Digital Technology and Journalism

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Digital Technology and Journalism: An International Comparative Perspective

   • Jingrong Tong

   Pages 1-21

3. The Impact of Digital Technology on the Practices, Professionalism and Cultures Of Professional Journalism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. The Invisible Hand of the Unaccountable Algorithm: How Google, Facebook and Other Tech Companies Are Changing Journalism

      • David R. Brake

      Pages 25-46

   3. News Photography and the Digital (R)evolution: Continuity and Change in the Practices, Styles, Norms and Values of Photojournalism

      • Marco Solaroli

      Pages 47-70

   4. UGC Creators and Use of Their Content by Mainstream Media

      • Glenda Cooper

      Pages 71-90

   5. 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

4. The Interaction Between Digital Technology and Professional Journalism in Periods of Social Change

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Journalism Culture and Professional Identity in Transit: Technology, Crisis and Opportunity in the Greek Media

      • Maria Touri, Ioanna Kostarella, Sofia Theodosiadou

      Pages 115-139

   3. Evaluating the Role of the Internet and Mainstream News Journalism in the Development of the Northern Ireland Peace Process

      • Paddy Hoey

      Pages 141-163

   4. Digital Technology, Journalism and Politics in Sri Lanka’s Ethnic Conflict

      • Thusiyan Nandakumar

      Pages 165-188

5. The Rise of Citizen Journalism and Alternative Media

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189

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   2. The Importance of Citizenship: Theoretical Issues in Studying Citizen Journalism in International Context

      • Vincent Campbell

      Pages 191-213

   3. Independent Media, Social Movements, and the Traditional News Media in Taiwan

      • Yuan-Hui Hu

      Pages 215-235

   4. 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

6. Journalists on Twitter

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 261-261

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   2. Indian TV Anchors on Twitter: Technological Practice and Textual Form

      • Vibodh Parthasarathi, Ananda Mitra

      Pages 263-289

   3. 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

7. Methodologies and Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315

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   2. Researching the Fluid and Multisited Appropriations of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms

      • Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara, Admire Mare

      Pages 317-345

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.

• journalism
• digital era
• technological innovations
• objectivity
• balanced reporting
• the fourth estate
• Comparative approaches and methods
• journalistic norms, practices and genres
• newspaper and online coverage
• digital developments in journalism
• comparative journalism studies

• Brunel University London, London, United Kingdom

  Jingrong Tong

• National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi County, Taiwan

  Shih-Hung Lo

Jingrong Tong is Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at Brunel University London, UK. Her current research focuses on digital technology and journalism, digital data analysis and environmental communication. She is the author of two books on investigative journalism in China.

 
Shih-Hung Lo is Professor in Communication at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. His research interests include communication theory, political economy of communication, Chinese media studies, digital journalism, telecommunication policies and media sociology.

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