Overview

It is now well-established that the long-time economic model on which the news industry has relied is no longer sustainable. Facebook, Google, and declining levels of popular trust in the media have been major contributors to this situation. Simultaneously, the closure of local media outlets across the country has left many areas without access to regional news, compounded the distance between media and publics, and further eroded civic engagement. Despite the looming crisis in journalism, a research-practice gap plagues the news industry.This book argues that an underappreciated factor in the news crisis is a potentially symbiotic relationship between journalism studies and the industry that it researches. As this book contends, scholars must think about their work in a public context, and journalists, too, need to listen to media scholars and take the research that they do seriously. Including contributions from journalists and academics, Journalism Research That Matters offers journalists a guide on what they need to know and journalism scholars a call to action for what kind of research they can do to best help the news industry reckon with disruption. The book looks at new research developments surrounding audience behavior, social networks, and journalism business models; the challenges that scholars face in making their research available to the public and to journalists; the financial survival of quality news and information; and blind spots in the way that researchers and journalists do their work, especially around race, diversity, and inequality. A final section includes contributions from journalists about how researchers can better engage on the ground with newsrooms and media professionals.

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Author:   Valérie Bélair-Gagnon (Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies, Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota) ,  Nikki Usher (Associate Professor of Media, Associate Professor of Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780197538487

ISBN 10:   0197538487
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   07 October 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Improving Journalism with Academic Research Valérie Bélair- Gagnon and Nikki Usher Part I. The Research-Practice Gap 1. Recovering the Midwestern Ethos of Journalism Research Jane Yeahin Pyo and Nikki Usher 2. Groundwork for the Public: How Grey Literature Is Shaping What We Know about Local News Jesse Holcomb 3. Advocating for Journalism Studies' Impact on Policymaking Matthew S. Weber 4. Sharing Research Amidst the Cat Videos and Clickbait: You'll Never Believe What Happens Next Benjamin Toff 5. Critiquing Ethnocentrism and Hierarchy in International Journalism: Critical Research for More Equitable Practice Lindsay Palmer Part II. Answering the Crisis in Journalism: Key Research Areas 6. Why News Literacy Matters Melissa Tully 7. News Consumers (and Non- Consumers): A News Repertoire Approach to Understanding Audiences in a High- Choice Media Environment Stephanie Edgerly 8. Understanding Collaborative Journalism with Digital Trace Data and Crowdsourced Databases Yee Man Margaret Ng 9. The Business of Digital News: Understanding the Cross- Functional Orchestra Damon Kiesow 10. The Business of Journalism and Studying the Journalism Business Nikki Usher and Mark Poepsel Part III. Journalism Research's Hidden Challenges 11. Rebuilding Trust through Journalism Education: Teaching Multimedia Reporting with Local Communities Rachel R. Mourão and Soo Young Shin 12. What Is Data Literacy? And Why Should We Count on It Changing the News? Jan Lauren Boyles 13. Engaging the Academy: Confronting Eurocentrism in Journalism Studies Brian Ekdale 14. Beyond Ferguson: Re- Examining Press Coverage of Protests of Police Brutality Danielle K. Kilgo Part IV. Journalism Practice Matters 15. How Academics Can Work with Journalists (Hint: They Already Have) Chase Davis 16. Would We Do It Again? Opportunities in Journalism and Academic Collaboration Jennifer Moore 17. What Journalism Researchers Should Be Doing Derek Willis Conclusion: Betrothed or Belligerent: What Type of Engagement Do We Need? Matt Carlson Bibliography Index

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An outstanding collection of cutting-edge research on journalism. This is a must-read for any contemporary course in Journalism Studies. A thought-provoking volume that paves the way to reinventing how we do and study journalism. * Zizi Papacharissi, Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago * This collection is spot on. Belair-Gagnon and Usher address the need and opportunity for scholars to take on crucial research questions to help inform, re-imagine, and set the agenda for a sustainable future for independent journalism, informed communities, and our democracy. * Jennifer Preston, former Vice President, Journalism, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation * This edited collection is a gem. Parsing the different longstanding traditions for doing journalism research, including the oftforgotten legacy of the US Midwest, it raises important questions about what kinds of research will matter in the future. In tracing how journalism research connects via topic, scholarship, and practice, it offers a creative and thoughtful engagement with what journalism research has been in the past and what it could be moving forward. * Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania *

An outstanding collection of cutting-edge research on journalism. This is a must-read for any contemporary course in Journalism Studies. A thought-provoking volume that paves the way to reinventing how we do and study journalism. -- Zizi Papacharissi, Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Illinois at Chicago This collection is spot on. Belair-Gagnon and Usher address the need and opportunity for scholars to take on crucial research questions to help inform, re-imagine, and set the agenda for a sustainable future for independent journalism, informed communities, and our democracy. -- Jennifer Preston, former Vice President, Journalism, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation This edited collection is a gem. Parsing the different longstanding traditions for doing journalism research, including the oftforgotten legacy of the US Midwest, it raises important questions about what kinds of research will matter in the future. In tracing how journalism research connects via topic, scholarship, and practice, it offers a creative and thoughtful engagement with what journalism research has been in the past and what it could be moving forward. -- Barbie Zelizer, Raymond Williams Professor of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Author Information

Valérie Bélair-Gagnon is an Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication and affiliated faculty at the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. She is also an affiliated fellow at the Yale Law School Information Society Project. Her research looks at how organizations adapt and respond to technology and how the business of journalism is changing the news media industry and its role. She is the author of Social Media at BBC News and her research has been published in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media & Society, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, Symbolic Interaction, Digital Journalism and Nieman Journalism Lab, and Columbia Journalism Review, among others. She is a past fellow at the Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism and OsloMet Digital Journalism fellow. Nikki Usher is an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the College of Media, with affiliate appointments in Communication and Political Science. Her research looks at the connections between elite news media, politics, and technology through the lens of production studies. She is the author of Making News at The New York Times, Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and Code, and News for the Rich, White, and Blue: How Place and Power Distort American Journalism. She is a past fellow at the Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism and an academic policy fellow with the Open Markets Institute.

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