Global Journalism in Comparative Perspective

This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world, and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice.

This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice.

Drawing on case studies of how conflicts, pandemics, political developments, or human rights violations are covered in an online-first era, the volume analyzes how journalism is conducted as a process in different parts of the world and how such knowledge can benefit today's globally connected journalist. A global team of scholars and practicing journalists combine theoretical knowledge and empirically rich scholarship with real-life experiences and case studies to offer a storehouse of knowledge on key aspects of international journalism. Divided into four sections - journalistic autonomy, safety, and freedom; mis(information), crises, and trust; technology, news flow, and audiences; and diversity, marginalization, and journalism education - the volume examines both trends and patterns, as well as cultural and geographical uniqueness that distinguish journalism in different parts of the world.

This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of journalism, media studies, and mass communication, as well as practicing journalists who want to report globally and anyone interested in gaining a foundational understanding of or researching journalism practices around the world.

Autorentext

Dhiman Chattopadhyay is Associate Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Media, and Director of Ethnic Studies at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, United States. Prior to joining academia, he was a journalist for two decades.

Inhalt

Ch. 1: Introduction

Part 1: Journalistic Autonomy, Safety, and Freedom

Ch. 2: The causes and consequences of media freedom

Ch. 3: The political economy of television news in Pakistan.

Ch. 4: Safety, reactions & organizational support: Estonian journalists' experiences with hostility

Part 2: Mis(information), Crises, and Trust

Ch. 5: Protracted transition: lingering effects of communism as an inhibiting factor for journalists in Bulgaria and Romania.

Ch. 6: Freedom of press and national interests: Russian information aggression in Ukrainian information space

Ch. 7: Misinformation, the Pandemic, and Mass Media: The India Story

Ch. 8: When politics and the pandemic went up the hill, and the Malaysian media came

tumbling down.

Part 3: Technology, News Flow, and Audiences

Ch. 9: Artificial Intelligence skepticism in news production: the case of South Africa's mainstream news organizations

Ch. 10: Election interference strategies among foreign news outlets and audience engagement on Social Media during the U.S. 2020 election.

Ch. 11: Understanding Continuity and Mapping Digitalisation in the 21st Century: An Empirical Analysis on Indian Print Media.

Ch. 12: From authoritarianism to privatization and social media: The evolution of Colombian television.

Part 4:

Ch. 13: Global connectivity: Paradigms of China's international journalism since 1949.

Ch. 14: Anatomy of Rapid Growth of Online Newspapers and its Impact on Online Journalism in Bangladesh.

Ch. 15: College students' perceptions about community journalism and how journalists can regain their trust

Ch. 16: Concluding thoughts.