Foundations of community journalism / / edited by Bill Reader, John A. Hatcher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911008459203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2012
• ISBN: 9781544350127; 1544350120; 9781483349527; 1483349527; 9781483341491; 1483341496
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 283 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ReaderBill <1970->; HatcherJohn A
• Disciplina: 070.5722
• Soggetti: Community newspapers; Journalism, Regional; Local mass media
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Background and explication. Community journalism: a concept of connectedness / Bill Reader -- Community journalism's challenge to do journalism / Linda Steiner -- Key works: some connections between journalism and community / Jack Rosenberry -- Bringing scholars and professionals together / Gloria Freeland -- The Minnesota team: key studies of institutional power and community media / Eileen Gilligan -- The human background to research / Eileen Gilligan -- Theories and methods. Community journalism and community history / Janice Hume -- Reexamine the history of big-city community journalism / G. Michael Killenberg -- The challenge of measuring community journalism / Wilson Lowrey -- Methodological choices offered from the study of the Norwegian press / Sigurd hust -- Drawing from the critical cultural well / Bill Reader -- Asian and American perspectives on community journalism / Crispin C. Maslog -- A view from outside: what other social science disciplines can teach us about community ; journalism / John A. Hatcher -- Community journalism as metropolitan ecology / Lewis Friedland -- Multimedia and global considerations. Considering community journalism from the perspective of public relations and advertising / Diana Knott Martinelli -- The economics of community newspapers / Stephen Lacy -- Broadcasting and community journalism / George L. Daniels -- The developing world: considering community radio in Africa / Guy Berger -- Community journalism in an online world / Hans K. Meyer and George L. Daniels -- Citizens, journalists, and user-generated content / Nicholas W. Jankowski -- Magazines and community / Cary Roberts Frith -- Making the mundane matter / Carolyn Kitch -- Community journalism as an international phenomenon / John A. Hatcher -- Studying the global community of community journalists / Chad Stebbins.
• Sommario/riassunto: With chapters written by established journalism scholars and teachers, the book's goals are to provide students and researchers with an understanding of the multiple and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of community journalism.