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Title Journalism research that matters / edited by Valérie Bélair-Gagnon and Nikki Usher
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (vii, 258 pages) : illustrations
Series Journalism and political communication unbound
Journalism and political communication unbound.
Contents Cover -- Series -- Journalism Research That Matters -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: Improving Journalism with Academic Research -- Part 1 -- 1. Recovering the Midwestern Ethos of Journalism Research -- 2. Groundwork for the Public: How Grey Literature Is Shaping What We Know about Local News -- 3. Advocating for Journalism Studies' Impact on Policymaking -- 4. Sharing Research Amidst the Cat Videos and Clickbait: You'll Never Believe What Happens Next -- 5. Critiquing Ethnocentrism and Hierarchy in International Journalism: Critical Research for More Equitable Practice -- Part 2 -- 6. Why News Literacy Matters -- 7. News Consumers (and Non-​Consumers): A News Repertoire Approach to Understanding Audiences in a High-​Choice Media Environment -- 8. Understanding Collaborative Journalism with Digital Trace Data and Crowdsourced Databases -- 9. The Business of Digital News: Understanding the Cross-​Functional Orchestra -- 10. The Business of Journalism and Studying the Journalism Business -- Part 3 -- 11. Rebuilding Trust through Journalism Education: Teaching Multimedia Reporting with Local Communities -- 12. What Is Data Literacy? And Why Should We Count on It Changing the News? -- 13. Engaging the Academy: Confronting Eurocentrism in Journalism Studies -- 14. Beyond Ferguson: Re-​Examining Press Coverage of Protests of Police Brutality -- Part 4 -- 15. How Academics Can Work with Journalists (Hint: They Already Have) -- 16. Would We Do It Again? Opportunities in Journalism and Academic Collaboration -- 17. What Journalism Researchers Should Be Doing -- Conclusion: Betrothed or Belligerent-What Type of Engagement Do We Need? -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Despite the looming crisis in journalism, a research-practice gap plagues the news industry. This volume seeks to change the research-practice gap, with timely scholarly research on the most pressing problems facing the news industry today translated for a non-specialist audience. Contributions from academics and journalists are brought together in order to push a conversation about how to do the kind of journalism research that matters, meaning research that changes journalism for the better for the public and helps make journalism more financially sustainable. The book covers important concerns such as the financial survival of quality news and information, how news audiences consume (or don't consume) journalism, and how issues such as race, inequality, and diversity must be addressed by journalists and researchers alike. The book addresses needed interventions in policy research, and provides a guide to understanding buzzwords like "news literacy," "data literacy," and "data scraping" that are more complicated than they might initially seem. Practitioners provide suggestions for working together with scholars- from focusing on product and human-centered design to understanding the different priorities that media professionals and scholars can have even when approaching collaborative projects. This book provides valuable insights for media professionals and scholars about news business models, audience research, misinformation, diversity and inclusivity, and news philanthropy. It offers journalists a guide on what they need to know and a call to action for what kind of research journalism scholars can do to best help the news industry reckon with disruption"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2021)
Subject Journalism -- Research
Journalism -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author Bélair-Gagnon, Valérie, editor.
Usher, Nikki, editor.
Minnesota Journalism Center Workshop (2019 : University of Minnesota)
LC no. 2020058467
ISBN 9780197538494
0197538495
9780197538517
0197538517
0197538509
9780197538500