Global Journalism Research offers a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches for studying journalists and journalism around the world. It charts the opportunities and challenges facing journalism research in an increasingly global field.
- Brings together an elite team of contributors to create a comprehensive overview of journalism research and its different approaches, methods, and paradigms around the world
- Examines the impact of developments in journalism that have resulted in it becoming an international phenomenon with global networks, no longer able to operate solely within national or cultural borders
- Considers the theoretical frameworks necessary for journalists to embrace recent economic, political, and cultural changes - impacting on our basic definitions of journalism
- Explores the issue of the increasingly blurring line between entertainment and news, as well as the formerly clear division between journalism, public relations and business communication
- Draws on examples of journalism research from Asia, Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, and North and Latin America
Notes on Contributors.
Part I: Introduction to Journalism Research.
1. Questioning National, Cultural and Disciplinary Boundaries: A Call for Global Journalism Research: David Weaver (Indiana University, Bloomington) and Martin Löffelholz (Ilmenau University of Techno¬lo¬gy, Germany).
Part II: Theories of Journalism Research.
2. Heterogeneous – Multi-dimensional – Competing: Theoretical Approaches on Journalism – an Overview: Martin Löffelholz (Ilml“K
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