A new age of documentation in online journalism: old and new functions of digital media library

María Rubio-Lacoba

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Published: 2005-01-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15581/003.18.36326
Keywords:
Informative documentation, Online journalism, Media libraries functions

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A new age of documentation in online journalism: old and new functions of digital media library. (2005). Communication & Society, 18(1), 153-168. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.18.36326
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Abstract

This article examines the adaptation of the media library belonging to a digital media. The first part starts by defining what a digital media library is; secondly, shows its fundamental processes at work; the final part describes both typical functions which have been revived, and new functions that have appeared, that answer the needs of online journalists and of online journalism.
Keywords:
Informative documentation, Online journalism, Media libraries functions

Authors

María Rubio-Lacoba
Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca.

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