Focusing on the key trends, practices and issues in contemporary journalism and news
cultures, Paschal Preston maps the major contours of change. Adopting a multi-level …

Can we talk about the news media without proclaiming journalism either our savior or the
source of all evil? It is not easy to do so, but it gets easier if we put the problems and …

As the numbers of internet users worldwide continue to grow, the internet is becomingmore
local'. This article addresses the epistemological challenge posed by this global process of …

Internet activism is playing a crucial role in the democratic reform happening across many
parts of Southeast Asia. Focusing on Subang Jaya, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, this study …

This report examines the academic literature focused on public interest media and
communications activism and advocacy within the US and abroad (labeled, in the name of …

There have never been so many ways of producing news and news-like content. From
podcasts, to YouTube, blogs and the phenomenal popularity of social media, seismic shifts …

This chapter reviews the literature on public interest media advocacy and activism. In so
doing, it organizes the literature according to the three primary theoretical perspectives on …

Among news production scholars, interest in the theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, Latour, and
related authors has grown in the last 20 years. However, few have recognized that these …

How have journalistic ideals of public service arisen? To what extent do journalists live up to
these ideals? Can we make any claims as to the social conditions that this performance …

In this study, Baltruschat calls attention to dramatic changes in worldwide media production.
Her work provides new insights into industry re-organization, digital media, and audience …