Journalism as activism : recoding media power / Adrienne Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Adrienne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism--Political aspects.

Journalism.

Press and politics.

Citizen journalism--Political aspects.

Citizen journalism.

Digital media--Political aspects.

Digital media.

Physical Description:

vii, 213 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2016.

Summary:

In the mediated digital era, communication is changing fast and eating up ever greater shares of real-world power. Corporate battles and guerrilla wars are fought on Twitter. Facebook is the new Berlin, home to tinkers, tailors, spies - and terrorist recruiters. We recognize the power shift instinctively but, in our attempts to understand it, we keep using conceptual and theoretical models carried over from the past. Journalism remains one of the main sites of communication power, an expanded space where citizens can directly shape the news. The relationship between digital journalism and digital activism has shaped coverage of the online civil liberties movement, the Occupy movement, and the climate change movement. Adrienne Russell reports on media power from one of the most vibrant corners of the journalism field, where journalists and activists from countries around the world cross digital streams. Journalism as Activism explores the ways everyday meaning and the material realities of media power are tied to the communication tools we have access to, the architectures of digital space we navigate, and our ability to master and modify our media environments. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Networks

Tools: prototyping change

Practice

Power.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Russell, Adrienne. Journalism as activism.

ISBN:

9780745671260

0745671268

9780745671277

0745671276

OCLC:

936433092