Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xv, 367 pp.
Contains figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-3-319-55025-1
"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." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective / Jingrong Tong, 1
I. 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, 25
3 News Photography and the Digital (R)evolution: Continuity and Change in the Practices, Styles, Norms and Values of Photojournalism / Marco Solaroli, 47
4 UGC Creators and Use of Their Content by Mainstream Media / Glenda Cooper, 71
5 Uncertainty, Tabloidisation, and the Loss of Prestige: "New Media Innovations" and Journalism Cultures in Two Newspapers in Mainland China and Taiwan / Jingrong Tong et al., 91
II. 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 et al., 115
7 Evaluating the Role of the Internet and Mainstream News Journalism in the Development of the Northern Ireland Peace Process / Paddy Hoey, 141
8 Digital Technology, Journalism and Politics in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict / Thusiyan Nandakumar, 165
III. THE RISE OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
9 The Importance of Citizenship: Theoretical Issues in Studying Citizen Journalism in International Context / Vincent Campbell, 191
10 Independent Media, Social Movements, and the Traditional News Media in Taiwan / Yuan-Hui Hu, 215
11 The Roles of Online Alternative Media in Facilitating Civil Cociety Development in Macau: The Case Study of Macau Concealers and All About Macau Media / Chang Su, 237
IV. JOURNALISTS ON TWITTER
12 Indian TV Anchors on Twitter: Technological Practice and Textual Form / Vibodh Parthasarathi and Anada Mitra, 263
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, 291
V. METHODOLOGIES AND METHODS
14 Researching the Fluid and Multisited Appropriations of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Admire Mare, 317
15 Explaining Outcomes in Comparative Digital Journalism Research: Challenges and Analytic Choices / James Stanyer, 347
I. 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, 25
3 News Photography and the Digital (R)evolution: Continuity and Change in the Practices, Styles, Norms and Values of Photojournalism / Marco Solaroli, 47
4 UGC Creators and Use of Their Content by Mainstream Media / Glenda Cooper, 71
5 Uncertainty, Tabloidisation, and the Loss of Prestige: "New Media Innovations" and Journalism Cultures in Two Newspapers in Mainland China and Taiwan / Jingrong Tong et al., 91
II. 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 et al., 115
7 Evaluating the Role of the Internet and Mainstream News Journalism in the Development of the Northern Ireland Peace Process / Paddy Hoey, 141
8 Digital Technology, Journalism and Politics in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict / Thusiyan Nandakumar, 165
III. THE RISE OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM AND ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
9 The Importance of Citizenship: Theoretical Issues in Studying Citizen Journalism in International Context / Vincent Campbell, 191
10 Independent Media, Social Movements, and the Traditional News Media in Taiwan / Yuan-Hui Hu, 215
11 The Roles of Online Alternative Media in Facilitating Civil Cociety Development in Macau: The Case Study of Macau Concealers and All About Macau Media / Chang Su, 237
IV. JOURNALISTS ON TWITTER
12 Indian TV Anchors on Twitter: Technological Practice and Textual Form / Vibodh Parthasarathi and Anada Mitra, 263
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, 291
V. METHODOLOGIES AND METHODS
14 Researching the Fluid and Multisited Appropriations of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms / Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Admire Mare, 317
15 Explaining Outcomes in Comparative Digital Journalism Research: Challenges and Analytic Choices / James Stanyer, 347
