Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective

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This edited volume discusses the theoretical, practical and methodological issues surrounding changes in journalism in the digital era. The chapters explore how technological innovations have transformed journalism and how an international comparative perspective can contribute to our understanding of the topic. Journalism is examined within Anglo-American and European contexts as well as in Asia and Africa, and comparative approaches and methods for journalism studies in the digital age are evaluated. In so doing, the book offers a thorough investigation of changes in journalistic norms, practices and genres in addition to providing an international and comparative perspective for understanding these changes and what they mean to journalism. Written by both leading scholars and media practitioners in the field, the articles in this collection are based on theoretical frameworks and empirical data, drawn from content analysis of newspaper and online coverage, in-depth interviews with news practitioners, observation on the websites of news organisations and analysis of journalists on Twitter. The result is a cohesive compilation that offers the reader an up-to-date and comprehensive understanding of digital developments in journalism and comparative journalism studies. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction: Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective (Jingrong Tong)....Pages 1-21 Front Matter ....Pages 23-23 The Invisible Hand of the Unaccountable Algorithm: How Google, Facebook and Other Tech Companies Are Changing Journalism (David R. Brake)....Pages 25-46 News Photography and the Digital (R)evolution: Continuity and Change in the Practices, Styles, Norms and Values of Photojournalism (Marco Solaroli)....Pages 47-70 UGC Creators and Use of Their Content by Mainstream Media (Glenda Cooper)....Pages 71-90 Uncertainty, Tabloidisation, and the Loss of Prestige: “New Media Innovations” and Journalism Cultures in Two Newspapers in Mainland China and Taiwan (Jingrong Tong, Shih-hung Lo)....Pages 91-111 Front Matter ....Pages 113-113 Journalism Culture and Professional Identity in Transit: Technology, Crisis and Opportunity in the Greek Media (Maria Touri, Ioanna Kostarella, Sofia Theodosiadou)....Pages 115-139 Evaluating the Role of the Internet and Mainstream News Journalism in the Development of the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Paddy Hoey)....Pages 141-163 Digital Technology, Journalism and Politics in Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict (Thusiyan Nandakumar)....Pages 165-188 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 The Importance of Citizenship: Theoretical Issues in Studying Citizen Journalism in International Context (Vincent Campbell)....Pages 191-213 Independent Media, Social Movements, and the Traditional News Media in Taiwan (Yuan-Hui Hu)....Pages 215-235 The Roles of Online Alternative Media in Facilitating Civil Cociety Development in Macau: The Case Study of Macau Concealers and All About Macau Media (Chang Su)....Pages 237-259 Front Matter ....Pages 261-261 Indian TV Anchors on Twitter: Technological Practice and Textual Form (Vibodh Parthasarathi, Ananda Mitra)....Pages 263-289 Practising Journalism on Twitter? A Computational Analysis of British Journalists’ Use of Twitter Before the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK (Jingrong Tong, Landong Zuo)....Pages 291-314 Front Matter ....Pages 315-315 Researching the Fluid and Multisited Appropriations of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms (Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, Admire Mare)....Pages 317-345 Explaining Outcomes in Comparative Digital Journalism Research: Challenges and Analytic Choices (James Stanyer)....Pages 347-361 Back Matter ....Pages 363-367