Raising the Ante

Raising the Ante: The Internet's Impact on Journalism Education and Existing Theories of Mass Communication

A Symposium in Honor of Philip Meyer
Knight Chair in Journalism
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Further research is needed to determine how the Internet will affect not only news media but the underlying theories that have shaped mass-communication research for decades.

Raising the Ante brought together a variety of media scholars to look at the emerging new system in the light of existing theories of mass communication. It also considered how research and theory can be of service to the practice of journalism in the information age.

Visit www.philipmeyersymposium.blogspot.com for links to presentations, participant bios and blog coverage.

This symposium honored Philip Meyer, who will retire as Knight Chair in Journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill this year.  Meyer has been at the forefront of applying social-science research methods to the practice of journalism.  His 1973 book, “Precision Journalism,” was listed by Journalism Quarterly as one of 35 significant books of the 20th century on journalism and mass communication. His most recent book is “The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age,” published in 2004.