Disruptions: Studies in Digital Journalism
About the Book Series
The Disruptions: Studies in Digital Journalism series features ground breaking short form publications which engage with cutting edge technological and critical developments and debates in contemporary digital journalism theory and practice. Titles in the series explore emerging hot topics, present detailed case studies and offer new assessments of theoretical and conceptual innovations in relation to subjects including digital journalism ethics, robot news, data journalism, web metrics and online surveillance. Titles respond quickly to the latest developments in the field and showcase the work of best new and established critical thinkers in this vibrant and emerging area.
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Reviving Rural News: Transforming the Business Model of Community Journalism in the US and Beyond
1st Edition
By Teri Finneman, Nick Mathews, Patrick Ferrucci
August 29, 2025
Based on extensive research into weekly rural publishers and rural readers, Reviving Rural News demonstrates that a new financial approach to community journalism is urgently needed and viable. This book provides historical context for the state of local news, examines the influence of journalistic...
Visual Journalism and Verification at War: Norwegian and Swedish News Outlets Covering Ukraine
1st Edition
By Maria Nilsson, Anne Hege Simonsen
March 21, 2025
Considering the visual coverage of the war in Ukraine, this book provides critical insights into how newsrooms make use of visual materials, how visuals partake in journalistic storytelling in a modern wartime context, and how visual journalism practices affect the news media’s role as arbiter of ...
Arab Digital Journalism
1st Edition
By Noha Mellor
February 19, 2025
Responding to urgent calls to de-westernise Media and Journalism Studies and shed light on local agencies, this book examines digital journalistic practices in the Arab region, exploring how Arab journalists understand their roles and how digital technologies in Arab newsrooms are used to influence...
The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press
1st Edition
By Ivor Shapiro
November 29, 2024
The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press explores the origins, connections, and contradictions evident amongst divergent understandings of press freedom around the world. Drawing on examples from various countries and cultures, this book distinguishes the universal right of free expression from ...
The Institutional Development of Podcasting: From Participatory Practice to Platform Content
1st Edition
By Aske Kammer, Thomas Spejlborg Sejersen
November 26, 2024
Referring back to the early 2000s, this book traces the development of podcasting from a “do-it-yourself” medium by amateurs into its current environment, where a wide variety of individuals, organizations, and platforms operate in an increasingly crowded and competitive market. Through original ...
Digital Journalism in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Shixin Ivy Zhang
October 09, 2024
This edited collection brings together journalism scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, the UK and Australia to address a variety of pressing issues and challenges facing digital journalism in China today. While China shares certain affinities with the digital disruption of media in other ...
Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism
1st Edition
By Summer Harlow
October 09, 2024
Winner of the Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award. Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism explores the rise of independent, digital-native news outlets in Latin America and their role in social change, protest participation, and ...
Disrupting Chinese Journalism: Changing Politics, Economics, and Journalistic Practices of the Legacy Newspaper Press
1st Edition
By Haiyan Wang
October 09, 2024
Disrupting Chinese Journalism provides a rich insight into the disruptive effects of digital technologies – especially smart-phones – on the Chinese print media market. Pulling from an extensive corpus of original research, including 191 face-to-face interviews with managers and journalists, and a ...
Journalism Between Disruption and Resilience: Reflections on the Norwegian Experience
1st Edition
By Birgit Røe Mathisen
October 09, 2024
Following recent developments in digital technologies, financial crises, and changes in audience preferences, this book addresses the critical challenges and disruptions facing the profession of journalism: an arguably precarious industry suffering from employment insecurity, individualization, and...
News Agencies: Anachronism or Lifeblood of the Media System?
1st Edition
By Stephen Jukes
October 09, 2024
This book explores the role of international news agencies and investigates whether they have been able to adapt to the contemporary media landscape following the disruption wrought by fake news, social media and an increasingly polarised public discourse. News Agencies addresses the key players in...
The Markets for News: Enduring Structures in the Age of Business Model Disruptions
1st Edition
By Helle Sjøvaag
October 09, 2024
In the face of ongoing digitisation, The Markets for News examines how certain established economic features of the news industry have persisted and what makes them such stable frameworks for journalistic organisations. Drawing on an analysis of Scandinavian news industries, this text revises ...
Algorithmic Gatekeeping for Professional Communicators: Power, Trust, and Legitimacy
1st Edition
By Arjen van Dalen
October 08, 2024
This book provides a critical study of the power, trust, and legitimacy of algorithmic gatekeepers. The news and public information which citizens see and hear is no longer solely determined by journalists, but increasingly by algorithms. Van Dalen demonstrates the gatekeeping power of social ...