Overview
- Updates current knowledge about the impact of digital technology on journalism and of the implications of such an impact for understanding the occupation of journalism and its relationship to the macro- and micro-contexts
- Reassesses and analyses the roles technology and context play respectively in transforming journalism, through identifying continuity and change in journalism under the influence of digital technology
- Proposes new approaches to comparative journalism studies, which has traditionally been dominated by the Anglo-American experience, by the perspective of a cross-country comparison
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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The Impact of Digital Technology on the Practices, Professionalism and Cultures Of Professional Journalism
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The Interaction Between Digital Technology and Professional Journalism in Periods of Social Change
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The Rise of Citizen Journalism and Alternative Media
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Methodologies and Methods
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Technology and Journalism
Book Subtitle: An International Comparative Perspective
Editors: Jingrong Tong, Shih-Hung Lo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55026-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55025-1Published: 18 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85547-9Published: 14 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55026-8Published: 09 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 367
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations
Topics: Media and Communication, Journalism, Social Media