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Book SynopsisMedia developments change journalism all over the world. But are the changes the same in different media systems? How is professionalization influenced by the constant growth of a network society and social media? How are commercialization and political influences in the media relating to each other? These are some of the issues discussed in this study. It is based on the research project
Journalism in Change – professional journalistic cultures in Poland, Russia and Sweden. From 2011 to 2014 researchers from Sweden, Poland and Russia at Södertörn University in Stockholm have been cooperating closely in order to survey a sample of 1500 journalists and 60 in depth interviews with journalists. The results are presented in a comparative design covering different areas.
It is an unusually tightly focused volume that sheds much light on the values, roles and working conditions of these journalists in a revealing comparative perspective. It is a model of well-conceptualized and carefully conducted comparative cross-national journalism research.
David H. Weaver, Bloomington, Indiana University, USATrade ReviewThe authors track similarities and variation across different political systems and historical trajectories. The results impressively point to cultural hybridization in which globalization and technological change are put in constant negotiation with traditional ideals of journalism.
Thomas Hanitzsch, Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Gunnar Nygren/Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: Introduction: Journalism professionalization and journalistic culture as a matter of research – Gunnar Nygren: Professionalization, media development, and comparative journalism studies – Gunnar Nygren/Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska/Elena Johansson: Professional journalistic cultures. Design and methods in the research – Michał Głowacki: Who is a journalist today? Mapping selected dimensions for comparative study on journalism – Jöran Hök:
Changing working conditions – Gunnar Nygren: Media development and professional autonomy – Maria Anikina:
Ideals and values of modern journalists: the search for balance – Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: Journalism and politics – Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: Journalism and commercialization – Elena Johansson: New tools for old practices? The journalistic profession in the context of interactive participation – Gunnar Nygren/Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska: Journalistic cultures between national traditions and global trends.
