About the Book
This book responds to mounting calls to broaden the theorization of digital journalism, addressing critical questions about an emerging yet rapidly expanding area of study, and presenting multiple entry points and approaches that help us understand digital journalism better. Seeking to establish itself as a rich resource and a defining reference point for the evolving field, the handbook provides a critical appraisal and a useful overview of novel approaches and concepts, backed by a full breadth of dynamic and diverse interactions drawn from overlapping and critical studies by some of the leading experts on digital journalism. This handbook presents multiple methodological perspectives, reporting strategies, threats and opportunities and valuable insights on future trajectories for digital journalism practice in an era dominated by digital media technology. Split into four parts, it has been uniquely assembled to investigate and critique the full potential of digital journalism capturing broader, cross-cultural perspectives from all four corners of the world.
Table of Contents:
1. Bruce Mutsvairo and Kristin Skare Orgeret, Powering Forward with New Approaches to Studying Digital Journalism.- 2. Andreas Veglis, The evolution of cross-media publishing in media organizations.- 3. Javier Diaz-Noci, Making history of online media, Making history of online media, How and why Diari de Barcelona went online and why it is important to study online media.- 4. Allen Munoriyarwa, Dumisani Moyo, Wallace Chuma, Historicizing Digital Journalism in Africa, Actors; processes and proliferation.- 5. Deb Wenger, Local TV news is key to digital journalism’s future in the U.S.- 6. Belinda Middleweek, Touch and Journalism.- 7. Silvio Waisbord, The “future of journalism” is uncertain and plural (but beware of predictions).- 8. Glenda Cooper, Assertive Impartiality, Aggressive Proximity, digital journalism and new approaches to news narratives in UK public service broadcasting.- 9. Glenda Daniels and Omega Douglas, It’s rife, The online bullying of women journalists in Africa, what is to be done?.- 10. Martin Nkosi Ndlela, The Power of Platforms, How algorithms affect crisis coverage.- 11. Xin Xin, How are news agencies coping with digital disruption in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? The case of Xinhua.- 12. Walid Al-Saqaf, The rise of blockchain technology.- 13. George Ogola, Between Fear and Hope, Generative AI, ChatGPT and Journalism.- 14. Janina Islam Abir and Sadia Jamil, Teaching digital safety and security in journalism education in Bangladesh, the emergence of alternative platforms and the persistence of ignorance among journalism schools.- 15. Carolyne Lunga, Technological affordances and journalistic agency in collaborative investigative journalism in southern Africa. A case of the GuptaLeaks investigation.- 16. Saba Bebawi, Investigative Journalism in the Global South, Cultural Conceptualizations in a Digital Sphere.- 17. Michelle Park, Nonprofit Investigative Journalism, Organizational Structures, Missions, and Practices in the Digital Era.- 18. Zhao Peng, Telling a story with graphs, how to apply narrative visualization strategies and visualization techniques in journalistic storytelling.- 19. Melissa Wall, Citizen media content as data.- 20. Eddy Borges-Rey Data journalism in Latin America, The duality and tensions of normative and indigenous values.- 21. Ansgard Heinrich, Information Exchange in the Digital Age, Lessons learned from journalism theory and research on the advent of citizen journalism.- 22. Albert Chibuwe, Allen Munoriyarwa and Takunda Maodza, Data journalism, accountability and transparency in Zimbabwe’s ‘new dispensation’, Some empirical reflections.- 23. Nechama Brodie and Dinesh Ballia, Digital pathways for citizen health reporting in South Africa.- 24. Marília Gehrke, Revisiting the origin and the meaning of transparency in data journalism.- 25. Bora Ataman & Barış Çoban, Digitalization of Citizen Journalism, The Case Turkey’s Dokuz8 News Agency.- 26. Indra Prawira and Shafezah Binti Abdul Wahab, The Political Economy of Fact-check Journalism, The case of Indonesia and Malaysia.
About the Author :
Bruce Mutsvairo is Professor in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands, where he doubles as the UNESCO Chair on Data, Disinformation and Democracy.
Kristin Skare Oregeret is Professor of Journalism at Oslo Met University, Norway.
