This edited collection examines critical incidents journalists have faced across different media contexts, exploring how journalists and other key actors negotiate various aspects of their work.
This edited collection examines critical incidents journalists have faced across different media contexts, exploring how journalists and other key actors negotiate various aspects of their work.
Ranging from the Rwandan genocide to the News of the World hacking scandal in the UK, this book defines a critical incident as an event that has led journalists to reconsider their routines, roles, and rules. Combining theoretical and practical analysis, the contributors offer a discussion of the key events that journalists cover, such as political turmoil or natural disasters, as well as events that directly involve and affect journalists. Featuring case studies from countries including Australia, Germany, Brazil, Kenya, and the Philippines, the book explores the discourses that critical events have generated, how journalists and other stakeholders have responded to them, and how they have reshaped (or are reshaping) journalistic norms and practices. The book also proposes a roadmap for studying such pivotal moments in journalism.
This one-of-a-kind collection is a valuable resource for students and scholars across journalism studies disciplines, from journalism history, to sociology of news, to digital journalism and political communication.
"This timely volume authoritatively develops the idea of the critical incident as a key sensitizing concept in journalism studies. The book offers a rigorous conceptualisation, followed by a truly global and diverse range of case studies - from the Hong Kong demonstrations to the Rwandan genocide. In opening up for new ways of seeing journalism, the book stands as both an invaluable contribution to knowledge and indispensable reading for students and scholars of journalism."
Professor Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Cardiff University
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"A book that offers fresh perspectives on critical incidents in journalism was long overdue and Joy Jenkins, Edson C. Tandoc Jr., Ryan J. Thomas, and Oscar Westlund are perfectly placed to competently and authoritatively lead such an ambitious global endeavor. Using meticulous research, rigorous analysis and influential scholarship, their volume presents new methodological and theoretical directions that will undoubtedly help shape the future of journalism studies."
Professor Bruce Mutsvairo, Auburn University
