ABSTRACT
This volume explores innovations in journalism: the goals and expectations associated with them, promoting and hindering framework conditions, and their social and industrial impact.
Drawing on an international research project conducted in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, the book takes a complex approach, considering media policy preconditions and the social impact of journalistic innovation from a comparative perspective. The key findings are examined and presented on different levels: theoretical, methodological, and – as the focus – empirical.
Having identified the most relevant innovations in each of the five countries, a total of 100 case studies are examined to explore the influence of these innovations on the quality of journalism and its normative role in democratic societies and to analyze which preconditions support or inhibit the development and implementation of the innovations in news organizations. The interdependencies between journalistic innovations and their media policy preconditions are compared in a system-analytical way – concluding with the lessons that can be learned from the macrolevel (policies) and the mesolevel (organizations).
This insightful and truly international volume will interest professionals, scholars and students of journalism, media and communication studies, media industry studies, and related fields.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|14 pages
Theoretical framework
chapter 1|12 pages
Innovations in journalism in democratic societies
part II|15 pages
Methodological approach
part III|64 pages
National framework conditions for innovation in journalism
chapter 4|12 pages
Country report Germany
chapter 5|13 pages
Country report Spain
chapter 6|12 pages
Country report Switzerland
chapter 7|13 pages
Country report United Kingdom
part IV|150 pages
The most relevant innovations in journalism from a comparative perspective
chapter 9|9 pages
Collaborative-investigative journalism
chapter 12|9 pages
Engagement on the basis of data
chapter 14|9 pages
Paywalls and paid content
chapter 17|8 pages
Citizen participation
chapter 18|9 pages
Mobile/live journalism
chapter 21|7 pages
Donations and crowdfunding
part V|18 pages
Journalistic innovations and their socio-political framework conditions: a five-country comparison
chapter 26|16 pages
Media systems on the meta-level of change
part VI|42 pages
Conclusions and recommendations