Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal role and public relevance in a digital age, (Hardcover)

This second Rethinking Journalism volume discusses what journalism is beyond the established rhetoric among scholars and practitioners. For all their seeming self-evidence, what bearing do these platitudes have in terms of the actual social relevance of journalism in the digital age? How much affinity does this talk share with the concrete roles journalism performs? And what about journalism as a cultural form itself? Is there a singular journalism that has one well-defined role in society?

This book tackles these questions by considering three dominant areas: journalism as an industry, journalism as something produced for audiences, and journalism as a societal good.