[Commlist] new book: Effective Journalism: How the Information Ecosystem Works and What Journalists Should Do About It

Effective Journalism: How the Information Ecosystem Works and What 
Journalists Should Do About It
by Jessica Roberts
(jessicaroberts /at/ ucp.pt) <mailto:(jessicaroberts /at/ ucp.pt)>

This book provides an overview of the ways modern communication 
technologies and information approaches interact with human cognition to 
make it difficult for people to effectively find and interpret 
information and what journalists can do about it.

The central argument of the book is that journalists and audiences can 
no longer afford to pretend that all information is competing on an even 
playing field and that it is enough for journalists to simply publish 
“the facts.” Effective Journalism attempts to explain the reality, 
rather than the ideal, of how people seek and process information, and 
what journalists and their audiences can do to try to create an informed 
public in the face of that reality.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
PART I: STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES IN OUR INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
1. Information Proliferation
2. The Attention Economy
3. Customization and Filters and Bots
4. The Competitive Advantage of Junk News

PART II: COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE BARRIERS TO PROCESSING INFORMATION
5. The Dual-Process Model
6. Motivated Reasoning and Bias
7. Emotion and Information

PART III: THE SOLUTIONS
8. New Movements in Journalism
9. Strategies to Effectively Debunk False Information
10. Empathy Cultivation and Building Community
11. Effective Journalism Practices
12. Solutions for Tech Companies, Government, and the Public
Conclusion

For more information, contact the author or see: 
https://www.intellectbooks.com/effective-journalism
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