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Newsworkers: A Comparative European Perspective
Dr. Henrik Örnebring
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Description for Newsworkers: A Comparative European Perspective
Hardback. The last decade has seen a transformation of the journalism industry. This book compares a range of European countries, looking at how journalistic work has been affected by the changes to journalism institutions. Drawing on extensive new research, it provides unique insights into current journalistic practice. Series: Comparative Media, Communication and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CBWJ; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
The last decade has seen a transformation of journalism industries and the working lives of our journalists. Do the changes have the same impact everywhere? Do journalists today experience these changes as a pressure or as a possibility? Is something irrevocably lost from journalism with these changes? Newsworkers takes a broad range of European countries - North and South, East and West, big and small - comparing in each how journalism as work has been affected by the changes in journalism institutions. The book looks at three pertinent and topical questions: the role of technology in ... Read more
The last decade has seen a transformation of journalism industries and the working lives of our journalists. Do the changes have the same impact everywhere? Do journalists today experience these changes as a pressure or as a possibility? Is something irrevocably lost from journalism with these changes? Newsworkers takes a broad range of European countries - North and South, East and West, big and small - comparing in each how journalism as work has been affected by the changes in journalism institutions. The book looks at three pertinent and topical questions: the role of technology in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780931838
SKU
V9781780931838
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10
About Dr. Henrik Örnebring
Henrik Örnebring is Professor of Media and Communication in the Department of Geography, Media and Communication at Karlstad University, Sweden, and a former Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, UK.
Reviews for Newsworkers: A Comparative European Perspective
This well-organized book reports the findings of an ambitious and thorough study of journalists in six European countries—Britain, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden. It focuses on continuity and change in the technology, skills, autonomy, and professionalism of news people in these countries, using both quantitative and qualitative methods. It offers some unexpected insights, as well as support ... Read more