"This handbook critically analyzes cross-border news production and "transnational journalism cultures" in the evolving field of cross-border journalism. As the era of the internet hasfurther expanded the border-transcending production, dissemination and reception of news, and with transnational co-
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operations like the European Broadcasting Union and BBC World News demonstrating different kinds of cross-border journalism, the handbook considers the field with a range of international contributions. It explores cross-border journalism from conceptual and empirical angles and includes perspectives on the the systemic contexts of cross-border journalism, its structures and routines, changes in production processes, and the shifting roles of actors in digital environments. It examines cross-border journalism across regions and concludes with discussions on the future of cross-border journalism, including the influence of automation, algorithmisation, virtual reality and AI." (Publisher description)
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"This edited collection seeks to better understand how journalism across cultures differs, presenting an in-depth exploration of global practices that departs from the typical Western-centric approach. Journalists across the world are trained, generally speaking, within Western models of reporting a
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nd are taught to do so as a practice where reporters need to aspire and aim for. Yet what such training is short of achieving is teaching reporters how to 'do' journalism within their own environments. In turn, what is required is a method of journalistic training and practice that is reflective of the actual practice reporters encounter on the ground. In order to do so, a better understanding of how journalism is practised in different parts of the world, the context surrounding such practices, the issues and challenges associated, and the positive practices that Western journalism can offer, is necessary. Promoting and deploying a culturally-specific and politically-relevant journalism, this book provides just that." (Publisher description)
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"In the post-digital era, investigative journalism around the world faces a revolutionary shift in the way information is gathered and interpreted. Reporters in the field are confronted with data sources, new logics of information dissemination, and a flood of disinformation. Investigative journalis
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ts are working with programmers, designers and scientists to develop innovative tools and hands-on approaches that assist them in disclosing the misuse of power and uncovering injustice. This volume provides an overview of the most sophisticated techniques of digital investigative journalism: data and computational journalism, which investigates stories hidden in numbers; immersive journalism, which digs into virtual reality; drone journalism, which conquers hitherto inaccessible territories; visual and interactive journalism, which reforms storytelling with images and audience perspectives; and digital forensics and visual analytics, which help to authenticate digital content and identify sources in order to detect manipulation. All these techniques are discussed against the backdrop of international political scenarios and globally networked societies." (Publisher description)
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"While the digital era has delivered unprecedented opportunities for big-data based investigative journalism—from the Snowden Files to the Panama Papers—it has also thrown up a host of new threats to the sustainability of journalism based on confidential sources. These include: mass and targeted
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surveillance; data retention regimes and the handover of data by third party intermediaries such as social media platforms, telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs); national security and anti-terrorism overreach; attempts to ban encryption and online anonymity; and malicious digital attacks targeting journalists. If sources cannot securely connect with journalists, they risk exposure, with impacts including economic penalties through to extra-judicial killings. The effect of these threats to accountability journalism and public access to information is chilling, and it is leading to significant changes in the practice of investigative journalism dependent upon confidential sources and information on a global scale." (Abstract)
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"This book is a broad and detailed case study of how journalists in more than 20 countries worldwide covered the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment (AR5) reports on the state of scientific knowledge relevant to climate change. Journalism, it demonstrates, is a key elem
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ent in the transnational communication infrastructure of climate politics. It examines variations of coverage in different countries and locations all over the world. It looks at how IPCC scientists review the role of media, reflects on how media relate to decision-making structures and cultures, analyzes how key journalists reflect on the challenges of covering climate change, and shows how the message of IPCC was distributed in the global networks of social media." (Publisher description)
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"Das in zweiter Auflage überarbeitete Lehrbuch führt konsistent und verständlich in Theorie, Methodik und Gegenstandsbereiche der international vergleichenden Mediensystemforschung ein. Es macht mit deren Fragestellungen vertraut und arbeitet die für den Vergleich relevanten Strukturelemente her
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aus. Der Forschungsbereich wird einerseits inhaltlich, d. h. durch ausgewählte Themenstellungen (z. B. Kommunikationspolitik, Medienkonzentration), und andererseits räumlich, d. h. durch bedeutende Länder und Weltregionen, erschlossen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Breaking news überwinden dank Internet und Satellitenfernsehen in Sekundenschnelle Kontinente und Staatsgrenzen. Alles wird global verbreitet und kann in Blogs und Internetforen von jeder und jedem kommentiert werden. Längst nutzen auch totalitäre Staaten und global agierende Terroristen Medien
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und das Internet. Vielerorts besteht der einzige Zugang zu ungefilterten Informationen noch immer über Kurzwellenempfang von Auslandssendern. Die internationalen Sender verstärken ihre Internetpräsenz." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"[...] This authoritative book answers key questions about the connections between media and political change in the Arab world. Using research into, for example, practices of Internet users, journalists, demonstrators and producers of reality TV, it explores the interface between public interaction
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over the airwaves, at the polls and on the streets. A lively group of contributors explores such issues as whether young people are served well by new media, whether blogging is an influential political tool, whether satellite news helps or hinders diasporic communities politically, and much more." (Publisher description)
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"Dieser Beitrag liefert einen Überblick über die Entwicklungsgeschichte und Strukturen der arabischen Satelliten-Nachrichtenfernsehsender Al-Jazeera, Abu Dhabi TV und Al-Arabiya sowie des arabischsprachigen US-Auslandsfernsehens Al-Hurra und fragt nach ihren Folgen für die Konfliktberichterstattu
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ng aus dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten. Da Arbeiten zur Theoriebildung und empirische Erhebungen auf diesem noch weitgehend unerforschten Feld bislang kaum vorliegen, arbeitet der Beitrag zunächst den Forschungsstand auf. Mittels Literatur- und Dokumentenanalyse sowie Hintergrundgesprächen mit Senderverantwortlichen werden die TV-Stationen dann in die traditionellen arabischen Mediensysteme eingeordnet, wobei besonders auf die Entwicklung Al-Jazeeras eingegangen wird. Mit einer systematischen Objekttypologie wird so eine Grundlage für Anschlussforschung geschaffen. Während Al-Jazeera, Abu Dhabi TV und Al-Arabiya zweifelsohne den Medienorient revolutionierten, wird die Qualität ihres Einflusses auf die internationale Kommunikation nach den Terroranschlägen vom 11. September 2001 hinterfragt. Viele Medien im Westen betrachten die junge Generation arabischen Nachrichtenfernsehens als glaubwürdige Quelle, nutzen sie überwiegend aber nur als Bilderlieferant. Der Beitrag diskutiert zudem das Innovationspotenzial des arabischen Satelliten-Nachrichtenfernsehens im Transformations- und Demokratisierungsprozess auf dem Weg zu einer modernisierten und professionalisierten arabischen Medienwelt." (Abstract)
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