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Digital Technology and Journalism

An International Comparative Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Jingrong Tong

    1. Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Shih-Hung Lo

    1. National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan

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  • Updates current knowledge about the impact of digital technology on journalism and of the implications of such an impact for understanding the occupation of journalism and its relationship to the macro- and micro-contexts

  • Reassesses and analyses the roles technology and context play respectively in transforming journalism, through identifying continuity and change in journalism under the influence of digital technology

  • Proposes new approaches to comparative journalism studies, which has traditionally been dominated by the Anglo-American experience, by the perspective of a cross-country comparison

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective

    • Jingrong Tong
    Pages 1-21

  4. The Interaction Between Digital Technology and Professional Journalism in Periods of Social Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Journalism Culture and Professional Identity in Transit: Technology, Crisis and Opportunity in the Greek Media

      • Maria Touri, Ioanna Kostarella, Sofia Theodosiadou
      Pages 115-139

    3. Evaluating the Role of the Internet and Mainstream News Journalism in the Development of the Northern Ireland Peace Process

      • Paddy Hoey
      Pages 141-163

    4. Digital Technology, Journalism and Politics in Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict

      • Thusiyan Nandakumar
      Pages 165-188

  7. Methodologies and Methods

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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    2. Researching the Fluid and Multisited Appropriations of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms

      • Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, Admire Mare
      Pages 317-345
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About this book

This edited volume discusses the theoretical, practical and methodological issues surrounding changes in journalism in the digital era. The chapters explore how technological innovations have transformed journalism and how an international comparative perspective can contribute to our understanding of the topic. Journalism is examined within Anglo-American and European contexts as well as in Asia and Africa, and comparative approaches and methods for journalism studies in the digital age are evaluated. In so doing, the book offers a thorough investigation of changes in journalistic norms, practices and genres in addition to providing an international and comparative perspective for understanding these changes and what they mean to journalism. Written by both leading scholars and media practitioners in the field, the articles in this collection are based on theoretical frameworks and empirical data, drawn from content analysis of newspaper and online coverage, in-depth interviews with news practitioners, observation on the websites of news organisations and analysis of journalists on Twitter. The result is a cohesive compilation that offers the reader an up-to-date and comprehensive understanding of digital developments in journalism and comparative journalism studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom

    Jingrong Tong

  • National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan

    Shih-Hung Lo

About the editors

Jingrong Tong is Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at Brunel University London, UK. Her current research focuses on digital technology and journalism, digital data analysis and environmental communication. She is the author of two books on investigative journalism in China.

 
Shih-Hung Lo is Professor in Communication at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His research interests include communication theory, political economy of communication, Chinese media studies, digital journalism, telecommunication policies and media sociology.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Digital Technology and Journalism

  • Book Subtitle: An International Comparative Perspective

  • Editors: Jingrong Tong, Shih-Hung Lo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55026-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55025-1Published: 18 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85547-9Published: 14 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55026-8Published: 09 October 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 367

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Media and Communication, Journalism, Social Media

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