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Happiness in Journalism as a Public Good

Herman Wasserman

In: Happiness in Journalism

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon; Avery E. Holton; Mark Deuze; Claudia Mellado (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 190-192

"This chapter argues that research and teaching on happiness in journalism should be considered important areas to focus on to improve journalism as a public good." (Abstract)

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Mapping Open Data in Tajikistan

Ion Marandici et al.

Internews;Zerkalo-Analytics (2022), 30 pp.

"New data sources related to socio-economic development should improve journalistic reporting. However, in the absence of a centralized open data repository in Tajikistan, journalists may face delays in getting quick access to important datasets. To address this challenge, Zerkalo conducted a mappin ... more

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Les journalistes et leurs médias en Afrique: Pensées mêlées en souvenir de Marie-Soleil Frère

Marie-Soleil Frère (honoured person)

Bruxelles: Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles (2022), 183 pp.

"Ce livre est un hommage à Marie-Soleil Frère, directrice de recherches au FNRS et enseignante à l'ULB. Il retrace le parcours académique d'une intellectuelle hors pair, impliquée à la fois dans la recherche, l'enseignement et la coopération en Afrique subsaharienne francophone. Lire la suite ... more

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What is Digital Journalism Studies?

Steen Steensen, Oscar Westlund

London; New York: Routledge (2021), xi, 123 pp.

"The book argues that digital journalism studies is much more than the study of journalism produced, distributed, and consumed with the aid of digital technologies. Rather, the scholarly field of digital journalism studies is built on questions that disrupt much of what previously was taken for gran ... more

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Conflict, COVID-19, climate change: The emergence and possible evolution of peace journalism

Kylie ObiNavuku, Levi Obijiofor

Australian Journalism Review, volume 43, issue 2 (2021), pp. 211-225

"Peace journalism is a concept conventionally applied to reporting on violent conflict. In recent years, however, there has been increasing consideration of the possible links with other crucial subjects such as climate change and COVID-19 reporting. To date, such an extension of peace journalism ha ... more

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Journalism Research That Matters

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Nikki Usher (eds.)

New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press (2021), 258 pp.

"Despite the looming crisis in journalism, scholarly research on the topic is often disconnected from the research that the news industry and journalists need and want, but do not have the time or expertise to do. This book provides valuable insights for journalists and scholars about news business ... more

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Corporatism, Fractionalization and State Interventionism: The Development of Communication Studies in Brazil

Afonso de Albuquerque, Camilla Quesada Tavares

Publizistik, volume 66, issue 1 (2021), pp. 121-138

"This article summarizes the development of education and research in Communication Studies in Brazil. It is argued that different factors contributed to the development of the particular features that Brazilian Communication Studies present nowadays. They include: the late development of Brazilian ... more

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The Handbook of Journalism Studies
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Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Thomas Hanitzsch (eds.)

New York; London: Routledge, 2nd ed. (2020), xix, 573 pp.

"This second edition of The Handbook of Journalism Studies explores the current state of research in journalism studies and sets an agenda for future development of the field in an international context. The volume is structured around theoretical and empirical approaches to journalism research and ... more

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Digital Journalism Studies: The Key Concepts

Bob Franklin, Lily Canter

London; New York: Routledge (2019), xix, 313 pp.

"This cutting-edge text offers a particular focus on developments in digital media technologies and their implications for all aspects of the working practices of journalists and the academic field of journalism studies, as well as the structures, funding and products of the journalism industries. A ... more

The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression: Words of Introduction

Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri

In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression

Ulla Carlsson; Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)

Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 11-20

"People who exercise their right to freedom of expression through journalism should be able to practice their work without restrictions. They are, nonetheless, the constant targets of violence and threats. In an era of globalization and digitization, no single party can alone carry the responsibilit ... more

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African Journalism Studies: The First 60 Years

Jo Ellen Fair

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 22-29

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Las venas abiertas del periodismo en el área académica de América Latina

Eduardo Meditsch

In: La contribución de América Latina al campo de la comunicación: historia, enfoques teóricos, epistemológicos y tendencias de la investigación

César Bolaño; Delia Crovi Druetta; Gustavo Cimadevilla (eds.)

Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros (2015), pp. 297-317

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Gender Divides and African Journalism Practice

H. Leslie Steeves, Irene Awino

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 84-92

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Why the 'African' Still Matters in African Journalism Studies

Terje S. Skjerdal

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 57-64

"I have scrutinised five volumes of three media journals which all have ‘African’ in their title, in order to uncover the tendencies in their cultural and geographical orientation. The three journals are scholarly related, although they vary from a specific focus on journalism (Ecquid Novi: Afri ... more

Remaking 'area Studies' in Journalism Studies

Silvio Waisbord

African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 30-36

Russian and German Perspectives on Transcultural Communication

Margreth Lünenborg (ed.)

Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 3, issue 1 (2013), various pag.

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