Producer studies : informative web sites from the inside

• An emerging genre of web sites can be described with the following characteristics: asubject is well defined; the subject is well covered; a publicist takes responsibility forwhat is published; and the publicist has a certain authority within the field of the subject.Such sites can function as teaching tools or as substitutes for the user’s knowledge.In the long run, the user will know more about the subject, i.e. the site supportslifelong learning and learning on-demand. These sites seem to have an informative"mission" and are run by public authorities, corporations or other organizations.Subjects can be medical care, health, tourism, sports etc. This paper presents a studyof how producers work and experience their production of informative content. Theinterviews were conducted in 2004 with people employed at Swedish sites.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Media and Communications (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Web sites

informal learning

knowledge portal

content provider

informative task

producer

commercial and authorities

Media and communication studies

Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

kon (subject category)