Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective

by Jingrong Tong (Editor), Shih-Hung Lo (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319550268
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	10/09/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	367
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Digital technology and journalism: an international comparative perspective.- Part 1. The impact of digital technology on the practices, professionalism and cultures of professional journalism.- 2. The Invisible Hand of the Unaccountable Algorithm: How Google, Facebook and Other Tech Companies are Changing Journalism (David R Brake).- 3. News photography and the digital (r)evolution: Continuity and change in the practices, styles, norms, and values of photojournalism (Marco Solaroli).- 4. UGC creators and use of their content by mainstream media (Glenda Cooper).- 5. Uncertainty, tabloidization, and the loss of prestige: New media innovations and journalism cultures in two newspapers in mainland China and Taiwan (Jingrong Tong and Shih-hung Lo).- Part 2. The interaction between digital technology and professional journalism in periods of social change.- 6. Journalism culture and professional identity in transit: technology, crisis and opportunity in the Greek media (Maria Touri, Ioanna Kostarella, Sophia Theodosiadou).- 7. Evaluating the role of the Internet and mainstream news journalism in the development of the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Paddy Hoey). 8. Digital technology, journalism and politics in Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict (Thusiyan Nandakumar).- Part 3 The rise of citizen journalism and alternative media.- 9. The Importance of ‘Citizenship’: Theoretical Issues in Studying Citizen Journalism in International Context (Vincent Campbell).- 10. Independent Media, Social Movements, and the Traditional News Media in Taiwan (Yuan-hui Hu).- 11. The roles of online alternative media in facilitating civil society development in Macau: the case study of Macau Concealers and All About Macau Media (Chang Su). Part 4. Journalists on Twitter.- 12. Indian TV Anchors on Twitter: Technological Practice and Textual Form(Vibodh Parthasarathi and Ananda Mitra).- 13. Practising journalism on Twitter? A computational analysis of British journalists’ use of Twitter before the  2016 EU referendum in the UK (Jingrong Tong and Landong Zuo).- Part 5. Methodologies and methods.- 14. Researching the Fluid and Multi-Sited Appropriations of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms (Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Admire Mare).- 15 Explaining Outcomes in Comparative Digital Journalism Research: Challenges and Analytic Choices (James Stanyer).