Routledge Research in Journalism
About the Book Series
This series is our home for innovative research in journalism. It includes monographs and edited collections that provide insight into a field that faces the challenges of an ever-evolving news and media environment.
To submit a proposal for this series, please contact:
Suzanne Richardson, Commissioning Editor for Media, Cultural and Communication Studies
[email protected]
Social Media at BBC News: The Re-Making of Crisis Reporting
1st Edition
By Valerie Belair-Gagnon
November 24, 2017
Since the emergence of social media in the journalistic landscape, the BBC has sought to produce reporting more connected to its audience while retaining its authority as a public broadcaster in crisis reporting. Using empirical analysis of crisis news production at the BBC, this book shows that ...
Journalism and Eyewitness Images: Digital Media, Participation, and Conflict
1st Edition
By Mette Mortensen
November 22, 2017
Building on the vast research conducted on war and media since the 1970s, scholars are now studying the digital transformation of the production of news. Little scholarly attention has been paid, however, to non-professional, eyewitness visuals, even though this genre holds a still greater bearing ...
Mindful Journalism and News Ethics in the Digital Era: A Buddhist Approach
1st Edition
Edited
By Shelton A. Gunaratne, Mark Pearson, Sugath Senarath
June 16, 2017
This book aims to be the first comprehensive exposition of "mindful journalism"—drawn from core Buddhist ethical principles—as a fresh approach to journalism ethics. It suggests that Buddhist mindfulness strategies can be applied purposively in journalism to add clarity, fairness and equity to news...
Digital Media and Reporting Conflict: Blogging and the BBC’s Coverage of War and Terrorism
1st Edition
By Daniel Bennett
November 08, 2016
This book explores the impact of new forms of online reporting on the BBC’s coverage of war and terrorism. Informed by the views of over 100 BBC staff at all levels of the corporation, Bennett captures journalists’ shifting attitudes towards blogs and internet sources used to cover wars and other ...
A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict
1st Edition
By Jake Lynch
August 24, 2016
A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict constructs an argument from first principles to identify what constitutes good journalism. It explores and synthesises key concepts from political and communication theory to delineate the role of journalism in public spheres. And it shows how these concepts...
The Future of Quality News Journalism: A Cross-Continental Analysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Anderson, Michael Williams, George Ogola
January 29, 2016
In the face of the continuously changing challenges of the digital age, it is difficult for quality news journalism to survive on any significant scale if a means for adequately funding it is not available. This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, ...
International News in the Digital Age: East-West Perceptions of A New World Order
1st Edition
Edited
By Judith Clarke, Michael Bromley
June 19, 2014
The new research presented in this volume suggests that general perceptions (cultural, psychological, geographical), allied to the customs and values of journalism, and underpinned by the uses of technology, significantly shape international news. This gives rise to a blend of the old and the new; ...
Network Journalism: Journalistic Practice in Interactive Spheres
1st Edition
By Ansgard Heinrich
June 19, 2014
Drawing on current theoretical debates in journalism studies, and grounded in empirical research, Heinrich here analyzes the interplay between journalistic practice and processes of globalization and digitalization. She argues that a new kind of journalism is emerging, characterized by an ...
Journalism Education, Training and Employment
1st Edition
Edited
By Bob Franklin, Donica Mensing
March 27, 2014
During this period of rapid and significant change in journalistic practices, journalism educators are re-examining their own profession and contributing to the invention of new models and practices. This edited volume of studies by respected international scholars describes the diverse issues ...
Journalists, Sources, and Credibility: New Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Bob Franklin, Matt Carlson
January 29, 2013
This volume revisits what we know about the relationship between journalists and their sources. By asking new questions, employing novel methodologies, and confronting sweeping changes to journalism and media, the contributors reinvigorate the conversation about who gets to speak through the news. ...