The Changing Faces of Journalism: Tabloidization, Technology and Truthiness (Shaping Inquiry in Culture, Communication and Media Studies)

"The Changing Faces of Journalism: Tabloidization, Technology and Truthiness brings together an array of internationally renowned scholars who consider how contemporary journalism has wrestled with its changing parameters and how notions of tabloidization, technology and truthiness have altered our understanding of journalism. The collection is introduced with an essay by Barbie Zelizer and organized into three sections: how tabloidization affects the journalistic landscape; how technology changes what we think we know about journalism; and how 'truthiness' tweaks our understanding of the journalistic tradition. Short section introductions contextualise the essays and highlight the issues that they raise, creating a coherent study of journalism today."--Publisher description Introduction. Why journalism's changing faces matter / Barbie Zelizer On Tabloidization. Rethinking a villain, redeeming a format: the crisis and cure in tabloidization / Michael Serazio Can popularization help the news media? / Herbert J. Gans Tears and trauma in the news / Carolyn Kitch Tabloidization: what is it and does it really matter? / S. Elizabeth Bird On technology. Rethinking journalism through technology / Lokman Tsui Materiality and mimicry in the journalism field / Pablo Boczkowski The guardian of the real: journalism in the time of the new mind / Julianne H. Newton Technology and the individual journalist: agency beyond imitation and change / Mark Deuze On truthiness. Rethinking truth through truthiness / Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt Factual knowledge in the age of truthiness / Michael Schudson The moment of truthiness: the right time to consider the meaning of truthfulness / James S. Ettema Believable fictions: redactional culture and the will to truthiness / Jeffrey Jones. "The Changing Faces of Journalism: Tabloidization, Technology and Truthiness" brings together an array of top scholars who consider how contemporary journalism has wrestled with its changing parameters and who address how notions of tabloidization, technology and truthiness have altered our understanding of journalism. Organized into three sections: how tabloidization affects the journalistic landscape; how technology changes what we think we know about journalism; and how truthiness tweaks our understanding of the journalistic tradition, the collection is introduced with an essay by Barbie Zelizer. Section introductions also contextualise the essays and highlight the issues that they raise. The contributors include: S. Elizabeth Bird, Pablo Boczkowski, Peter Dahlgren, Mark Deuze, James Ettema, Herbert J. Gans, Jeffrey Jones, Carolyn Kitch, Julianne H. Newton, Michael Serazio, Michael Schudson, Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt and Lokman Tsui Edited By Barbie Zelizer. Based On Papers Presented At A One-day Symposium Held On November 30, 2007 In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sponsored By The University Of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School For Communication. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.