Changing the news : the forces shaping journalism in uncertain times / / edited by Wilson Lowrey and Peter J. Gade

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461493303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-135-25236-X; 1-283-24114-5; 9786613241146; 1-135-25237-8; 0-203-86857-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Collana: Communication series
• Altri autori (Persone): GadePeter J; LowreyWilson
• Disciplina: 070.4
• Soggetti: Journalism - United States; Journalism - Economic aspects; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Pt. 1. Introduction -- Complexity, uncertainty and journalistic change / Wilson Lowrey & Peter Gade -- Reshaping the journalistic culture -- Peter Gade & wilson Lowrey -- Pt. 2. Ideology, culture and institutions -- Journalism and democracy / John C. Merrill -- Postmodernism, uncertainty and journalism / Peter Gade -- The call and challenge for diversity / George Sylvie -- Communities, cultural identity and the news / Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez -- Changes in community power structures / Douglas Blanks Hindman -- News : once and future institution? / Wilson Lowrey -- Pt. 3. Markets, organization and profession -- Market Journalism / Stephen Lacy & Ardyth Broadrick Sohn -- The fragmenting mass media marketplace / John Dimmick, Angela Powers, Sam Mwangi & Elizabeth Stoycheff -- Changing perceptions of organizations / C. Ann Hollifieild -- Journalism and digital technologies / Jane B. Singer -- "So many stories, so little time" : the changing professional environment / Randal A. Beam & Lindsey Meeks -- Where professionalism begins / Lee B. Becker & Tudor Vlad ; -- Connective journalism / Wilson Lowrey & Peter Gade.
• Sommario/riassunto: Changing the News examines the difficulties in changing news processes and practices in response to the evolving circumstances and struggles of the journalism industry. The editors have put together this volume to demonstrate why the prescriptions employed to salvage the journalism industry to date haven't worked, and to explain how constraints and pressures have influenced the field's responses to challenges in an uncertain, changing environment. If journalism is to adjust and thrive, the following questions need answers: Why do journalists and news organizations res