Global Journalism Research: Theories, Methods, Findings, Future

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Martin Löffelholz, David Weaver
Wiley, Feb 11, 2008 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 304 pages
Global Journalism Research offers a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches for studying journalists and journalism around the world. It charts the opportunities and challenges facing journalism research in an increasingly global field.

  • Brings together an elite team of contributors to create a comprehensive overview of journalism research and its different approaches, methods, and paradigms around the world
  • Examines the impact of developments in journalism that have resulted in it becoming an international phenomenon with global networks, no longer able to operate solely within national or cultural borders
  • Considers the theoretical frameworks necessary for journalists to embrace recent economic, political, and cultural changes - impacting on our basic definitions of journalism
  • Explores the issue of the increasingly blurring line between entertainment and news, as well as the formerly clear division between journalism, public relations and business communication
  • Draws on examples of journalism research from Asia, Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, and North and Latin America

Contents

A Call
3
Theoretical
15
A Societal Approach
28
The Cultural Approach to Journalism
39
The Organizational Approach
52
A Psychological
65
Journalism Research
79
State of the Art
93
Evolution and Central Research
158
From Isolated Efforts to an Established
172
Challenging Paradigmatic
185
Its Communities Approaches
197
Historical Development and Research
211
Reconsidering Journalism for Journalism Research
227
Theorizing a Globalized Journalism
240
Going beyond Disciplinary Boundaries in the Future
253

Methods of Journalism Research Survey
106
Methods of Journalism Research Content Analysis
117
Methods of Journalism Research Observation
131
Paradigm Shift in a Networked
145
Journalism Education in an Era of Globalization
267
Summing Up and Looking Ahead
285
Name Index
300
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