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[ecrea] New books from Nordicom

Thu Mar 03 17:13:11 GMT 2011



Two new books from Nordicom


Communicating Risks. Towards the Threat Society
Editor: Stig A. Nohrstedt
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 2011, 224 p. - ISBN 978-91-86523-13-8,

Communicating risks is an increasingly complicated task in contemporary society. Risks travel physically as well as discursively between continents, countries and cultures. Globalization itself has actualized new alleged risks in politics, media and public debates. Globalization and conflicts have become major issues. The growth of xenophobia and populism of various kinds has lead to dramatic changes in geographical and mental maps. In what direction globalization will take us depends on how the media portray the possibilities and problems associated with it. This volume is a contribution to these discussions, particularly with respect to the theme of media representations of identity conflicts connected to imagined dangers and risks in late modernity. It provides analytical tools for improved understanding of the multifaceted ways in which communication about different kinds of threats relates to social and cultural integration and hence has consequences for trust and legitimacy in society. One major focus is on the media?s role and the consequences of mediatized risk constructions as threats. But the authors also study risk rhetoric in various contexts, threat and risk communication within organizational settings, management decisions in media companies when a mega-news item breaks, citizens? use of and expectations regarding mobile emergency call techniques or how communication systems for incident reports cause internal identity and competence conflicts. The authors are leading researchers in the field of mediated risk communication and rhetoric in the Nordic countries.

For more information see www.nordicom.gu.se/eng.php?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=330&me=13


Diversity in Theory and Practice.
News Journalists in Sweden and Germany
Editor: Heike Graf
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg 2011, 192 p. - ISBN 978-91-86523-12-1

Research on media and diversity has mainly focused on content analysis, or more precisely, on how immigrants are covered by the mass media. This book concentrates on the media workers themselves, and on mass media organizations. News journalists with immigrant backgrounds responded to interview questions such as: How do journalists with immigrant backgrounds experience their working conditions, career possibilities, and their possibilities of influencing media coverage? and How does ethnic diversity contribute to a change in the media coverage? Field studies were conducted in both Swedish and German newsrooms in order to explore diversity in practice. The volume deals also with the mass media as organization and with diversity from a theoretical stance by addressing the following question: What are the possibilities and limitations of mass media organizations in managing diversity issues in accordance with the common ideals of equal opportunity? Diversity management is discussed as one possible option. This book is the result of a multidisciplinary project that brings together work in sociology, journalism and media studies in order to analyze cultural diversity in media organizations.

For more information see http://www.nordicom.gu.se/?portal=publ&main=info_publ2.php&ex=329&me=13


Best regards,

Ulla C.

Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor
Director
NORDICOM
University of Gothenburg
Box 713
SE 405 30 Göteborg
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