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Book SynopsisIn Make It Memorable, former NBC News correspondent Bob Dotson and New York Times visual investigations producer Drew Jordan present a unique and engaging hands-on approach to the craft of visual storytelling. The third edition offers new insight for the digital age and a step-by-step explanation of how to find and create all kinds of visual stories under tight deadlines. In addition to new scripts annotated with behind-the-scenes insights and structural comments, the book includes links to online videos of all the story examples. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Become a Better StorytellerChapter 2: Getting Started Chapter 3: Successfully Pitch the Stories You Want to Do Chapter 4: Interviewing Chapter 5: Look for Different Ways to Tell Your Story Chapter 6: Shooting Your Story Chapter 8: Writing Chapter 9: Lighting the Path to What’s New Additional Videos Available for ViewingAppendixGlossary of Script Cues Acknowledgments Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisFollow one of the first women network news producers as she climbs the career ladder right through the headlines of American history and inspires us all to speak up for our ourselves and fight for our own success. From Cuba to Vietnam and to Tiananmen Square, Linda Mason stood side-by-side with CBS news anchors Walter Cronkite, Charles Kuralt, and Dan Rather to bring the world stories of history-in-the-making and smash the glass ceiling of the network news world. As one of the first women to serve as producer for a primetime network news broadcast, Linda Mason blazed a trail of perseverance as she climbed the network ladder. Her list of adventures included taking Dan Rather to Cuba to meet Fidel Castro, taking Rather and General Norman Schwarzkopf to Vietnam to assess the war-torn country 20 years after the end of the war, and witnessing first-hand the protests in China’s Tiananmen Square.In writing Speak Up, Mason reflects on her career and the leadership lessons she learned along the way. The formula she shares with all young professionals is simple, but the lessons are timeless: work hard, don't complain, ask questions, and when the time is right, speak up about what is next. Mason followed this formula to great success and looks forward to following the groundbreaking careers of today’s professionals throughout media, politics, and in all leadership roles.Trade ReviewLinda Mason made such a strong impression on me when I was a new Broadcast Associate through standards seminars that she ran. I still invoke her name and think of her as a holy grail of sorts for thorough, serious vetting and consideration in news reporting. -- Josh Ravitz, senior director of rights and clearances, CBS NewsLinda Mason blazed a trail across the tough and sometimes hostile terrain of network TV news and helped clear a path for every woman who followed her. It's an inspiring story of brains, guts, and determination along with a colorful insider's account of one of America's most celebrated institutions by a pioneer who was there every step of the way—whether the guys liked it or not. -- Marcy McGinnis, former Sr. Vice President, CBS NewsAt a time when TV news has been demonized and polarized, it's refreshing to read this colorful memoir by a groundbreaking journalist whose intelligence, integrity, and good humor propelled her to great heights—through the glass ceiling and beyond. -- Andrew Heyward, former president, CBS NewsWomen everywhere are in debt to Linda Mason. Her perseverance helped make CBS News vibrant with the contributions of women and people of color. Speak Up is a fight for justice wrapped in the amazing adventures of an intrepid journalist. -- Scott Pelley, correspondent and anchor, CBS NewsTable of ContentsIntroductionForeword by Connie ChungChapter 1: Hello, Fidel!Chapter 2: Growing UpChapter 3: CBS – Here I AmChapter 4: The Most Trusted Man in America Chapter 5: … Standards: The Secret SauceChapter 6: CBS Scandal: Drugs, Payola, and the Mafia Chapter 7: I Face the JuryChapter 8: Work at Work, Work at Home Chapter 9: Women’s Place at WorkChapter 10: Weekend News, Here I ComeChapter 11: The Story Man: Charles KuraltChapter 12: Turmoil at Tiananmen SquareChapter 13: Rather at the HelmChapter 14: CBS In TurmoilChapter 15: A Dream Fulfilled: DocumentariesChapter 16: Vietnam: 20 Years LaterChapter 17: 9/11Chapter 18: Too Close to CallChapter 19: Crisis Shakes CBS News to its RootsChapter 20: Heartache in BaghdadChapter 21: Cronkite’s Memorial ServiceChapter 22: The Future: Digital NewsChapter 23: Off the Clock: Life After CBS NewsFootnotesBibliographyAcknowledgements

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Book SynopsisA Future for the News: What’s Wrong with Mainstream News Media in America and How to Fix It investigates and offers solutions to significant problems with the productive functioning of the mainstream news media. Criticism of the mainstream news media is almost a national pastime in America, and widespread polling shows credibility ratings of journalists among the lowest of any institution in America, almost as low as that of Congress. The institution of news media faces a plummeting morale of journalists; loss of readership; loss of viewers to competing, non-traditional venues for news; and so on. Moving from these problems to realistic solutions, this book serves as an instruction manual of sorts, with each chapter offering a pathway of improvement. This collection brings together academics and news industry professionals with individual chapters taking a specific area of concern and making a case for particular solutions to the problems presented. Solutions range from ones designed for individual reporters to consider, to those that target newsrooms, the institution of journalism, and news consuming audiences. Together they aim to help a beleaguered institution restore itself as a fully functioning asset of the American Republic.

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Book SynopsisA Future for the News: What’s Wrong with Mainstream News Media in America and How to Fix It investigates and offers solutions to significant problems with the productive functioning of the mainstream news media. Criticism of the mainstream news media is almost a national pastime in America, and widespread polling shows credibility ratings of journalists among the lowest of any institution in America, almost as low as that of Congress. The institution of news media faces a plummeting morale of journalists; loss of readership; loss of viewers to competing, non-traditional venues for news; and so on. Moving from these problems to realistic solutions, this book serves as an instruction manual of sorts, with each chapter offering a pathway of improvement. This collection brings together academics and news industry professionals with individual chapters taking a specific area of concern and making a case for particular solutions to the problems presented. Solutions range from ones designed for individual reporters to consider, to those that target newsrooms, the institution of journalism, and news consuming audiences. Together they aim to help a beleaguered institution restore itself as a fully functioning asset of the American Republic.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, contributors analyze the knowledge about human mobility, its interaction with news and social media, and the way this impacts the attitudes of local societies and the integration of immigrants. After a general contextualization of migration dynamics in Southern Europe and its impact during the 21st Century, the central chapters of the book offer the results of three scientific studies conducted in Spain, Italy, and Greece about the representation of migration in news media and social platforms. These studies consist of an analysis of the frames used in news photographs about migrants and refugees in relevant news outlets; a computational study of online hate speech in social media based on racism and xenophobia; and a comprehensive qualitative evaluation of the perceptions that journalists specializing in migration may have about the interconnection between migration and journalism. Scholars of communication, migration studies, and journalism will find this book of particular interest.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Understanding the Representation of Migrants to Prevent Hatred. The PHARM ExperienceCarlos Arcila Calderón, Andreas VeglisChapter 2: Migration Dynamics in Southern Europe in the 20th and 21st CenturiesMikolaj Stanek, Angeliki Konstantinidou, Francesca Vianello,Chapter 3: The Figures Explaining the Impact of MigrationJavier J. Amores, David Blanco-Herrero, Patricia Sánchez-HolgadoChapter 4: Depictions of Migrants and Refugees in News Photographs from Southern Europe Javier J. Amores, Nikolaos Panagiotou, Diego Garusi, Maria MatsiolaChapter 5: Negative Perceptions and Hate Speech Towards Migrants and Refugees in Southern Europe through Social MediaTheodora Saridou, Javier J. Amores, Martín Oller, Andreas Veglis, Nikolaus PanagiotouChapter 6: Journalists' Perceptions About Migration and Hate Speech Against Migrants in Southern EuropeDiego Garusi, Martín Oller, Maria Matsiola, David Blanco Herrero, Theodora Saridou, Patricia Sánchez HolgadoChapter 7: Migrants and Refugees in Southern Europe Beyond the News Stories: Lessons to be LearnedDavid Blanco-Herrero, Javier J. Amores, Patricia Sánchez-HolgadoAbout the Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Lindsey A. Sherrill explores the exponential growth of true crime podcasting, including the role of the ubiquitous Serial podcast in the growth of the industry. Using both demographic population analysis and interviews with podcast hosts and producers, Sherill demonstrates that true crime podcasts exist as hybrid organizations, with diverse goals ranging from entertainment to criminal justice reform advocacy to journalistic inquiry. These competing motivations of podcast producers are explored, along with the ethical quandaries that emerge in the process of telling true crime stories. Sherrill traces true crime podcasting back to the infancy of the medium and examines the influences, innovations, and events that created the true crime podcast ecosystem, as well as its influence on real cases in the United States. Scholars of communication, sociology, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.Table of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Adnan, Melinda, and MeChapter 2: True Crime, Podcasting, and the Serial EffectChapter 3: Understanding Organizational Growth and Social MovementsChapter 4: Understanding the True Crime Podcast EcosystemChapter 5: Ecology and Podcasts as Maintenance OrganizationsChapter 6: True Crime Podcasts and Social Movement ApproachesChapter 7: Podcasts as Legitimated Hybrid OrganizationsChapter 8: Still Obsessed: Lessons from the True Crime Podcast EcosystemReferencesAppendix: True Crime Podcasts 2005-2022About the Author

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Book SynopsisOnline discussions in the form of readers' comments are a central part of many news sites and social media platforms. In this book, Tamara Kunić explores and interprets the ways in which digital technology has changed culture, media, and society. Kunić analyzes the impact of the Internet and convergence not only on the acquisition of new skills, but also on changes in the production and dissemination of content itself and the need to adapt to new times and the demands of a new audience—the active prosumer. With a comprehensive approach to the issue of participation in the media, Kunić examines the development of news sites and participatory journalism in Croatia from the perspective of editors and from the content of readers' comments. Scholars of journalism, communication, media studies, sociology, politics, and cultural studies will find this book of particular interest.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionPart I: ParticipationChapter 2: Participatory JournalismChapter 3: Regulation of User Generated ContentPart II: Readers' CommentsChapter 4: Readers’ comments as part of participative journalismChapter 5: Communication in digital public sphereChapter 6: Readers’ Comments, Hate Speech and HostilityChapter 7: So… What to Do With Readers’ Comments’ReferencesAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisThe Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism’s Narrative of Mental Illness: A Little Less Conversation contends that the conversation developed and sustained by sports journalists about professional athletes’ experience with mental illness has evolved through three slightly overlapping stages, each marked by a primary theme. During the first stage, from the end of the 19th Century to the middle of the 20th century, sports journalists sensationalized the experience and portrayed the athletes - breathlessly labeled insane - as tragic figures. During the roughly two-decade second stage, an athlete’s experience with mental illness was portrayed as an inconvenience that flummoxed and infuriated team officials who had neither the ability nor the inclination to address the issue. The final stage, leading up to present day and beyond, is most notable for the development and widespread adoption of a coverage template that centers around an athlete’s brave decision to reveal and discuss their experiences. Combining historical research and narrative analysis, Ronald Bishop interrogates whether sports journalists have finally begun to cover the experience of mental illness with sufficient depth. Scholars of media studies, journalism, celebrity studies, and sports psychology would find this book of particular interest.Trade Review“Ron Bishop has written a very important and long overdue book about mental illness and professional athletes. Bishop points out that journalists and society have long denied the human tragedy of athletes who struggle with mental illness. As someone who has long suffered from mental illness, this book left me with the question, what if? If Bishop’s book broadens our perspective about mental illness, it will have accomplished something so few books have done,” -- Chris Lamb, Indiana University-Indianapolis, author of Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate BaseballTable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: The Media and Mental IllnessChapter 2: Life in the “Toy Department”Chapter 3: “The Act of a Madman”Chapter 4: “Natural Sunshine” Chapter 5: “All Squared Around”Chapter 6: “Life’s Third Strike”Chapter 7: “Quite a Stir”Chapter 8: “All Sunny Jim”Ronald Bishop and Maggie FedorocskoChapter 9: “Just a Touch of Rubberitis”Chapter 10: “Drop a Cheer-Up Card”Chapter 11: “With a Haughty Indifference”Chapter 12: “The Endless Mystery”Chapter 13: “A Psychiatrist’s Dream”Chapter 14: “I’m Doing Fine”Chapter 15: Of Battles WonRonald Bishop and Amanda MiloChapter 16: On Their TermsChapter 17: Becoming Fully NarratableRonald Bishop and Amanda MiloChapter 18: All Roads Lead to ElvisReferencesAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisA result of an investigative report by tenacious University of Oregon journalism students, Classroom 15 tells the story of how the dreams of fourth-grade students at the Riverside School, Roseburg, in rural Oregon timber country, were crushed by the prevailing Red Scare, McCarthyism, state and societal censorship, and J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI. The teacher of Classroom 15, known fondly as Mr. McFetridge, assigned a pen pal project in an effort to take geography lessons outside of the classroom. Imagining a place as far from Oregon as they possibly could, the students wrote letters to nine- and ten-year-old counterparts in the Soviet Union. Janice Boyle, the class secretary, reached out to Oregon’s Congressional representative, Charles O. Porter, seeking assistance connecting with peers in Russia. Representative Porter forwarded the letter to the Secretary of State Christian Herter, and a week later the students received the shocking and disheartening news that their benign request had been needlessly denied. In the wake of McCarthyism, the Eisenhower administration subverted the assignment, fearing Communist propaganda would infect the innocent minds of eager Oregon schoolchildren. The students’ plight quickly gained national attention with stories running from the Roseburg News-Review to the New York Times. The publicity didn’t miss the attention of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI. His agents investigated. They traveled to Roseburg, collected evidence, and took it back to the Bureau’s regional headquarters in Portland. The public reaction was swift and unrelenting. The teacher and the Congressman were attacked by outraged Roseburg citizens, the school board, and enraged Americans across the country. Classroom 15 is all the above and a page-turning adventure story told with the voices of the empowered, tenacious University of Oregon journalism students who took the nascent story and demonstrated their unwavering devotion to the journalistic process by telling the tale.Trade Review“It is a fascinating tale, all the more remarkable because it was written not by a single author but by a class of journalism students. The book will appeal to history buffs (not just professional historians but average readers interested in history). It will appeal to readers who like a mystery – who stopped the pen pal project and why? It will appeal to journalism students, who will learn how a story can be divided into parts for different writers and reassembled. I think it will appeal to readers who just like a good story. And for those, like me, who remember the McCarthy era it will bring back some chilling memories.”—Roberta Ulrich, veteran Oregonian and United Press International journalist; author of Empty Nets: Indians, Dams and the Columbia River“This project is solid work of forensic journalism, unearthing Cold War history and geopolitics by using the case study of a small Oregon town and innocent schoolchildren. Adding new insights available in our contemporary post–Cold War context gives the reader a way both to look back at the folly of the past and understand future pitfalls driven by ideological rigidness and fear.”—Markos Kounalakis, PhD, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and McClatchy newspapers foreign affairs columnist“Two Oregon classrooms, separated by seventy miles and sixty years, are brought together by a brief New York Times clipping. An engaging mix of investigative-reporting and storytelling, Classroom 15 uncovers a long-forgotten footnote in Oregon and Cold War history (I never thought I’d see Yoncalla and Rostov-on-Don in the same sentence), while raising important questions about our current national politics. Hats off to the intrepid student journalists at the University of Oregon who have brought this fascinating story to light.”—Tom Booth, Director, Oregon State University Press“Peter Laufer and his talented journalism students provide a suspenseful narrative of American kids wanting Soviet pen pals. Through the lens of memory and hindsight, this book illustrates the tensions that governed the Cold War and, ultimately, it is a testimony to the value of cultural exchanges.”—Rósa Magnúsdóttir, Associate Professor of History, Aarhus University and author of Enemy Number One: The United States of America in Soviet Ideology and Propaganda, 1945-1959.“Classroom 15 is a revealing illustration of the techniques and impact of experiential reporting. This consequential human-interest story is documented with a local and international mindset in its core, which transcends cultures and political systems.” —Juan-Carlos Molleda, Dean, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication“Peter Laufer is a consummate writer, erudite and ever-observant. He has the rare ability to communicate with disparate audiences through his writing. Classroom 15 is a prime example of that talent.”—David P. Burns, Professor of Multimedia Journalism, Salisbury University“Classroom 15 has all the twists, turns, and international intrigue of any political thriller. It’s the gripping story of a government that’s lost its moral perspective because of fear and xenophobia. The warnings here about authoritarian overreach are as resonant today as they were at the height of the Cold War. It’s also the charming story of ‘a group of kids [trying] to do what they do best: to make friends.’ An absorbing and penetrating book.” —Keith Scribner, author of The Oregon Experiment and Professor in the School of Writing, Literature, and Film at Oregon State UniversityTable of ContentsForeword, by Ann Curry; Introduction, by Peter Laufer; Dramatis Personae; Chapter One Children as Victims, Children as Peacemakers, Zack Demars; Chapter Two Janice 101, Maddie Moore; Chapter Three Hoover’s G- Men Come to Town—Sort of, Zack Demars; Chapter Four Janice’s Teacher, Amelia Salzman; Chapter Five Roseburg Then and Now, Carol Kress; Chapter Six A Time of Fear, Madie Eidam; Chapter Seven Behind the Curtain, Isabel Burton; Chapter Eight The Decades-Old Dossier, Zack Demars; Chapter Nine Progress and the Press, Julia Mueller; Chapter Ten Classroom 15 Today, Vaughn Kness; Chapter Eleven Nastya Has a Cat Named Chris, Zack Demars; Epilogue: The Process, Hayley Hendrickson and Zack Demars; Afterword, Scott McFetridge; Editors, Authors and Contributors; Acknowledgments; Index.

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Book SynopsisCitizen Journalism as Conceptual Practice provides a conceptualization of citizen journalism as a political practice developed through analyses of an historical and postcolonial case. Arguing that citizen journalism is first and foremost situated, embodied and political rather than networked and technology-based, the book offers a grounded analysis of the colonial newspaper, The Herald, published in St. Croix (Virgin Islands) 1915-25 by a descendant of enslaved people and independently of the colonial ruler, Denmark. The analysis is informed by Deleuze and Guattari’s approach to knowledge production and formulates a critical reading of citizens’ and subjects’ mediated political engagements then as well as now. The book discusses current approaches to citizen journalism before turning to The Herald, which is then read against the grain in an attempt to show the embodied politics of colonial history and cultural forms of citizen engagement as these politics evolve in this particular case of journalismTrade ReviewAt a time where ‘citizen journalism’ is being celebrated, Bolette Blaagaard has written a thoughtfully measured account in the context of its anticolonial commitments in the Virgin Islands under Danish rule. She spells out in nuanced ways the challenges and burdens, but also the power and potential impacts in the reach for freedom and democratic self-rule. Theoretically grounded, well-versed in the colonial archive, and analytically sharp, this is a compelling contribution to our understanding of citizen journalism historically and contemporarily. -- David Theo Goldberg, Director, Humanities Research Institute, University of CaliforniaThis book provides a radically overdue and rigorous conceptual framework which allows us to think of citizen journalism in fresh and challenging ways. Drawing on postcolonial theory, Citizen Journalism as Conceptual Practice develops an understanding of practices of citizenship as situated, embodied and diverse. It is indispensable reading for anyone interested in the relationship between citizenship and political action. -- Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Director of Research Development and Environment, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff UniversityIn this fascinating book, Blaagaard breaks new ground in the theory and research of citizen journalism. Her historical insight into the anti-colonial politics of civic journalism in an African-Caribbean community frees citizen journalism from its current links to digital technology and offers a radical rethinking of the relationship between journalism, citizenship and technology. An original and much-needed contribution to journalism studies. -- Lilie Chouliaraki, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of Contents1. Shifting Perspectives: Understanding Citizen Journalism Through a “Politics of Location” / 2. Deconstructing the Citizen Journalist / 3. Political Citizen Journalism: Cosmopolitanism and Citizenship in the Colonies / 4. Embodied Citizen Journalism: Archives and Postcolonial Memory / 5. Citizen Journalism and the Politics of Visibility / 6. Conclusions: Citizen Journalism as an Act for Transformation / Bibliography / Index

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Book SynopsisThe book arises from an international research project that explores the future of media pluralism policies for online news. It investigates the latest European policies and techniques for regulatory intervention, and examines the consequences of innovative news practices asking, ‘How will automation of news affect public opinion in the age of social media platforms, and what are the consequences?’ In Media Pluralism and Online News the authors make the argument that there is an urgent need for revitalised thinking for a media policy agenda to deal with the trends to platform power and concentrated media power, which is an ongoing global risk to public interest journalism. In the transition to a media landscape increasingly dominated by broadband internet distribution and the dominance of US-centric new media behemoths Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Netflix the book investigates measures that can be taken to reduce this ongoing march of concentration and the attenuation of media voices. Securing the public interest in a vibrant and sustainable news media sector will require that merger decisions assess whether there is a ‘reduction in diversity’ -- calling for a new public interest test and a more expansive policy focus than in the past. This would include consideration of the sustainability of local businesses; the encouragement of original and local news content; quality of content, in terms of the promotion of news standards; and new modes of delivery and consumption, including the ‘automated curation’ of news content by digital platforms. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Table Acknowledgements 1. Introduction – Tim Dwyer and Derek Wilding 2. The Contemporary Policy Context: Plurality, Diversity and Automated Curation – Derek Wilding and Tim Dwyer 3. New Directions in Media Pluralism and Diversity Interventions – Derek Wilding and Tim Dwyer 4. Problem Definitions in European Policy Debates on Media Pluralism and Online Platforms – Kari Karppinen 5. Automation, News and Social Media Pluralism – Jonathon Hutchinson, Tim Dwyer and Derek Wilding 6. Researching Online News Media Diversities in China and South Korea – Tim Dwyer and Jonathon Hutchinson 7. Investigative Journalism and Media Pluralism: Voices from the Global South – Saba Bebawi 8. Conclusion – Tim Dwyer and Derek Wilding Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe book arises from an international research project that explores the future of media pluralism policies for online news. It investigates the latest European policies and techniques for regulatory intervention, and examines the consequences of innovative news practices asking, ‘How will automation of news affect public opinion in the age of social media platforms, and what are the consequences?’ In Media Pluralism and Online News the authors make the argument that there is an urgent need for revitalised thinking for a media policy agenda to deal with the trends to platform power and concentrated media power, which is an ongoing global risk to public interest journalism. In the transition to a media landscape increasingly dominated by broadband internet distribution and the dominance of US-centric new media behemoths Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Netflix the book investigates measures that can be taken to reduce this ongoing march of concentration and the attenuation of media voices. Securing the public interest in a vibrant and sustainable news media sector will require that merger decisions assess whether there is a ‘reduction in diversity’ -- calling for a new public interest test and a more expansive policy focus than in the past. This would include consideration of the sustainability of local businesses; the encouragement of original and local news content; quality of content, in terms of the promotion of news standards; and new modes of delivery and consumption, including the ‘automated curation’ of news content by digital platforms. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Table Acknowledgements 1. Introduction – Tim Dwyer and Derek Wilding 2. The Contemporary Policy Context: Plurality, Diversity and Automated Curation – Derek Wilding and Tim Dwyer 3. New Directions in Media Pluralism and Diversity Interventions – Derek Wilding and Tim Dwyer 4. Problem Definitions in European Policy Debates on Media Pluralism and Online Platforms – Kari Karppinen 5. Automation, News and Social Media Pluralism – Jonathon Hutchinson, Tim Dwyer and Derek Wilding 6. Researching Online News Media Diversities in China and South Korea – Tim Dwyer and Jonathon Hutchinson 7. Investigative Journalism and Media Pluralism: Voices from the Global South – Saba Bebawi 8. Conclusion – Tim Dwyer and Derek Wilding Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisJames Meese argues that there is a growing risk of a platform-dependent press, a development that threatens liberal democracies across the world. The book provides the first comprehensive account of how platform dependence manifests in the news media sector. Platform dependence is a concept used to describe what happens when businesses or an entire sector, become reliant on one or more digital platforms for its survival. The situation is occurring across the news industry, to the extent that it is difficult to imagine the production, distribution, and long-term survival of news in liberal democracies without the involvement of platforms. With governments, regulators and citizens increasingly concerned about platform power, Digital Platforms and the Press is the first book to highlight the long-term economic and social consequences of platform dependence for the news sector. Featuring a rich selection of case-studies and written in an accessible style, Digital Platforms and the Press provides a strong grounding in relevant debates for the interested student reader, and important takeaways for subject matter experts in journalism studies and media policy. Digital Platforms and the Press will be of interest to journalism and media policy scholars, other scholars in communication, as well as industry practitioners and policymakers.Trade Review“Going beyond the gestural politics of the ‘techlash,’ James Messe has developed an extremely timely neo-institutional analysis of the changing dynamics of the relationships between digital platforms and news publishers. Alert to legal, commercial and policy nuances and complexities, Meese’s text will become a central point of reference for researchers, policy makers and industry participants alike.” -- Terry Flew, Professor, The University of Sydney"In this pace-setting new book, James Meese tackles pressing problems in the increasingly imbalanced relationship between planetary scale digital platforms such as Alphabet (Google), Meta (Facebook) and Apple, on the one side, and news media, on the other. Meese charts how the former are gaining the upper hand when it comes to the distribution of news, the training of a new generation of journalists and news industry workers, getting paid and, of course, the online advertising market. He not only brings a sure hand and wisdom to his analysis of these issues, but also to the policy options he puts on the table." -- Dwayne Winseck, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University and Director of the Global Media & Internet Concentration ProjectTable of ContentsList of Figures and Table Acknowledgements Introduction 1. When News Went Social 2. After the Algorithm 3. Digital Advertising and Democratic Harms 4. The True Cost of News 5. Platforms as Patrons 6. Solutions for a Dependent Press Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisDigital news production has gained increasing relevance in the last two decades. This book focuses on the affordances of contemporary, accelerated digital news production, proposing a new conception and connection between long-form journalism and archives. This approach is based on a theoretical framework of the contemporary digital experience which is defined as the «Digital Landscape». Moreover, this book focuses on platforms and their practices as influential factors regarding long-form journalism and archival production, distribution and consumption. Assessing the shared features of these two entities – long-form journalism and archives – this book investigates how they can be re-imagined and re-used within the contemporary digital landscape. Using a combination of multiple approaches, such as digital methods, text analysis as part of critical discourse analysis and semi-structured interviews, this book identifies common traits between longform journalism and archives. It aims to satisfy the need for novel approaches in the analysis, organization and output of digital news content, identifying novel connections and pathways which can be adopted in order to establish a fuller comprehension of contemporary digital news production.Table of ContentsContents: The Digital Landscape and Journalism – The Digital Landscape – The Media Industry and Archives in the Digital Landscape – Long- Form Journalism, Two Case Studies – «Snow Fall»:　A Landmark in Long- Form Journalism – The Future of Long- Form Journalism: «An Unbelievable Story of Rape» – Archives in the Digital Landscape – Archives, the Long- Term Memories of the Digital Landscape – Present and Future of Long- Form Journalism and Archives – The Shared Trajectory of Long- Form Journalism and Archives – The Future of Long- Form Journalism and Archives: Digitisation, Datafication and Curation.

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Book SynopsisUsing case studies and historical analysis, this book traces changes in ways that journalists understood their ethical responsibilities during the pre-internet twentieth century. Each chapter in this book explores a historical development in the evolution of journalists’ perceptions of their role as professionals.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Journalism’s Ethical Progression Gwyneth Mellinger Chapter 1: The Progressive Era’s Social Awakening and the Soul of the News Ronald R. Rodgers Chapter 2: A “Failure to Take Itself Seriously”: The Canons of Journalism and the Model of Inaction Ken J. Ward Chapter 3: The Lippmann-Dewey “Debate”: Roles and Responsibilities of Journalists in a Democratic Society Tim Klein and Elisabeth Fondren Chapter 4: Francis Biddle and the Jennings Case in 1934-35: A Labor Union, the First Amendment, and Government Oversight Patrick S. Washburn and Michael S. Sweeney Chapter 5: Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker’s Legacy of Pacifism Bailey Dick Chapter 6: War Correspondents, Women’s Interests, and World War II Carolyn M. Edy Chapter 7: Conflicts of Interest in Journalism: Debating a Post-Hutchins Ethical Self-Consciousness Gwyneth Mellinger Chapter 8: Ethical Duty and the Right to Know: Sam Ragan’s Crusades to Provide the Public with Access to Information Erin K. Coyle Chapter 9: “Blackening Up Journalism”: An Ethical Imperative for Newsroom Diversity Gwyneth Mellinger and Erin K. Coyle Conclusion: Journalism Ethics Now and Then John P. Ferré

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Book SynopsisAt the end of 2019, Americans were living in an era of post-truth characterized by fake news, weaponized lies, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, magical thinking, and irrationalism. Science and scientific knowledge were under attack. While many complex interconnected factors were at work, post-truth in the United States was partly the culmination of a cadre of anthropologists and other academics in American universities and colleges during the 1980’s and 1990’s. In Science and Anthropology in a Post-Truth World, H. Sidky examines how their untoward dalliance with problematic and dangerous ideas by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard, Bruno Latour, and Jean Baudrillard informed and empowered a forceful assault on science and truth in the following decades by corporate organizations, politicians, religious extremists, and right-wing populists.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The War on Science and Reason and the Way to Post-TruthChapter 2: De-legitimizing Science in the Academy: Ideological UnderpinningsChapter 3: Science Studies and the Anthropology of Science: How Postmodernists Sought to Demystify TruthChapter 4: The Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity, Incomprehensibility, and the Sokal HoaxChapter 5: American Intellectual Contributions to Science Delegitimation: Kuhn and FeyerabendChapter 6: Epistemic Relativism: Is the World Truly Unknowable?Chapter 7: Epistemology: How Do We Know What We Know?Chapter 8: The Problem of Pseudoscience in Post-Truth AmericaChapter 9: Postmodern Anthropology: Epistemic Relativism and Incoherence as an Experimental Moment?Chapter 10: Paranormal and Theistic Anthropology: From Postmodernism to Post-Truth SupernaturalismChapter 11: From Postmodernism to Post-Truth United States

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Book SynopsisAt the end of 2019, Americans were living in an era of post-truth characterized by fake news, weaponized lies, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, magical thinking, and irrationalism. While many complex interconnected factors were at work, this post-truth era was partly the culmination of a cadre of anthropologists and other academics in American universities and colleges during the 1980’s and 1990’s. In Science and Anthropology in a Post-Truth World, H. Sidky examines how their untoward dalliance with problematic and dangerous ideas by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard, Bruno Latour, and Jean Baudrillard informed and empowered a forceful assault on science and truth in the following decades by corporate organizations, politicians, religious extremists, and right-wing populists.Table of ContentsChapter 1: The War on Science and Reason and the Way to Post-TruthChapter 2: De-legitimizing Science in the Academy: Ideological UnderpinningsChapter 3: Science Studies and the Anthropology of Science: How Postmodernists Sought to Demystify TruthChapter 4: The Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity, Incomprehensibility, and the Sokal HoaxChapter 5: American Intellectual Contributions to Science Delegitimation: Kuhn and FeyerabendChapter 6: Epistemic Relativism: Is the World Truly Unknowable?Chapter 7: Epistemology: How Do We Know What We Know?Chapter 8: The Problem of Pseudoscience in Post-Truth AmericaChapter 9: Postmodern Anthropology: Epistemic Relativism and Incoherence as an Experimental Moment?Chapter 10: Paranormal and Theistic Anthropology: From Postmodernism to Post-Truth SupernaturalismChapter 11: From Postmodernism to Post-Truth United States

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Book SynopsisNews media are principal actors in the development of national identities: they have the ability to construct them, maintain them, or divide them. Identity Discourses about Spain and Catalonia in News Media explores the historical and contemporary role of journalism in the relationship between Catalonia and Spain. With more than seven million inhabitants, Catalonia is a region of Spain with historical economic strength and a unique culture. For centuries, but recently at an escalating pace, a large part of the Catalan population has expressed the desire to secede from Spain, constituting a prototypical case study for secessionism among developed countries. This book explains how news media have constructed Catalan and Spanish identities as different from one other, suggesting that journalism can play a crucial role in secessionist politics.Table of ContentsChapter One: Secessionism in Spain Chapter Two: First Autonomic Pacts Chapter Three: Pro-independence Demonstration Chapter Four: ISIS Terrorist Attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils

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Book SynopsisAs audiences avoid negative news and public risk perceptions fracture across polarized media ecologies, journalists are being called upon to tell engaging and optimistic stories about the future. Consequently, solutions journalism has moved from the margins to the global mainstream, resulting in a plurality of new solutions-focused practices. Solutions Journalism: News at the Intersection of Hope, Leadership, and Expertise explores the professional dynamics and tensions concerning solutions journalism, clarifies these related practices and, in so doing, provides scholars and journalists with a nuanced appreciation of the opportunities and liabilities of reporting solutions. Drawing upon a year-long study of journalism in Tasmania, Bill Dodd develops a tripartite theory of solutions journalism at the intersection of three core concepts: hope, leadership, and expertise. In Australia’s lagging southernmost province, where development propositions have sparked global protest movements, ‘New Tasmania’ represented a newly optimistic spirit of bipartisanship. Yet, in this book, a close reading of solutions-focused discourse reveals deeper asymmetries regarding whose voices are routinely privileged in framing the future. On this basis, the book argues for a solutions journalism founded on a nuanced understanding of hope and a plurality of community leaders and practical expertise. Trade ReviewThis is an intriguing case study using sociological field theory to see how "solutions journalism" and its commitment to democratic hope-spreading may benefit from engagement with political science, positive psychology, entrepreneurship, linguistics, and government…[T]his thoughtful work of scholarship offers guidance for students and practitioners committed to journalism that upholds democratic norms in an era of rising nationalism. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. * Choice *Dodd’s most valuable contribution is his theoretical argument and framework for understanding and analyzing solutions reporting. Based on positive psychology and the sociology of hope, Dodd argues that hope, leadership, and expertise are three key concepts that frame and define solutions journalism in practice. In this way, Dodd provides a framework for scholars to analyze solutions reporting as a form or extension of risk communication scholarship. Scholars, editors, journalists, activists, and policy experts would benefit from reading Dodd’s work…. Dodd explains convincingly how leveraging a taxonomy of hope and utilizing expertise in a more effective manner could help scholars and practitioners to better understand, execute, and evaluate solutions journalism in theory and practice. In this way, Dodd’s work provides a helpful case study and analysis of solutions journalism’s potential to effectively create change on local and global scales. * Mass Communication and Society *This book offers a clear-eyed guide to the ins and outs of solutions journalism as a possible path forward for news and information in the twenty-first century. Combining analysis of the journalistic field with on-the-ground observation in newsrooms and local communities, Bill Dodd shows readers what kinds of challenges and opportunities confront news organizations in their commitments to preserving democracy and educating the public. This book also offers much-needed critique of the frames, structures, and outcomes of journalistic storytelling with a solutions mindset. At a time when the public’s need for accurate information and hope in the future is more important than ever, Dodd offers us reasons to look to new forms of leadership and organization in the pursuit of society’s self-understanding. -- Melissa Aronczyk, Rutgers UniversityAdvancing field theory in new directions, this impressively researched book critically examines anemic forms of hope that undermine journalism's crucial role of promoting a broad spectrum of voices in public spheres. If journalism is to be more than a recounting of the past, if it is to present alternative and better futures, it would do well to draw deeply from this indispensable resource for nurturing the practical and virtuous roots of authentic imaginaries. -- Timothy Neff, University of PennsylvaniaRight now, it might seem more difficult than ever to tell which risks matter most for our future and to identify and implement genuine solutions. At the same time, journalism and its audiences continue to evolve in the face of new media platforms, technologies, and practices. Bill Dodd has written an eloquent and deep exploration of solutions journalism and the three pillars that underpin its construction – hope, leadership and expertise. Vital reading in often confusing times. -- Libby Lester, University of Tasmania[T]his book is a worthwhile supplement in upper-division undergraduate and graduate courses on research methods. Graduate courses in media studies, mass communications, news literacy, and community journalism also will find the book a useful companion…. Solutions Journalism is a worthwhile addition to our understanding of ways that responsible, responsive reporting may be enhanced by adapting knowledge and practice drawn from fields beyond our own. * Journalism & Mass Communication Educator *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart IChapter 1: HopeChapter 2: LeadershipPart IIChapter 3: “New Tasmania”Chapter 4: “An Entrepreneurial Spirit”Chapter 5: Governmental MetaphorsChapter 6: ExpertiseChapter 7: ConclusionAppendicesReferencesAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisAs audiences avoid negative news and public risk perceptions fracture across polarized media ecologies, journalists are being called upon to tell engaging and optimistic stories about the future. Consequently, solutions journalism has moved from the margins to the global mainstream, resulting in a plurality of new solutions-focused practices. Solutions Journalism: News at the Intersection of Hope, Leadership, and Expertise explores the professional dynamics and tensions concerning solutions journalism, clarifies these related practices and, in so doing, provides scholars and journalists with a nuanced appreciation of the opportunities and liabilities of reporting solutions. Drawing upon a year-long study of journalism in Tasmania, Bill Dodd develops a tripartite theory of solutions journalism at the intersection of three core concepts: hope, leadership, and expertise. In Australia’s lagging southernmost province, where development propositions have sparked global protest movements, ‘New Tasmania’ represented a newly optimistic spirit of bipartisanship. Yet, in this book, a close reading of solutions-focused discourse reveals deeper asymmetries regarding whose voices are routinely privileged in framing the future. On this basis, the book argues for a solutions journalism founded on a nuanced understanding of hope and a plurality of community leaders and practical expertise. Trade ReviewThis book offers a clear-eyed guide to the ins and outs of solutions journalism as a possible path forward for news and information in the twenty-first century. Combining analysis of the journalistic field with on-the-ground observation in newsrooms and local communities, Bill Dodd shows readers what kinds of challenges and opportunities confront news organizations in their commitments to preserving democracy and educating the public. This book also offers much-needed critique of the frames, structures, and outcomes of journalistic storytelling with a solutions mindset. At a time when the public’s need for accurate information and hope in the future is more important than ever, Dodd offers us reasons to look to new forms of leadership and organization in the pursuit of society’s self-understanding. -- Melissa Aronczyk, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart IChapter 1: HopeChapter 2: LeadershipPart IIChapter 3: “New Tasmania”Chapter 4: “An Entrepreneurial Spirit”Chapter 5: Governmental MetaphorsChapter 6: ExpertiseChapter 7: ConclusionAppendicesReferencesAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisThe perception that the news media in the United States have a liberal bias is a phenomenon that animates conservatives and affects the ways in which they consider both media content and political discourse. Despite professional standards that have been put in place to prevent deliberate bias, conservatives would argue that the news media tilt deliberately to the left. Barry Goldwater, Distrust in Media, and Conservative Identity: The Perception of Liberal Bias in the News explores the origins of this perception of a liberal bias—while managing to avoid the highly subjective quagmire of attempting to measure bias—by instead positing a social identity explanation for the perception. Rich Shumate posits that conservatives’ need to foster and maintain social identity as conservatives led them to perceive content from elite news media outlets as biased when it did not validate the way they saw the world, deeming it hostile and, by extension, “liberal”. Shumate explores the formation of this perception during the period from 1960–1964, a critical juncture in the American political sphere when conservatives organized to elect Barry Goldwater as president and ultimately came away from the experience bitter with the belief that the news media had stacked the deck against their candidate of choice. Scholars of communication, media studies, journalism, political science, and American history will find this book particularly useful. Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Liberal Bias Rebellion Chapter 1: Battle Lines Chapter 2: Rebels Rise Chapter 3: Rebel PathwaysChapter 4: Rebel Vision Chapter 5: Rebel Reflection Chapter 6: Rebel Framing Conclusion: Rebel Reaction BibliographyAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisAs nations have aggressively implemented a wide range of mechanisms to proactively curb potential threats terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression: Global Perspectives offers critical insight into how counter-terrorism laws have adversely affected journalism practice, digital citizenship, privacy, online activism, and other forms of expression. While governments assert the need for such laws to protect national security, critics argue counter-terrorism laws are prone to be misappropriated by state actors who use such laws to quash political dissent, target journalists, and restrict other forms of citizen expression. The book is divided into three parts. Part I deals with the politics and discourse of counter-terrorism laws. Part II focuses on the ways counter-terrorism laws have impacted journalistic practice in different countries, with effects ranging from imprisonment of reporters to self-censorship. Part III addresses how counter-terrorism laws have been used to target everyday citizens, social media activists, whistleblowers, and human rights advocates around the world. Together, the chapters address how counter-terrorism laws have undermined democratic values in both authoritarian and liberal political contexts. Scholars of political science, communication, and legal studies will find this book particularly interesting. Table of ContentsTable of ContentsPART I: IntroductionCounter-terrorism Laws in the International frame: Uncertain Times for Freedom of Expression Téwodros Workneh & Paul Haridakis PART II: The Politics and Discourse of Counterterrorism Laws 2. Schizorevolutions versus Microfascisms: The Fear of Anarchy in State SecuritizationAthina Karatzogianni & Andrew Robinson3. Parliamentary Discussion of Counter-terrorism in Portugal: Discourses on the Right and on the LeftEunice Castro Seixas4. Anti-terrorism Regulations and Freedom of Speech in SpainIsabel Serrano Maillo5. Counter-terrorism Gone Digital: Framing Cybercrime in Turkey Nazli Bülay Doğan6. Chinese-Speaking Netizens’ Comments on VOA’s Coverage of China’s Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of SpeechWei Sun7. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism legislation in BrazilDaniel Oppermann8. How 9/11 Changed America and How We (can) Talk about It: Torture and the Guantanamo Military CommissionsRita Radostitz PART III: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Journalistic Practice 9. Journalism on Ice—National Security Laws and The Chilling Effect in Australian Journalism Richard Murray, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh & Peter Greste10. Anti-terrorism Regulation and Journalism Practice in Uganda Florence Namasinga Selnes11. Between Voice and Silence: India’s Counter-terrorism Laws and Self-Censorship of Journalists in the Kashmir Conflict Mohammad Imran Parray12. Investigative Journalism and Counter-terrorism Law in CameroonNgangum Peter TiakoPART IV: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Citizen Expression 13. Peru’s Counter-Terrorism Law in Post-Conflict TimesGabriela Martínez14. Extremism: Russia’s Crackdown on Free Speech and Religious Freedom in the Name of National Security Daniel Ortner15. Confronting “The Other”: Internal Constraints on Freedom of Speech to Combat Perceived External ThreatsPaul Haridakis16. Terrorism Law System in Algeria: To Serve and Protect or to Control and Oppress?Francesco Tamburini17. Counter-terrorism and Freedom of Speech in Ethiopia: The EPRDF YearsTéwodros Workneh18. Instrument to Rule? Examining the Impact of Bangladesh’s Counter-terrorism Laws on Freedom of ExpressionShudipta Sharma PART V: Epilogue 19. Epilogue: Insights and Lessons Learned or ConfirmedPaul Haridakis & Téwodros Workneh

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Book SynopsisAs nations have aggressively implemented a wide range of mechanisms to proactively curb potential threats terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression: Global Perspectives offers critical insight into how counter-terrorism laws have adversely affected journalism practice, digital citizenship, privacy, online activism, and other forms of expression. While governments assert the need for such laws to protect national security, critics argue counter-terrorism laws are prone to be misappropriated by state actors who use such laws to quash political dissent, target journalists, and restrict other forms of citizen expression. The book is divided into three parts. Part I deals with the politics and discourse of counter-terrorism laws. Part II focuses on the ways counter-terrorism laws have impacted journalistic practice in different countries, with effects ranging from imprisonment of reporters to self-censorship. Part III addresses how counter-terrorism laws have been used to target everyday citizens, social media activists, whistleblowers, and human rights advocates around the world. Together, the chapters address how counter-terrorism laws have undermined democratic values in both authoritarian and liberal political contexts. Scholars of political science, communication, and legal studies will find this book particularly interesting. Trade Review"An impressive contribution to the comparative and multi-disciplinary study of counter-terrorism and its effects. This book examines a broad range of jurisdictions from throughout the globe and drills down on how growing counter-terrorism laws too often shrink the space available for free expression." -- Kent Roach, University of Toronto"The global reach of the critiques and analyses in Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of Expression make this book a crucial new tool for the interrogation of dangerous threats to free speech worldwide. Téwodros Workneh and Paul Haridakis seamlessly weave representative studies from a diverse array of experts and locales to show that, no matter the system, all governments seek the cover of terrorism to rationalize self-interested censorship. A primary – and sobering – text across disciplines, from political science to international studies to journalism and beyond." -- Peter Laufer, University of Oregon"The main contribution of this book is the reflection on the ways democratic and non-democratic states deals with the threat of external and internal terrorism using counter-terrorism as their legal machinery. The book sheds light on a wide spectrum of the risks counter-terrorism poses to democratic values such as freedom of expression by showing the difficulties to maintain this right in times of combating terrorism. The book indicates strongly what happens when states are using anti-terrorism acts without strong judicial review by the courts. Without due balances between the needs of security and preservation of freedom of expression we are depriving our citizens from having a fair report about security operations and the risks involved in the lives of media personnel." -- Emanuel Gross, University of HaifaTable of ContentsTable of ContentsPART I: IntroductionCounter-terrorism Laws in the International frame: Uncertain Times for Freedom of Expression Téwodros Workneh & Paul Haridakis PART II: The Politics and Discourse of Counterterrorism Laws 2. Schizorevolutions versus Microfascisms: The Fear of Anarchy in State SecuritizationAthina Karatzogianni & Andrew Robinson3. Parliamentary Discussion of Counter-terrorism in Portugal: Discourses on the Right and on the LeftEunice Castro Seixas4. Anti-terrorism Regulations and Freedom of Speech in SpainIsabel Serrano Maillo5. Counter-terrorism Gone Digital: Framing Cybercrime in Turkey Nazli Bülay Doğan6. Chinese-Speaking Netizens’ Comments on VOA’s Coverage of China’s Counter-Terrorism Laws and Freedom of SpeechWei Sun7. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism legislation in BrazilDaniel Oppermann8. How 9/11 Changed America and How We (can) Talk about It: Torture and the Guantanamo Military CommissionsRita Radostitz PART III: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Journalistic Practice 9. Journalism on Ice—National Security Laws and The Chilling Effect in Australian Journalism Richard Murray, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh & Peter Greste10. Anti-terrorism Regulation and Journalism Practice in Uganda Florence Namasinga Selnes11. Between Voice and Silence: India’s Counter-terrorism Laws and Self-Censorship of Journalists in the Kashmir Conflict Mohammad Imran Parray12. Investigative Journalism and Counter-terrorism Law in CameroonNgangum Peter TiakoPART IV: Counter-Terrorism Laws and Citizen Expression 13. Peru’s Counter-Terrorism Law in Post-Conflict TimesGabriela Martínez14. Extremism: Russia’s Crackdown on Free Speech and Religious Freedom in the Name of National Security Daniel Ortner15. Confronting “The Other”: Internal Constraints on Freedom of Speech to Combat Perceived External ThreatsPaul Haridakis16. Terrorism Law System in Algeria: To Serve and Protect or to Control and Oppress?Francesco Tamburini17. Counter-terrorism and Freedom of Speech in Ethiopia: The EPRDF YearsTéwodros Workneh18. Instrument to Rule? Examining the Impact of Bangladesh’s Counter-terrorism Laws on Freedom of ExpressionShudipta Sharma PART V: Epilogue 19. Epilogue: Insights and Lessons Learned or ConfirmedPaul Haridakis & Téwodros Workneh

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how Generation Z, defined by their orientation as “social media natives,” grew up in a media system centered around social media. D. Jasun Carr and Mitchell T. Bard explore how Gen Z consumes news media differently than other cohorts, and how this shift in consumption affects both the members of Gen Z, the media, and media scholarship. The authors take a media ecology approach to laying out the new media landscape in which Gen Z was raised, before looking at how this new ecology affects many of the traditional theories and underpinnings of media effects, media psychology, and journalism. Through the use of original experimental research and the compilation of extant theory and survey data, Carr and Bard argue that while members of Gen Z eschew the more traditional structures of the media ecosystem in favor of those that incorporate a social element, they nevertheless behave, in many ways, similarly to those who came before. Scholars of communication, media studies, social media, and journalism will find this book of particular interest.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: The Foundations of a DisciplineChapter 2: Generation Z: The “Never-Corded”Chapter 3: How Generation Z Values, Consumes and Evaluates JournalismChapter 4: How Generation Z Members Choose Their NewsChapter 5: Fake News, Clickbait, and TrustChapter 6: Entertainment v News: The Fight for Political Knowledge and ParticipationChapter 7: The Kids Are AlrightReferencesAbout the Authors

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Book SynopsisFederal recognition enables tribes to govern themselves and make decisions for their citizens that have the power to retain their cultures. But over the last forty years, the news media coverage of the federal recognition of tribes has perpetuated ignorance and stereotypes about tribal sovereignty. This book examines how past coverage has prioritized gaming over sovereignty and interfered in Tribes’ ability to be federally recognized. Scholars of journalism, mass communication, media studies, and indigenous studies will find this book of particular interest.Trade ReviewThis book is eye-opening academic research on "history", identity and millions of dollars connected to avoiding erasure. A must read for scholars. -- Victoria LaPoe, Ohio UniversityThis is an excellent treatise on paper genocide. Azocar expertly describes the impact of forces that combine to deny the legal existence of Native nations: structural and institutional racism and news coverage that ignores tribal sovereignty and conflates the federal acknowledgment process with the ability to operate casinos. This is a must read for any journalist covering Indian Country. -- Patty Loew, Northwestern UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: A StoryAcknowledgmentsChapter One: Federal Recognition, Jim Crow, and the News MediaChapter Two: Who is Indian and Who Decides?Chapter Three: Federal Recognition and White SupremacyChapter Four: Hegemony, Framing, and Agenda-Setting in Indian CountryChapter Five: Indigenous Standpoint Theory and News CoverageChapter Six: History of News Coverage of Federal RecognitionChapter Seven: Forty Years of News Coverage of Federal RecognitionChapter Eight: Coverage of the Federal Recognition of Virginia TribesChapter Nine: Indigenous News Coverage of Federal RecognitionChapter Ten: Perspectives from Native Journalists and Legal Experts on Covering FederalRecognition: Indigenous Standpoint Theory in ActionChapter Eleven: Federal Recognition Does Not Equate to CasinosChapter Twelve: Indigenous Standpoint Journalism for Non-Indigenous JournalistsEpilogue: A Final Story Federal Recognition and COVID-19 and CasinosAppendicesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisJournalism in Turkey has an ambivalent characteristic. On the one hand, the social demand for genuine journalism has increased, and on the other hand, news has turned into a tool within the polluted political polarization atmosphere.In the age of fake news and post-truth, practices of journalism in Turkey both contain significantly striking examples of how media professionals overcome the barriers and also give some clues about the changing nature of journalism. The book examines the deep crisis mainstream media experience in Turkey. New-born media institutions, alternatives, their start-up strategies, and transformation of journalism field are scrutinized by qualitative and quantitative methods. The book aims to present a current picture of journalism in Turkey by underlining both historical continuities and breaks from the tradition.Table of ContentsIntroduction An Ever-Lasting Status Quo: Journalistic Field in Turkey Construction of Gender Codes in Conservative Media: Conserved Gender The Working Practices of the Glocal Foreign Turkish Media Institutions in the Context of Their Advantages and Disadvantages Fact-Checking Services in Turkey: The Case of Teyit.org and Doğrulukpayi.com Between Craftsmanship and Journalism: Survival of Local Press in Turkey’s Province Visualization of the Revolution: Symbols, Typography and Page Design in the Early Republican Journalism Turkey and the West in the Case of +90 YouTube Channel Confrontation of Media Professionals with New Production Styles: Opportunity or Threat? From Citizen Journalism to Alternative Media: The Case of 140journos New Inequality in the Field of Journalism: Technical Capital Generations, Genders and Priorities: On Digital and Printed Newspapers

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Book SynopsisDer Band liefert eine Zustandsbeschreibung des Journalismus in einer Zeit, in der Medieninstitutionen ökonomisch unter Druck stehen und journalistische Autoritäten zunehmend hinterfragt werden. Das Buch berichtet Ergebnisse einer Befragung von über 2500 Journalist*innen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Im Zentrum stehen die soziodemografischen Profile der Journalist*innen, die Anstellungsverhältnisse und Tätigkeitsbereiche, ihre beruflichen Rollenverständnisse und ethischen Orientierungen, ihr Vertrauen in gesellschaftliche Institutionen sowie die Wahrnehmung von redaktioneller Autonomie und Einflüssen auf ihre Arbeit.Trade Review“Das Buch ist eine Premiere: Schon mehrmals wurde der Journalismus in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz untersucht, aber noch nie gemeinsam und mit identischen Fragen ...” (rkm Rezensionen Kommunikation Medien, rkm-journal.de, 22. April 2020)Table of ContentsJournalismus in schwierigen Zeiten.- Die methodische Anlage der Studie.- Soziodemografische Merkmale.- Journalisten in ihrem Arbeitsumfeld.- Journalismus zwischen Unabhängigkeit und Einfluss.- Berufliches Rollenverständnis.- Vertrauen und gesellschaftliche Institutionen.- Professionelle Ethik- Journalismus im Wandel.- Zwischen Kontinuität und Wandel: Journalismus in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.

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Book SynopsisSusanne Merkle beschäftigt sich in einem komparativen Forschungsansatz mit dem politischen Journalismus in Deutschland und Frankreich. Vor dem Hintergrund der länderspezifischen Kontextfaktoren des Pressejournalismus untersucht sie in einer quantitativen Inhaltsanalyse die Muster journalistischer Darstellung und Meinungsäußerung in deutschen und französischen Qualitätszeitungen zur Debatte um das Freihandelsabkommen TTIP. Im Zusammenhang mit den Entstehungsbedingungen der Berichterstattung im deutschen und französischen Mediensystem deuten die Ergebnisse darauf hin, dass der Journalismus beider Länder trotz gewisser Konvergenzen nach wie vor durch national-spezifische und historisch gewachsene Journalismusverständnisse geprägt ist.Table of ContentsKontext und Bedingungen des Pressejournalismus in Deutschland und Frankreich.- Makroebene: Bedingungen auf Systemebene.- Mesoebene: Ökonomische und publizistische Rahmenbedingungen.- Mikroebene: Journalisten als Berufsgruppe und Individuen.- Die TTIP-Berichterstattung im deutsch-französischen Vergleich: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede .- Meinungsäußerungen im Vergleich: Positionen, Argumente und Bewertungen in Berichterstattung und Kommentierung.

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Book SynopsisFür die Recherche im Netz und für die Faktenprüfung stehen jedem Journalisten professionelle Werkzeuge zur Verfügung. Oft sind die als Open-Source-Software oder als kostenlose Web-Angebote nutzbar. Auch das erforderliche Know-How, um mit diesen Werkzeugen arbeiten zu können, ist leicht erlernbar. Wie Journalisten sich digitale Quellen erschließen, sie verifizieren oder falsifizieren, wie sie gezielt auf Social-Media-Plattformen, im sogenannten „Darknet“ oder „Deep Web“ sowie mit (Spezial-) Suchmaschinen recherchieren; Videos, Fotos und andere Dateien analysieren, das wird in diesem Buch gezeigt.Table of ContentsEine Beispielrecherche: Facebooks unternehmenseigener Nachrichtendienst.- Gezielte Recherche auf Social-Media-Plattformen und in Bogs.- Recherche im sogenannten „Darknet“ und im Deep Web.- Vom Umgang mit Suchmaschinen.- Analyse von Fotos und Videos.- Services und Tools für die Faktenprüfung.- Schluss

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Book SynopsisIn Medienunternehmen und in der Unternehmenskommunikation kommen zu traditionellen Ausspielwegen digitale Kanäle hinzu. Die Inhalte werden oft in Newsrooms produziert. Es setzt sich das Bewusstsein durch, dass sich Kommunikationsmaßnahmen radikal am Bedürfnis des Users orientieren. Bei diesen Veränderungsprozessen muss ein besonderer Wert darauf gelegt werden, die Mitarbeiter mitzunehmen. Denn nur dann wird der Change-Prozess auch wirtschaftlich erfolgreich sein. In diesem essential wird aufgezeigt, warum Medienunternehmen und Kommunikationsabteilungen eine gelebte Change-Kultur brauchen und wie sie den Wandel systematisch angehen können.Table of ContentsGrundlagen von Change Management in Medienunternehmen und in der Unternehmenskommunikation.- Branchenspezifische Veränderungsprozesse wie die Einführung von Newsrooms, Social-Media-Kanälen oder Corporate Publishing.- Leitlinien für Change-Kommunikation.

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Book SynopsisHeranwachsende wünschen sich Medien, die verständlich berichten, Hintergründe und Lösungsmöglichkeiten aufzeigen. Wie das Konzept des konstruktiven Journalismus dabei hilft und wie es in der Journalismusausbildung eingesetzt werden kann, zeigt dieses Buch. Table of ContentsGrundlagen und Grundbegriffe: Wie mit diesen Materialien arbeiten?.- Video 1: Gerüchteküche um Messerkontrolle in der Schule.- Video 2: Seenotrettung.- Video 3: Produktion für Fernsehen und YouTube.- Heranwachsende und der Themenkomplex Flucht in den Medien

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Book SynopsisObwohl sich Journalismus und Unternehmenskommunikation in Funktion und Selbstverständnis immer noch deutlich voneinander unterscheiden, hat die digitale Transformation für eine zunehmende Konvergenz beider Berufsfelder gesorgt. Die Frage, wie und unter welchen Voraussetzungen Öffentlichkeit erzeugt wird, stellt sich angesichts eines tiefgreifenden Medienwandels mit zunehmender Dringlichkeit. Dieses Buch beschreibt das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen beiden Feldern mit Blick auf technologische, ökonomische und praktische Aspekte. Expert*innen aus Journalismus, Unternehmen und Forschung erläutern – wissenschaftlich fundiert und anhand von zahlreichen Praxisbeispielen –, wie sich das neue Miteinander gestaltet: von den jeweils berufsspezifischen Umbrüchen über Wissensvermittlung, -transfer und Netzwerkarbeit bis hin zu neuen Businessmodellen und -strategien für beide Berufsfelder.Ein Buch für Journalist*innen, journalistische Unternehmer*innen, Kommunikationsverantwortliche in Unternehmen, Studierende und praxisorientierte Wissenschaftler*innen.Mit Beiträgen von:• Dr. Matthias Albisser, Hochschule Luzern• Prof. Dr. Christopher Buschow, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar• Prof. Dr. Matthias Degen, Westfälische Hochschule• Prof. Dr. Alexander Godulla, Universität Leipzig• M.A. Benjamin Held, Westfälische Hochschule• Dr. Constanze Jecker, Hochschule Luzern• Prof. Dr. Florian Meißner, Hochschule Macromedia• M.A. Megan Neumann, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften• Prof. Dr. Marc-Christian Ollrog, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften• Rosanna Planer, Universität Leipzig• Prof. Dr. Lars Rademacher, Hochschule Darmstadt• Prof. Dr. Christoph Raetzsch, School of Communication and Culture• Dr. Jonas Schützeneder, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt• Prof. Dr. René Seidenglanz, Quadriga Hochschule• M.A. Hauke Serger, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar• Dr. Klaus Spachmann, Universität Hohenheim• B.A. Karoline Steinbock, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften• M.A. Maike Suhr, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar• Dr. Daniel Vogel, fög – Forschungszentrum Öffentlichkeit und Gesellschaft• Prof. Dr. Stefan Weinacht, Westfälische Hochschule• Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wolf, Universität LeipzigTable of ContentsNachhaltigkeitskommunikation.- PR-Newsrooms und Corporate Newsrooms.- Multimedia Storytelling in Newsrooms.- Intersystembeziehungen von Journalismus und Public Relations.- Entscheidungsstrategien journalistischer Start-ups.- Qualitätsjournalismus als Bedingung für glaubwürdige Unternehmenskommunikation.- Lehre und Ausbildung zwischen Journalismus und Unternehmenskommunikation.- Interaktion von Wirtschaftsjournalisten und Kommunikatoren.

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Book SynopsisPodcasts boomen: Immer mehr Anbieter drängen mit eigenen Formaten auf den Markt. Gleichzeitig nimmt die regelmäßige Nutzung in allen Publikumsgruppen stetig zu. Diesen vielfältigen Potenzialen des neuen Mediums steht eine in Deutschland noch verhältnismäßig überschaubare Forschungslage gegenüber. Der Sammelband soll dazu beitragen, Podcasts als neues Forschungsfeld der Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft abzustecken. Der Sammelband erstreckt sich thematisch von den Podcaster*innen, dem Medium und seinen inhaltlichen Besonderheiten bis hin zum Rezeptionsprozess und den Hörer*innen.Table of ContentsProduzierende von Podcasts.- Podcasts als Medium.- Formate und Inhalte des Podcasts.- Publikum von Podcasts.- Makroperspektiven auf Podcasts.

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Book SynopsisLügenpresse, Fake News, postfaktisches Zeitalter – Begriffe, die aktuell relevanter sind denn je. Obgleich Geschichten so alt sind wie die Menschheit selbst, hat besonders der Begriff des Narrativs vor dem Hintergrund der medialen Berichterstattung einen regelrechten Diskurs ausgelöst. Es gibt viele, die sich lautstark gegen die Medien aufbäumen, aber nur wenige, die die Thematik ganzheitlich betrachten. In diesem Buch nimmt der Autor nicht nur auf realistische Art und Weise die Perspektive der Medien ein, sondern ergreift Partei für sie – mit einer umfassenden Bestandsaufnahme, die unterschiedlichste Disziplinen vereint. Aus Sicht eines studierten Philosophen und Kommunikationsexperten beleuchtet diese Verteidigungsschrift das Zusammenspiel von Narrativen und Emotionen in den Medien und schafft eine solide Basis für alle, die sich realitätsnah mit aktuellen Entwicklungen auseinandersetzen wollen. Lügenpresse ist ein böses Wort, Philosophie und Kommunikationstheorien schwere Kost. Mit Beispielen aus der Praxis und mutigen Überlegungen bildet dieses Buch eine Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis, die aufschlussreiche Perspektiven und neue Denkanstöße bereithält. Der Autor scheut sich dabei nicht, klar Stellung zu beziehen – manchmal auch mit einem Augenzwinkern. Ein schwieriges Thema, das leicht zu lesen ist.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Die Macht des Narrativs.- Die Wahrheit der Medien.- Emotion führt zu Emotion:Medien in der Verantwortung.- Der schmale Grat zwischen Vielfalt und Fake.

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Book SynopsisDer Band ist ein praxisorientiertes Lehrbuch für den Sportjournalismus. Im Vordergrund steht der Online-Journalismus. Schwerpunkte sind besondere Formate und Produkte, die den Sport von anderen Ressorts unterscheiden. Hier wird an konkreten Beispielen aus führenden Medien erklärt, wie sie erstellt werden, welche Besonderheiten zu beachten sind und wo Tücken lauern. Eine Einordnung des Sportjournalismus findet zu Beginn über einen Branchenüberblick statt. Außerdem werden Wege für Nachwuchskräfte in den Beruf skizziert. Den Wunsch nach einem kompakten, praxisorientierten Lehrwerk kennt der Autor aus seiner beruflichen Praxis: sowohl in Redaktionen als auch im Lehrbetrieb. Das Buch erklärt zum Beispiel, mit welchen Konzepten und welchen gleichsam handwerklichen Fertigkeiten es möglich ist, den Bericht über ein Fußballspiel mit dem Schlusspfiff – den sogenannten Schnellschuss – fertiggestellt zu haben. Hinzu kommen jeweils Tipps von anerkannten Expertinnen und Experten sowie eine Übung pro Abschnitt. Table of ContentsTätigkeiten und Arbeitsfelder.- Besondere Herausforderungen und Themen des Sportjournalismus.- Wichtige Formate und Produkte.- Aus- und Fortbildung im Sportjournalismus.- Stolperfallen.- Fachbegriffe.

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