[ecrea] new book: Social Media at BBC News: The Re-Making of Crisis Reporting

New title from Routledge Research in Journalism

Social Media at BBC News: The Re-Making of Crisis Reporting
by Valerie Belair-Gagnon

Since the emergence of social media in the journalistic landscape, the 
BBC has sought to produce reporting more connected to its audience while 
retaining its authority as a public broadcaster in crisis reporting. 
Using empirical analysis of crisis news production at the BBC, this book 
shows that the emergence of social media at the BBC and the need to 
manage this kind of material led to a new media logic in which 
tech-savvy journalists take on a new centrality in the newsroom. In this 
changed context, the politico-economic and socio-cultural logic have led 
to a more connected newsroom involving this new breed of journalists and 
BBC audience. This examination of news production events shows that in 
the midst of transformations in journalistic practices and norms, 
including newsgathering, sourcing, distribution and impartiality, the 
BBC has reasserted its authority as a public broadcaster.

A video about the book at the author's website:
http://valeriebelairgagnon.com/2015/01/29/a-1-min-video-for-my-new-book-social-media-at-bbc-news/

More details available at Routledge:
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138823488/

Book available for purchase at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Social-Media-BBC-News-Journalism/dp/1138823481/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429309423&sr=1-1&keywords=belair-gagnon

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