[ecrea] New Book - Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal role and public relevance in a digital age

We are very pleased to announce the recent publication by Routledge of 
Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal Role and Public Relevance in a 
Digital Age. The introduction is now freely available online, via the 
publisher’s ‘look inside’ option at: 
https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Journalism-Again-Societal-role-and-public-relevance-in-a-digital/Peters-Broersma/p/book/9781138860865. 
E-inspection copies for possible course adoption are also available on 
this page. For those interested in purchasing the book, a 20% discount 
is now available if you enter the code FLR40 on the publisher’s website 
at checkout.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Introduction//Marcel Broersma and Chris Peters - Towards a Functional 
Perspective on Journalism’s Role and Relevance

PART I: Journalism and Its Societal Role

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Chapter 1//Nick Couldry - Reconstructing Journalism’s Public Rationale

Chapter 2//John Steel - Reappraising Journalism’s Normative Foundations

Chapter 3//Matt Carlson - Establishing the Boundaries of Journalism’s 
Public Mandate

Chapter 4        Zvi Reich and Yigal Godler - The Disruption in 
Journalistic Expertise

Chapter 5//Rasmus Kleis Nielsen - News Media, Search Engines and Social 
Networking Sites as Varieties of Online Gatekeepers

Chapter 6        Karin Wahl-Jorgensen - Is There a ‘Postmodern Turn’ in 
Journalism?

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PART II: Journalism and Its Public Relevance

Chapter 7        Mark Deuze and Tamara Witschge - What Journalism Becomes

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Chapter 8//Jane B. Singer - The Journalist as Entrepreneur

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Chapter 9        Kaori Hayashi - A Journalism of Care

Chapter 10//Seth C. Lewis, Avery E. Holton and Mark Coddington - From 
Participation to Reciprocity in the Journalist-Audience Relationship

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Chapter 11      Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein - The Gap 
Between The Media and the Public

Chapter 12      Chris Peters and Marcel Broersma - The Rhetorical 
Illusions of News

Afterword//Silvio Waisbord - Crisis? What Crisis?//

Afterword//Stuart Allan/- /Revisioning Journalism and ‘The Pictures in 
Our Heads’

ABOUT THE BOOK

It’s easy to make a rhetorical case for the value of journalism. 
Because, it is a necessary precondition for democracy; it speaks to the 
people and for the people; it informs citizens and enables them to make 
rational decisions; it functions as their watchdog on government and 
other powers that be.

But does rehashing such familiar rationales bring journalism studies 
forward? Does it contribute to ongoing discussions surrounding 
journalism’s viability going forth? For all their seeming self-evidence, 
this book considers what bearing these old platitudes have in the new 
digital era. It asks whether such hopeful talk really reflects the 
concrete roles journalism now performs for people in their everyday 
lives. In essence, it poses questions that strike at the core of the 
idea of journalism itself. Is there a singular journalism that has one 
well-defined role in society? Is its public mandate as strong as we think?

The internationally-renowned scholars comprising the collection address 
these recurring concerns that have long-defined the profession and which 
journalism faces even more acutely today. By discussing what journalism 
was, is, and (possibly) will be, this book highlights key contemporary 
areas of debate and tackles on-going anxieties about its future.

REVIEWS

"Rethinking Journalism Again invites a leading group of scholars to 
reflect on the past and reimagine the future of journalism. Given this 
freedom, this group of prolific and influential contributors suggests 
truly innovative directions and new language for mapping the place of 
journalism in contemporary societies. This outstanding volume takes 
inspiration from the past to rethink, and reinvent the future of 
journalism with rigor, guts, and, above all, a sense of adventure."

Zizi Papacharissi, Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at 
Chicago, USA

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"Rethinking again? Yes, again. And well worth it. Journalism is in such 
a crisis that practitioners and analysts alike are confused about 
whether it is in crisis or not. Is it the loss of newsroom jobs for 
journalists? Or the loss of a public for news? Has journalism failed – 
or has it stumbled toward goals (building democracy or arriving at a 
purity of fact-gathering) beyond its reach? Have new media added to 
journalism’s power or undermined its functions or introduced new 
aspirations (like ‘reciprocity’) never before contemplated? Readers will 
find in this learned and lively collection new questions to ponder and 
the makings of a new agenda for the study of journalism today."

Michael S. Schudson, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, USA

FURTHER QUESTIONS?

Please don’t hesitate to contact the editors: Chris Peters 
((cjpeters /at/ hum.aau.dk)) <mailto:(cjpeters /at/ hum.aau.dk))>and Marcel Broersma 
((m.j.broersma /at/ rug.nl)) <mailto:(m.j.broersma /at/ rug.nl))> if you want any 
further details.


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