[Air-L] New Book Announcement: The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom: Journalists and their Discourses of Digital Communication

[Philippa Smith]

Dear AOIR colleagues,

I am pleased to share that a new book I have co-authored with Helen
SIssons, *The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom: Journalists and their
Discourses of Digital Communication*,  will be published by Bloomsbury in
May. See:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socially-networked-newsroom-9781350476714/

The book explores the discourses of digital communication in contemporary
journalism through observations of both online and offline interactions in
newsrooms between journalists and with their sources, and includes analysis
of interviews, and digital texts. Drawing on 300 hours of
video-ethnographic material collected across three New Zealand newsrooms,
it applies innovative qualitative methodologies to examine how journalists
engage with digital technologies in story production and how these
technologies are reshaping journalistic practice.

Using a Social Media Critical Discourse Studies approach, we analyse these
complex interactions offering insights into changing dynamics and power
relationships between journalists and their news organisations, exploring
the ways in which digital technologies have become embedded and normalised
in journalistic discourse.  We also consider the impact of audience
expectations on journalists, especially as trends have shown a shift of
news consumption to social media platforms and alternative websites.The
book also considers how the techno-discursive architecture of the internet
is contributing to intensified work practices and shifting notions of
journalist identity.

We hope the book will be of interest to those engaged in journalism
studies, media and communication research, and anyone concerned with the
future of news production.

With best wishes,

Philippa Smith

https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-smith-nz/


The Socially Networked Newsroom

List of Chapters:

1 Behind the Screens: Observing the Digital Transformation of Newsrooms
2 The Technological Disruption of Journalism
3 Introducing Video Ethnography to Social Media Critical Discourse Studies
4 Blurred Lines and shifting Roles: The Changing Boundaries of Journalism
Practice and Identity
5 Performing Professionalism: How Journalists Legitimize Digital Work
6 A Convergence of Crises and an Uncertain Future
7 Journalism Going Forward: Reflections and Realignments
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