Thomas Hanitzsch

Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

This Handbook charts the growing area of journalism studies, exploring the current state of theory and setting an agenda for future research in an international context. The volume is structured around theoretical and empirical approaches, and covers scholarship on news production and organizations; news content; journalism and society; and journalism in a global context. Emphasizing comparative and global perspectives, each chapter explores: Key elements, thinkers, and texts Historical context Current state of the art Methodological issues Merits and advantages of the approach/area of studies Limitations and critical issues of the approach/area of studies Directions for future research Offering broad international coverage from top-tier contributors, this volume ranks among the first publications to serve as a comprehensive resource addressing theory and scholarship in journalism studies. As such, the Handbook of Journalism Studies is a must-have resource for scholars and graduate students working in journalism, media studies, and communication around the globe.

The Handbook of Journalism Studies

Frank Esser

The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of comparative communication research. It fills an obvious gap in the literature and offers an extensive and interdisciplinary discussion of the general approach of comparative research, its prospect and problems as well as its applications in crucial sub-fields of communications. The first part of the volume charts the state of the art in the field; the second section introduces relevant areas of communication studies where the comparative approach has been successfully applied in recent years; the third part offers an analytical review of conceptual and methodological issues; and the last section proposes a roadmap for future research.

The Handbook of Comparative Communication Research

Folker Hanusch

Jyotika Ramaprasad

Arnold S. de Beer

How do journalists around the world view their roles and responsibilities in society? Based on a landmark study that has collected data from more than 27,500 journalists in 67 countries, Worlds of Journalism offers a groundbreaking analysis of the different ways journalists perceive their duties, their relationship to society and government, and the nature and meaning of their work. Challenging assumptions of a universal definition or concept of journalism, the book maps a world populated by a rich diversity of journalistic cultures. Organized around a series of key questions on topics such as editorial autonomy, journalistic ethics, trust in social institutions, and changes in the profession, it details how the practice of journalism differs across the world in a range of political, social, and economic contexts. The book covers how journalism as an institution is created and re-created by journalists and how they experience their profession in very different ways, even as they retain a commitment to some basic, widely shared professional norms and practices. It concludes with a global classification of journalistic cultures that reflects the breadth of worldviews and orientations found in disparate countries and regions. Worlds of Journalism offers an ambitious, comparative global understanding of the state of journalism in a time when it is confronting a series of economic and political threats.

Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe

Worlds of Journalism

Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen

Carsten Schlüter

Journalismus ist heute ein theoretisch gut durchdrungenes Forschungsfeld. Denoch sind einige zentrale sozialwissenschaftliche Konzepte bislang nur wenig reflektiert worden. Dies trifft insbesondere auf die Begriffe „Handeln“, „Rationalität“, „Akteurkonstellationen“, „Milieus“ und „Lebensstile“, „Kapital-Feld-Habitus“, „Organisation“, „Interaktion“, „Netzwerke“ und „Macht“ zu. Der Band „Journalismustheorie: Next Generation“ will diese Lücke schließen, indem führende Soziologen gemeinsam mit Journalismusforschern ausgewählte, bislang nur unzureichend berücksichtigte sozialwissenschaftliche Ansätze in die aktuelle Diskussion einbringen und ihr Innovationspotenzial für die Journalismustheorie aufzeigen.

Thomas Hanitzsch

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