The Handbook of Journalism Studies

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8058-6342-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 952 g

Reihe: ICA Handbook Series

This Handbook charts the growing area of journalism studies, exploring the current state of theory and setting an agenda for future research in an international context. The volume is structured around theoretical and empirical approaches, and covers scholarship on news production and organizations; news content; journalism and society; and journalism in a global context. Emphasizing comparative and global perspectives, each chapter explores:

Key elements, thinkers, and texts

Historical context

Current state of the art

Methodological issues

Merits and advantages of the approach/area of studies

Limitations and critical issues of the approach/area of studies

Directions for future research

Offering broad international coverage from top-tier contributors, this volume ranks among the first publications to serve as a comprehensive resource addressing theory and scholarship in journalism studies. As such, the Handbook of Journalism Studies is a must-have resource for scholars and graduate students working in journalism, media studies, and communication around the globe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wahl-Jorgensen, Karin

Hanitzsch, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introducing Journalism Studies

1 Introduction: On why and how we should do journalism studiesKarin Wahl-Jorgensen & Thomas Hanitzsch

2 Journalism HistoryKevin G. Barnhurst & John Nerone

3 Journalism and the AcademyBarbie Zelizer

4 Journalism EducationBeate Josephi

Part II: News Production

5 News Organizations and RoutinesLee B. Becker & Tudor Vlad

6 Journalists as GatekeepersPamela J. Shoemaker, Tim P. Vos & Stephen D. Reese

7 Objectivity, Professionalism, and Truth Seeking in JournalismMichael Schudson & Chris Anderson

8 Reporters and Their Sources Daniel A. Berkowitz

9 Gender in the NewsroomLinda Steiner

10 Convergence and Cross-Platform Content ProductionThorsten Quandt & Jane Singer

Part III: News Content

11 Agenda Setting Renita Coleman, Maxwell McCombs, Donald Shaw & David Weaver

12 News Values and SelectivityDeirdre O’Neill & Tony Harcup

13 Nature, Sources and Effects of News FramingRobert M. Entman, Jörg Matthes & Lynn Pellicano

14 News, Discourse and IdeologyTeun A. van Dijk

15 Rethinking News and Myth as StorytellingS. Elizabeth Bird & Robert W. Dardenne

16 The Commercialization of NewsJohn McManus

Part IV: Journalism and Society

17 Journalism and DemocracyBrian McNair

18 Journalism, Public Relations and SpinDavid Miller & William Dinan

19 Alternative and Citizen JournalismChris Atton

20 Journalism Law and RegulationKyu Ho Youm

21 Journalism EthicsStephen J. A. Ward

22 Journalism and Popular CultureJohn Hartley

23 Audience Reception and News in Everyday LifeMirca Madianou

Part V: Journalism Studies in a Global Context

24 Journalism and GlobalizationSimon Cottle

25 Development JournalismXu Xiaoge

26 Advocacy Journalism in a Global Context Silvio Waisbord

27 Covering War and PeaceHoward Tumber

28 Researching Public Service Broadcasting Hallvard Moe & Trine Syvertsen

29 Comparative Journalism StudiesThomas Hanitzsch

30 Towards De-Westernizing Journalism Studies Herman Wasserman & Arnold S de Beer

List of Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen is Reader in the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media, and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, Wales. Her work on media, democracy, and citizenship has been published in more than 20 international journals as well as in numerous books.

Thomas Hanitzsch is Assistant Professor in the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. He founded the ICA’s Journalism Studies Division and has published four books and more than 50 articles and chapters on journalism, comparative communication research, online media and war coverage.