Volume 6, Number 1 Issue of the #ISOJ Journal

The sixth volume of the #ISOJ academic journal focuses on digital security concerns for journalists, the impact of social media in journalism, the potential for virtual reality in immersive storytelling, the evolution of digital native news organizations, and the economics of accountability journalism.

Table of Contents

Volume 6 | Issue 1

Journalism: How One University Used Virtual Worlds to Tell True Stories | Leonard Witt, Farooq Kperogi, Gwenette Writer Sinclair, Claire Bohrer and Solomon Negash

“Security by Obscurity”: Journalists’ Mental Models of Information Security | Susan McGregor and Elizabeth Anne Watkins

Quieting the Commenters: The Spiral of Silence’s Persistent Effect on Online News Forums | Hans Meyer and Burton Speakman

Interactivity, social presence, and journalistic use of Twitter | Jeremy Littau and Mi Rosie Jahng

The Economics of Accountability Journalism: What Price Is Right? | James Breiner

Six things you didn’t know about headline writing: Sensational form in viral news of traditional and digitally native news organizations | Danielle Kilgo and Vinicio Sinta

Did you get the Buzz? Are digital native media becoming mainstream?| Lu Wu

Toward Omnipresent Journalism: A Case Study of the Real-Time Coverage of the San Antonio Spurs 2014 NBA Championship Game | Zhaoxi (Josie) Liu