<div dir="ltr"><p>Dear AOIR colleagues,</p><p>I am pleased to share that a new book I have co-authored with Helen SIssons, <em>The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom: Journalists and their Discourses of Digital Communication</em>,  will be published by Bloomsbury in May. See: <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-TSRSpan" id="gmail-TSRSpan_806" style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px;padding:0px 2px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><img class="gmail-TSRWebRatingIcon" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; transform: none;"></span><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socially-networked-newsroom-9781350476714/" target="_blank" class="gmail-GSPGTitle" style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;display:inline-block">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/socially-networked-newsroom-9781350476714/</a> </span></p><p>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.</p><p>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.  <span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">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.</span>The book also considers how the techno-discursive architecture of the internet is contributing to intensified work practices and shifting notions of journalist identity.</p><p>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.</p><p>With best wishes,</p><p>Philippa Smith</p><p><span class="gmail-TSRSpan" id="gmail-TSRSpan_807" style="display:inline-block;width:16px;height:16px;padding:0px 2px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><img class="gmail-TSRWebRatingIcon" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 16px; height: 16px; transform: none;"></span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-smith-nz/" target="_blank" class="gmail-GSPGTitle" style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;display:inline-block">https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-smith-nz/</a></p><p><br></p><p>The Socially Networked Newsroom</p><p>List of Chapters:</p><p><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">1 Behind the Screens: Observing the Digital Transformation of Newsrooms</span><br style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">2 The Technological Disruption of Journalism</span><br aria-hidden="true" style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">3 Introducing Video Ethnography to Social Media Critical Discourse Studies</span><br aria-hidden="true" style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">4 Blurred Lines and shifting Roles: The Changing Boundaries of Journalism Practice and Identity</span><br aria-hidden="true" style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">5 Performing Professionalism: How Journalists Legitimize Digital Work</span><br aria-hidden="true" style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">6 A Convergence of Crises and an Uncertain Future</span><br aria-hidden="true" style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-size:14px">7 Journalism Going Forward: Reflections and Realignments</span>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