Forthcoming Journalism Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Future of Journalism: Developments and Debates

   Edited by Bob Franklin

   Series: Journalism Studies

   The Future of Journalism: Developments and Debates analyses the radical shifts in journalism which are changing every aspect of the gathering, reporting and reception of news. The drivers of these changes include the rapid innovations in communication technologies, the competitive and fragmenting...

   To Be Published May 23rd 2013 by Routledge
2. African American Women in the News

   Gender, Race, and Class in Journalism

   By Marian Meyers

   African American Women in the News offers the first in-depth examination of the varied representations of black women in American journalism, from analyses of coverage of domestic abuse and "crack mothers" to exploration of new media coverage of Michelle Obama on Youtube. Marian Meyers interrogates...

   To Be Published May 27th 2013 by Routledge
3. English for Journalists

   Twentieth Anniversary Edition

   By Wynford Hicks

   Series: Media Skills

   English for Journalists has established itself in newsrooms the world over as an invaluable guide to the basics of English and to those aspects of writing, such as reporting speech, house style and jargon, which are specific to the language of journalism. Written in a highly accessible and engaging...

   To Be Published May 29th 2013 by Routledge
4. Digital Media Sport

   Technology, Power and Culture in the Network Society

   Edited by Brett Hutchins, David Rowe

   Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies

   Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2,200 of the estimated 3,600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks. At the 2012 London Olympics, unprecedented multi-platforming embraced online, mobile devices, game consoles and broadcast television, with the...

   To Be Published June 9th 2013 by Routledge
5. Brand Journalism

   By Andy Bull

   Responding to the newly-emerging trend of organisations hiring journalists to create content on their behalf, Brand Journalism is the first comprehensive, practical guide to this hybrid form of traditional journalism, marketing and public relations. This textbook takes a direct and practical...

   To Be Published June 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. Sports Media

   Transformation, Integration, Consumption

   Edited by Andrew Billings

   Series: Electronic Media Research Series

   Looking toward a future with increasingly hybridized media offerings, Sports Media: Transformation, Integration, Consumption examines sports media scholarship and its role in facilitating understanding of the increasingly complex world of sports media. Acknowledging that consumer demand for sports...

   To Be Published July 29th 2013 by Routledge
7. Transparency, Public Relations and the Mass Media

   Combating Media Bribery Worldwide

   By Katerina Tsetsura, Dean Kruckeberg

   Series: Routledge Research in Public Relations

   This book is about media transparency and good-faith attempts of honesty by both the sources and the gate-keepers of news and other information that the mass media present as being unbiased. Specifically, this book provides a theoretical framework for understanding media transparency and its...

   To Be Published July 30th 2013 by Routledge
8. A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict

   By Jake Lynch

   Series: Routledge Research in Journalism

   A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict constructs an argument from first principles to identify what constitutes good journalism. It explores and synthesises key concepts from political and communication theory to delineate the role of journalism in public spheres. And it shows how these concepts...

   To Be Published August 14th 2013 by Routledge
9. The Future of Quality News Journalism

   A Cross-Continental Analysis

   Edited by Peter J. Anderson, Michael Williams, George Ogola

   Series: Routledge Research in Journalism

   In the face of the continuously changing challenges of the digital age, it is difficult for quality news journalism to survive on any significant scale if a means for adequately funding it is not available. This new study, a follow-up to 2007’s The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies,...

   To Be Published August 19th 2013 by Routledge
10. Communicating Climate Change and Energy Security

    New Methods in Understanding Audiences

    By Greg Philo, Catherine Happer

    Series: Routledge New Developments in Communication and Society Research

    This book, drawing on new research conducted for the UK Energy Resource Centre (UKERC), examines the contemporary public debate on climate change and the linked issue of energy security. It analyses the key processes which affect the formation of public attitudes and understanding in these areas,...

    To Be Published September 16th 2013 by Routledge