Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser

Abstract In cases of emergent crises, news media undertake an important societal function by providing the public with timely and correct information. Using the terrorist attack in Norway on July 22, 2011, as case, this article analyzes how Danish and Norwegian news websites cover emergent crisis...

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Main Author: Aske Kammer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitetsforlaget 2013-01-01
Series:Norsk Medietidsskrift
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Online Access:https://www.idunn.no/nmt/2013/04/terrorisme_i_realtid_22_juli_2011_i_danske_og_norske_neta
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description Abstract In cases of emergent crises, news media undertake an important societal function by providing the public with timely and correct information. Using the terrorist attack in Norway on July 22, 2011, as case, this article analyzes how Danish and Norwegian news websites cover emergent crisis in real-time. First, the article analyzes whether this coverage made use of the affordances of news websites (instantaneity, multimodality, interactivity, and hypertextuality). Second, it analyzes the accuracy of the coverage. The conclusion is that the real-time coverage both used the affordances and was accurate, suggesting that digital journalism managed to undertake its societal function during the terrorist attack.
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Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
Norsk Medietidsskrift
Affordances
Crisis communication
Digital journalism
News websites
Real-time coverage
Crisiscommunication
title Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
title_full Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
title_fullStr Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
title_full_unstemmed Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
title_short Terrorisme i realtid: 22. juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
title_sort terrorisme i realtid 22 juli 2011 i danske og norske netaviser
topic Affordances
Crisis communication
Digital journalism
News websites
Real-time coverage
Crisiscommunication
url https://www.idunn.no/nmt/2013/04/terrorisme_i_realtid_22_juli_2011_i_danske_og_norske_neta
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