Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance

by Kalyango, Jr., Yusuf; Mould, David H.

• ISBN13: 9781137440556
• ISBN10: 1137440554
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-12-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

There is a growing need to understand how journalism continues to be practiced around the world from those who practice and teach the craft. Global Journalism Practice and New Media Performance provides an overview of new and traditional media in their political, economic and cultural contexts while exploring the role of journalism practice and media education. The authors examine media systems in 16 countries: Armenia, China, Colombia, El Salvador, Ghana, Guyana, India, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Palestine, Russia, Suriname, Taiwan, Turkey, United States, and Yemen. The case studies relate performance and output within the framework of journalism's core values and its obligations for independence, responsibility, accuracy and truth, as well as monitoring powerful state actors in the sociopolitical and economic arenas.

Author Biography

Yusuf Kalyango, Jr. is Director of the Institute for International Journalism and Associate Professor of Journalism at Ohio University, USA. He is author of African Media and Democratization (2011) and co-editor of Why Discourse Matters (2014). He has published more than 20 journal articles and seven scholarly book chapters.

David H. Mould is Professor Emeritus of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University, USA. His academic research is in post-Soviet media in Central Asia, early 20th century documentary film, and oral history. A former print and TV journalist, he has worked as a journalism trainer and consultant, mostly in Asia.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Trends in Global Journalism and New Media Performance; Yusuf Kalyango Jr. and David H. Mould
2. Media Educators Evaluate U.S. Journalism Practice; Sally Ann Cruikshank, Ashley Furrow and Yusuf Kalyango Jr.
PART II: NEW VS. TRADITIONAL MEDIA
3.Case 1: Russia: New Media Reshape the Social and Political Agenda; Alexander Kazakov
4.Case 2: Palestine: New Media, Same Old Political Agenda; Mohammed Abualrob and Diana Alkhayyat
5.Case 3: China's New Media Paradox: Economic Gains, Political Troubles; Ke Wang and Guoping He
6. Case 4: Armenia: New Media Transform Politics; Suren Deheryan
7. Case 5: Jordan: State of Online Newspapers for Journalists and Readers ; Aysha Abughazzi
8. Case 6: Turkey: Live Coverage of Protests Pre-empted by Penguins; E. Nezih Orhon and D. Alper Altunay
9. Case 7: El Salvador: Digital Media and Social Campaigns—Libro Libre; Silvia Callejas Contreras
10. Case 8: India: ICTs and the Empowerment of Rural Women; Peddiboyina Vijaya Lakshmi
PART III: JOURNALISM PRACTICE AND MEDIA PERFORMANCE
11. Case 1: Ghana: The Politicization of Liberalized Media; Wilberforce S. Dzisah
12. Case 2: Colombia: An Ethnographic Study of Digital Journalistic Practices; Silvia Montaña
13. Case 3: Taiwan: Journalism Education and Media Performance; Huei Lan Wang
14. Case 4: Guyana. The Rebirth of Journalism Education with Project Phoenix; Carolyn Walcott
15. Case 5: Yemen: Presidential Political Discourse during the Revolution; Murad Alazzany
16. Case 6: Suriname: The Land Rights Issue and Media Performance; Rachael van der Kooye
17. Case 7:Kyrgyzstan: Challenges for Environmental Journalism;Gulnura Toralieva
18. Conclusion: Prospects on Global Journalism Practice and New Media; David H. Mould and Yusuf Kalyango Jr.