Remaking the News: Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age

374 Pages·2017·3.911 MB·English

by  Pablo J. Boczkowski (editor), C. W. Anderson (editor)

Remaking the News
Inside Technology
edited by Wiebe E. Bijker, W. Bernard Carlson, and Trevor Pinch
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Remaking the News
Essays on the Future of Journalism Scholarship in the Digital Age
Pablo J. Boczkowski and C. W. Anderson, Editors
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
© 2017 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Boczkowski, Pablo J., editor. | Anderson, C. W. (Christopher William),
1977- editor.
Title: Remaking the news : essays on the future of journalism scholarship in the
digital age / edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski and C. W. Anderson.
Description: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2017] | Series: Inside technology |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016041365 | ISBN 9780262036092 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Journalism--Technological innovations. | Electronic newspapers--
Technological innovations.
Classification: LCC PN4784.T34 R46 2017 | DDC 070.4/3--dc23 LC record available
at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016041365
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To our respective mentors, Trevor Pinch and Michael Schudson, for teach-
ing us how to think about technology and journalism, and for embodying
the virtue of scholarly dialog.
P. J. B. and C. W. A.

Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Words and Things 1
Pablo J. Boczkowski and C. W. Anderson
I Revisiting Theoretical and Methodological Debates 13
1 Scholarship on Online Journalism: Roads Traveled and Pathways
Ahead 15
Pablo J. Boczkowski and Eugenia Mitchelstein
2 From Heterogeneity to Differentiation: Searching for a Good
Explanation in a New Descriptivist Era 27
Rodney Benson
3 Rediscovering the News: Journalism Studies’ Three Blind Spots 47
Victor Pickard
4 Newsroom Ethnography and Historical Context 61
C. W. Anderson
Commentary: Reflections on Scholarship in the Study of Online
News 81
William H. Dutton
II Rethinking Key Concepts 89
5 Digital News as Forms of Knowledge: A New Chapter in the
Sociology of Knowledge 91
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
6 On the Worlds of Journalism 111
Seth C. Lewis and Rodrigo Zamith
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7 The Whitespace Press: Designing Meaningful Absences into
Networked News 129
Mike Ananny
Commentary: Remaking Events, Storytelling, and the News 147
Zizi Papacharissi
III Interrogating Occupational Culture and Practice 155
8 Helping Newsrooms Work toward Their Democratic and Business
Objectives 157
Natalie Jomini Stroud
9 Journalism Ethics and Digital Audience Data 177
Matthew Hindman
10 Reinventing Journalism as an Entrepreneurial Enterprise 195
Jane B. Singer
Commentary: Blurring Boundaries 211
W. Russell Neuman
IV Foregrounding Underexamined Themes 215
11 Check Out This Blog: Researching Power and Privilege in
Emergent Journalistic Authorities 217
Sue Robinson
12 A History of Innovation and Entrepreneurialism in
Journalism 235
Mirjam Prenger and Mark Deuze
13 A Manifesto of Failure for Digital Journalism 251
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
Commentary: The Journalism Studies Tree 267
Michael Schudson
Postscript: The Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of
Journalism and Journalism Studies 273
Michael X. Delli Carpini
Contributors 289
References 291
Index 345