital Age: A Comparison of the Effects of Moving Images and
Photographs on Moral Judgment. This is another scientific article that I plan to use to
study the effects and preference of video on people. This study compares videos to
pictures and finds that pictures are more effective than video (I disagree), however, it
does make meaningful progress in how videos should be used. The findings are that
videos are more effective when it is not a very disturbing topic, for example, the people
in the study did not like to see the beating or the flood in video content, however they did
like the sting operation. I can infer from this that video is only so effective, but the reason
some videos are effective is because of their source material rather than quality.
Meader, A., Knight, L. Coleman, R., Wilkins, L. (October 27th, 2015) Ethics in the
Digital Age: A Comparison of the Effects of Moving Images and Photographs on Moral

Judgment. Accessed on December 1st, 2015. Accessed from: http://www-tandfonlinecom.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/23736992.2015.1083403

3. Fusing cross-media for topic detection by dense keyword groups: This article is without a
doubt the most scientific source that I found. However, the science behind this is
extremely useful because it gives us a basis for why video content is surging. The article
goes into detail on the differences we perceive in videos as opposed to a news report. I
plan to demonstrate why people are now choosing videos over news reports using the
scientific facts that this study uncovered.
Zhang, W., Chen, T., Li, G., Pang, J., Huang, Q., Gao, W. O (December 2nd, 2015.)
Fusing cross-media for topic detection by dense keyword groups. Accessed December
5th, 2015. Accessed from:
http://www.sciencedirect.com.uri.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0925231215006694
4. The future of journalism-Who to believe? This article is a phenomenal piece on the
power of the new digital media. This article highlights in great detail how much more the
internet and online sources are preferred to print. The article has several graphs depicting
an overwhelming majority of people who say that they are satisfied with the news that
they see online, and how they prefer it to print. The article also conveys statistics on how
the public views print media compared to online, and how most are simply uninterested
in print media.
Piscina, T., Zabalondo, B., Aiestaran, A., Agirre, A. (February 5th, 2015) The Future of
Journalism, Who to Believe? Accessed on December 1st, 2015. Accessed from:
http://www-tandfonline-com.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2015.1006932

5. Newspapers, Facebook, and Twitter: This source is one of the most informative that I
found for my project. It details the Norwegian elections in 2011 and how they were
influenced by all forms of media, namely twitter. While my essay focuses on video
content, twitter shows and hosts videos that are uploaded to individual feeds. With that in
mind, I can connect the usage of videos on twitter to the overarching essay.
Skogerbo, E & Krumsvik, A. (September 2nd, 2014). Newspapers, Facebook, and twitter.
Accessed October 16th, 2015. Accessed from
http://www-tandfonline-com.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2014.950471
6. Redrawing Boundaries: WITNESS and the politics of citizen videos: This article details
the advocacy group, WITNESS. WITNESS is an organization that has been dedicated to
using citizen journalists work to convey their message. The group has been involved in
many well known events such as the Arab Spring. Using this groups work, I can use real
goals and real information from the front lines to cite what happened during the protests
Farrell, N., Allan, A. (September 28th, 2015). Redrawing Boundaries: WITNESS and the politics
of citizen videos. Accessed December 1st, 2015. Accessed from:
http://gmc.sagepub.com.uri.idm.oclc.org/content/11/3/237.full.pdf+html
6. Social Media References in Newspapers: This study follows two Belgian newspapers and
how they use social media in their newspapers. The study noted the differences between
the two mediums, but it really breaks it down into what mediums have a higher focus on
what. For example, do the newspapers use social media more for a certain subject of the
news. Overall, this study is useful as it provides some more contextual clues to studies
that have already shown what people are watching. I can connect this to other studies that

show what people watch, and make the connection to what people are watching and the
rise of video journalism.
Paulussen, S., Harder, R. (April 8th, 2014) Social Media References in Newspapers. Accessed
December 1st, 2015. Accessed from: http://www-tandfonlinecom.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/17512786.2014.894327
6. Ubiquitous witnesses: who creates the evidence and the live(d) experiences of human
rights violations?: This article details what a citizen journalist, witness, or first responder,
might go through during a humanitarian crisis. The article details what makes these
people, but it also goes into detail on the trouble that these people can face after the
conflict is over. It highlights a case in Kenya where two eyewitnesses were harrassed
after filming an attack in the country. However, the article also highlights how a video
from these citizen journalists are made and how they are verified as credible sources to be
seen on the international stage
Gregory, S. (August 4th, 2015) Ubiquitous witnesses: who creates the evidence and the live(d)
experiences of human rights violations? Accessed on December 1st, 2015. Accessed from:
http://www-tandfonline-com.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1070891
6. What is news? Audiences May Have Their Own Ideas: This article depicts something that
is crucial to news today, and that is that it is evolving. This article details how younger
audiences are not watching what the older generations have been watching, and how
vastly different it is. For example, the article highlights how Jon Stewarts Daily show
was a comedy program, but it was also news, and as a result the younger generations fell
in love with it. It also has many stats on what the younger generations look for, so I plan
to use this as insight as to why the news world is changing so rapidly

Armstrong, C., McAdams, M., Cain, J. (April 30th, 2015). What is News? Audiences May Have
Their Own Ideas. Accessed October 16th, 2015. Accessed from: http://www-tandfonlinecom.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/15456870.2015.1013102
6. Youtube And The Challenge To Journalism: Another one of the most important articles
that I found, this article details how youtube is damaging journalism as we know it. The
article highlights how news is traveling online and that in video form, it is not the same as
traditional media. It highlights that anybody can do this form of news, unlike before, and
that it is taking the power away from news organizations and people who studied to be a
journalist.
Peer, L,. Ksiazek, T. (October 7th, 2010). Youtube And The Challenge To Journalism. Accessed
October 16th, 2015. Accessed from: http://www-tandfonlinecom.uri.idm.oclc.org/doi/full/10.1080/1461670X.2010.511951