Handbook of Applied Journalism: Theory and Practice

by Leon Barkho (Editor), Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando (Editor), Sadia Jamil (Editor)

Overview

This authoritative handbook looks at the entire news cycle and provides a bridge between the theoretical and academic study of journalism and its actual contemporary practice. The book's main merit is that it brings theory and practice together, with contributors discussing these issues from different perspectives in a way that scholars, students, and practitioners can find useful in the study of journalism. The handbook is also unique as it undertakes an international scope across regions and cultures, both from the West and the Global South, while providing an overview which balances the (over-) emphasis on content in most academic approaches to journalism.

The book is divided into four major parts: (1) Conceptual foundations, (2) Interlink between journalism as scholarship and journalism as practice, (3) Regions and cultures, and (4) The practitioner world. The first two sections lay down the foundation for section (3) which provides an overview of journalism practice in different regions and cultures. Section (4) includes contributions by practitioners in which they attempt to respond to some of the issues raised in preceding sections.

This handbook will appeal to academics, practitioners, and professionals alike, who are interested in a better understanding of the academic study of journalism and its actual contemporary practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783031487385
Publisher:	Springer Nature Switzerland
Publication date:	02/21/2024
Series:	Springer Handbooks of Political Science and International Relations
Edition description:	2024
Pages:	629
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Leon Barkho is a Professor of Media and Communication Sciences at the College of Communication, University of Sharjah (UAE), and Professor Emeritus at Jönköping University (Sweden). Previously, he held positions at Reuters News Agency as bureau chief and the Associated Press as staff writer. He is the founder and editor of the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies. Barkho has written numerous papers on discourse analysis, language, impartiality, translation and media and communication studies. Barkho is the author of “News from the BBC, CNN and Aljazeera” and editor of “From Theory to Practice: How to Assess and Apply Impartiality in News and Current Affairs” and “Towards a Praxis-Based Media and Journalism Research.”, as well as “A Critique of Arab Media Discourse”.

Jairo Alfonso Lugo-Ocando is the Dean of the College of Communication at the University of Sharjah (UAE). He previously served as the Director of Executive and GraduateEducation at Northwestern University (Qatar). Until 2018, he was an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds (UK). His research focuses on the way the news media reports poverty and development and on how journalists use statistics to articulate news. He is author of several monographs and dozens of peer-review journal articles and book chapters. Lugo-Ocando was recipient of the Theodore C. Sorensen Fellowship from the John F. Kennedy Library and has been a visiting lecturer at the National University of Singapore, the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (USA), Vietnam National University, the University of Malaga (Spain), among others. Before becoming an academic, he worked as a journalist and news editor for several publications in Latin America and the USA and continues to write columns and blogs.

Sadia Jamil is an Assistant Professor at the School of InternationalCommunications, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo (China). She holds a PhD in Journalism from the University of Queensland (Australia). Dr. Jamil is the Country Representative for the United Arab Emirates and China at the Asian Media Information & Communication Centre (AMIC), and she is the Chair of the Journalism Research and Education Section of the International Association of Media & Communication Research (IAMCR). Her research focuses on journalism, digital media and communication, public relations, the digital divide, artificial intelligence, and sustainable development.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Journalism is Software.- Chapter 3. News Recommendation and Information Cocoons: the Impact of Algorithms on News Consumption.- Chapter 4. Environmental Issues Raised in the Forum Pages of a Newspaper in Singapore.- Chapter 5. Towards an Inclusive Journalism: a Review of Ethical Norms and Accountability Systems.- Chapter 6. On the Framing of the Zika Virus Outbreak in Singapore by a Newspaper.- Chapter 7. Journalism in Practice Studies: a Systematic Review.- Chapter 8. A Toolkit for Journalists for More Informed Reporting of Stories About Muslims and Islam.- Chapter 9. Emotional Education: Incorporating Emotional Labor Instruction Into Journalism Training.- Chapter 10. Some Problems of Bridge-building.- Chapter 11. Entrepreneurialism in Digital Journalism Education: the Niche Model.- Chapter 12. Sámi Journalism in the Context of the Sámi Mediascape: Current Trends and Research Agendas.- Chapter 13. Transnational Networks in Global Collaborative Journalism: Mapping Opportunities and Challenges in Africa.- Chapter 14. Media and Democracy: Can the News Media Rightfully Claim Its Role as the Fourth Estate in Zimbabwe Politics?.- Chapter 15. Psychological Aid and Training for Journalists Who Face Continued Emotionally Demanding Environments: the Case of Venezuelan Journalists.- Chapter 16. Reclaiming the Social Legitimacy of Journalism in Polarised Environments: Lessons From Chile and Bolivia.- Chapter 17. Digital Shift Towards What? Implications of Digital Transformation for Professional Journalism Practice in Morocco.- Chapter 18. Brazilian Journalists’ New Media Arrangements: Journalism Made in the Periphery.- Chapter 19. The Pros and Cons of Online Journalism Practice in Egypt.- Chapter 20. Australian Journalist Practice and News Reporting in Relation to First Nations.- Chapter 21. Press Coverage of Yellow Vest Protests in France: a Critical Approach.- Chapter 22. Vietnamese Online Journalism: Vnexpress and Vietnamplus’ Responses to the Big Data and AI Boom.- Chapter 23. Looking for Constructive Journalism Principles in Arab Journalism Codes of Ethics: a Study on UAE, KSA, and Qatar.- Chapter 24. Exploring Environmental Journalism Practices in Singapore: the Case of a National Newspaper.- Chapter 25. Migrating From the Advocacy of Personality Cult to a Vibrant Democratic Landscape: Four Decades of Iraqi Journalism Practice.- Chapter 26. Pivoting on Their Writerly Skills: How Australian Freelance Journalists Fared During the Pandemic.- Chapter 27. Beyond the Bias: the Hegemony of Corporatizing Journalism.- Chapter 28. Ethical Blindness in Journalism.- Chapter 29. Journalists and Editors in an Online Environment: the Case of Croatia.- Chapter 30. Cold War or Inner Unity? How a New Generation of Journalists Challenge Persistent Bias in Reporting East Germany in Die Zeit.- Chapter 31. Cultural Journalism: the Theatre Review.- Chapter 32. We Are the New(S)!: Reporting Experiences of Young Journalists in Albania.-Chapter 33. Fixers as Co-creators of Foreign Reporting: Focus on Hungary.- Chapter 34. “No One is Going to Silence Me”: a Comparison of the Conditions for Press Freedom and Independent Journalism as a Prerequisite for Democracy in the United States, Sweden, and Egypt.