Writing and Editing for Digital Media

An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of GenAI and LLMs, among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.

Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and hypertextual, interactive elements. He also combines hands-on, practical exercises with information on key topics such as misinformation and disinformation, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence. This new edition specifically explores the ethical questions raised by AI, as well as the new possibilities it presents. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. It also speaks to writers, editors, public relations practitioners, and social media managers and marketers. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout, this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media, particularly in content development and digital storytelling.

An essential text for students of media, communication, public relations, marketing, and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions.

This book also has an accompanying eResource that offers additional weekly activities and assignments, providing students additional opportunity to put theory into practice.

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Writing and Editing for Digital Media

An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of GenAI and LLMs, among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.

Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and hypertextual, interactive elements. He also combines hands-on, practical exercises with information on key topics such as misinformation and disinformation, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence. This new edition specifically explores the ethical questions raised by AI, as well as the new possibilities it presents. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. It also speaks to writers, editors, public relations practitioners, and social media managers and marketers. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout, this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media, particularly in content development and digital storytelling.

An essential text for students of media, communication, public relations, marketing, and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions.

This book also has an accompanying eResource that offers additional weekly activities and assignments, providing students additional opportunity to put theory into practice.

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Writing and Editing for Digital Media

Writing and Editing for Digital Media

by Brian Carroll
Writing and Editing for Digital Media

Writing and Editing for Digital Media

by Brian Carroll

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An essential guide to writing and editing for digital media, this sixth edition responds to the mainstreaming of GenAI and LLMs, among many other changes in the best practices of digital storytelling.

Carroll explains and demonstrates how to effectively write for digital spaces and places that typically abound with graphical content, multimedia, and hypertextual, interactive elements. He also combines hands-on, practical exercises with information on key topics such as misinformation and disinformation, and the proliferation of artificial intelligence. This new edition specifically explores the ethical questions raised by AI, as well as the new possibilities it presents. Each chapter features lessons and exercises through which students can build a solid understanding of the ways that digital communication provides opportunities for dynamic storytelling and multi-directional communication. It also speaks to writers, editors, public relations practitioners, and social media managers and marketers. Updated with contemporary examples and new pedagogy throughout, this is the ideal handbook for students seeking careers in digital media, particularly in content development and digital storytelling.

An essential text for students of media, communication, public relations, marketing, and journalism who are looking to develop their writing and editing skills for these ever-evolving fields and professions.

This book also has an accompanying eResource that offers additional weekly activities and assignments, providing students additional opportunity to put theory into practice.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781040667095
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/29/2026
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 384

About the Author

Brian Carroll is Professor of Communication and Chair of the Department of Communication at Berry College, where he has taught since 2003. A former reporter, editor, and photographer, he is also the author of When to Stop the Cheering? The Black Press, the Black Community, and the Integration of Professional Baseball (2007) and Shakespeare's Sceptered Isle: Finding English National Identity in the Plays (2022), among others. You can find him on the web at cubanxgiants.berry.edu and at wanderingrocks.wordpress.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Writing for Digital Media

Laying the Foundation

Chapter 2: Editing for Digital Media

Storytelling Strategies

Chapter 3: Writing for Digital Media II

Tools and Techniques

Chapter 4: Editing for Digital Media II

Creating the User Experience

Chapter 5: Whiteboarding

Generating Ideas and Getting Lift

Chapter 6: Doing Journalism

Seeking Truth, Minimizing Harm, Acting Independently

Chapter 7: Responsible Advocacy

Public Relations and Social Media Management

Chapter 8: Multimodal Storytelling

The Medium Is the Message

Chapter 9: Misinformation and Disinformation

Credibility in a “Post-truth” Age

Chapter 10: Knowing the Law

Intellectual Property, Libel, and Privacy

Appendix: The Core Values of Digital Journalism

Index

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