Charts the growing area of journalism studies, exploring the state of theory and setting an agenda for research in an international context. Structured around theoretical and empirical approaches, this title covers scholarship on news production and organizations; news content; journalism and society; and, journalism in a global context.

Part I: Introducing Journalism Studies 1 Introduction : On why and how we should do journalism studiesKarin Wahl-Jorgensen & Thomas Hanitzsch 2 Journalism HistoryKevin G. Barnhurst & John Nerone 3 Journalism and the AcademyBarbie Zelizer 4 Journalism EducationBeate Josephi Part II: News Production 5 News Organizations and RoutinesLee B. Becker & Tudor Vlad 6 Journalists as GatekeepersPamela J. Shoemaker, Tim P. Vos & Stephen D. Reese 7 Objectivity, Professionalism, and Truth Seeking in JournalismMichael Schudson & Chris Anderson 8 Reporters and Their Sources Daniel A. Berkowitz 9 Gender in the NewsroomLinda Steiner 10 Convergence and Cross-Platform Content ProductionThorsten Quandt & Jane Singer Part III: News Content 11 Agenda Setting Renita Coleman, Maxwell McCombs, Donald Shaw & David Weaver 12 News Values and SelectivityDeirdre O'Neill & Tony Harcup 13 Nature, Sources and Effects of News FramingRobert M. Entman, Joerg Matthes & Lynn Pellicano 14 News, Discourse and IdeologyTeun A. van Dijk 15 Rethinking News and Myth as StorytellingS. Elizabeth Bird & Robert W. Dardenne 16 The Commercialization of NewsJohn McManus Part IV: Journalism and Society 17 Journalism and DemocracyBrian McNair 18 Journalism, Public Relations and SpinDavid Miller & William Dinan 19 Alternative and Citizen JournalismChris Atton 20 Journalism Law and RegulationKyu Ho Youm 21 Journalism EthicsStephen J. A. Ward 22 Journalism and Popular CultureJohn Hartley 23 Audience Reception and News in Everyday LifeMirca Madianou Part V: Journalism Studies in a Global Context 24 Journalism and GlobalizationSimon Cottle 25 Development JournalismXu Xiaoge 26 Advocacy Journalism in a Global Context Silvio Waisbord 27 Covering War and PeaceHoward Tumber 28 Researching Public Service Broadcasting Hallvard Moe & Trine Syvertsen 29 Comparative Journalism StudiesThomas Hanitzsch 30 Towards De-Westernizing Journalism Studies Herman Wasserman & Arnold S de Beer List of Contributors Index

Contributors to The handbook of journalism studies should be congratulated. They have brought together a text that maps the "key theoretical and empirical traditions, fi elds of inquiry and scholarly debates in journalism studies". This is not a how-to-do journalism text. Rather, it is a scholarly reference book that provides an overarching schema for thinking about and investigating issues relating to journalism - past, present and future...It is an essential reference for journalism academics and students." -- Rhonda Breit, Australian Journalism Review 31 (1)