We are pleased to announce the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Digital Journalism Studies, edited by Scott A. Eldridge II, David Cheruiyot, Sandra Banjac, and Joëlle Swart (University of Groningen, NL).
Journalism has arguably faced unprecedented disruption and reconceptualization since the first edition of this Companion was published in 2017, and the ways we work as a field of scholars in digital journalism studies has developed substantially in the years since then. In this second edition, we join 77 scholars whose work appears in this Companion, bringing together a truly global and groundbreaking collection of essays addressing the key issues and debates shaping the field of digital journalism studies today.
Across 54 chapters, scholars address questions over the roles journalism and journalists play in society, exploring changes to platforms, products, practices, and audiences that are driving new research agendas in the field. They unpack developments in technologies, data infrastructures, algorithms, and the businesses behind these technologies, as well as the impact of such developments on the practice of digital journalism. Debates concerning the decline of public trust in journalism are considered, as are the blurred distinctions between journalism and other forms of media and communication. In making sense of these changes, colleagues highlight the need for digital competence and literacy within journalism and introduce new methodological approaches, including experimental and arts-based methods, computational methods, and collaborative work to study them.
This newly reorganized second edition showcases the rich diversity of work that continues to define the field of digital journalism studies, and is a testament to the growth that this area of journalism research has experienced since the first Companion to Digital Journalism Studies, edited by Bob Franklin and Scott Eldridge, and in doing so it offers an essential point of reference for students and researchers alike.
The e-book is already in print, and available here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003334774/routledge-companion-digital-journalism-studies-scott-eldridge-ii-sandra-banjac-david-cheruiyot-joëlle-swart
The print version will be out in December (here: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Digital-Journalism-Studies/EldridgeII-Cheruiyot-Banjac-Swart/p/book/9781032369808)
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David Cheruiyot
Assistant Professor
University of Groningen
Groningen
Netherlands
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