Going Live: Getting the News Right in a Real-Time, Online World
by Philip M. Seib
A look at how the news is changing thanks to technology, focusing on the progression in live coverage from the Vietnam War as the “living room war” to the Gulf War as the “first live war” to the 1999 war in Kosovo as the “first Web war.” Says the new trend in the news media is that getting the news fast and first is better than getting it right. Touches on topics such as sloppy ethics, trivialized news, and sensationalism.
