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hamsterization

hamsterization noun: a tendency whereby journalists are expected to take on increased responsibilities relating to 24/7 digital publishing.

Noun

hamsterization (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A tendency whereby journalists are expected to take on increased responsibilities relating to 24/7 digital publishing.
    • Hamsterization / As newsrooms have shrunk, the job of the remaining reporters has changed. They typically face rolling deadlines as they post to their newspaper's website before, and after, writing print stories. Some are required to blog and tweet as well, some to produce videos.2011, Steven Waldman, Information Needs of Communities, page 55
    • One can see the possibility for limitless content for a 24/7 world: churnalism, hamsterization, the news cyclone—names to describe the condition keep coming.2014, Nikki Usher, Making News at The New York Times, page 232

Origin of hamsterization

From hamster + -ization, in allusion to a hamster wheel.

Questions about hamsterization

What does hamsterization mean?
Hamsterization means a tendency whereby journalists are expected to take on increased responsibilities relating to 24/7 digital publishing.
What part of speech is hamsterization?
Hamsterization is a noun.

Words near hamsterization in the dictionary

  1. hamstered
  2. hamsterer
  3. hamsterers
  4. hamsteries
  5. hamstering
  6. hamsterization
  7. hamsterkind
  8. hamsterless
  9. hamsterlike
  10. hamsters
  11. hamstery

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