Principles of Journalistic Symmetry

C.W. AndersonCollege of Staten Island, CUNY

International Symposium on Online JournalismAustin, TX

April 24, 2010

The Traditional Scope of Media Sociology

Media Institutions

Media Frames

What is the relationship between media institutions and media frames?

Expanded Scope of Media Sociology?

Media Institutions

Media Frames

Can we expand these traditional sociological concerns forward in space and backward in time?

Org. Assemblage

Coordination ofAction

Organizational Assemblage

Organizational Assemblage (2)

Media Assemblage

Coordination

Further Questions: Generalizability? Media Effects vs Agency