Media and Journalism

New Approaches to Theory and Practice

Third Edition

Jason Bainbridge, Nicola Goc, Liz Tynan

Media and Journalism

New Approaches to Theory and Practice

Third Edition

Jason Bainbridge, Nicola Goc, Liz Tynan

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9780195588019

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Paperback

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6 Nov 2015

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Description

Media and Journalism: New Approaches to Theory and Practice is a complete introduction to media and journalism, exploring the changing relationship between these areas. It introduces key concepts and theoretical approaches in media studies, as well as provides practical training to develop key journalism skills. This approach ensures that students develop both the broad knowledge base and professional skills required for future careers in journalism, public relations and communications.

The third edition is divided into five parts, with the focus becoming progressively broader – from journalism and news writing, to the larger mediasphere, to the media industries themselves, to the social, cultural and technological contexts in which these industries function. This encourages students to follow the flow of information and ideas from news production through to dissemination and negotiation, revealing how important journalism and media studies are to each other.

NEW TO THIS EDITION
  • Introducing Media 3.0: this edition canvasses the rise and increasing dominance of new forms of communication that will place media users of all kinds at the centre of their own mediaspheres
  • New and updated case studies and examples throughout to reflect the current media environment.
  • Significant updates to chapter 17: Ethics and Communication with new content on media ownership, ethics and the digital journalist, the MEAA/AJA Code of Ethics, the Australian Press Council and the Finkelstein Inquiry.
  • Updated with additional content on social media, apps and locative media, the News of the World scandal, the current state of digital radio and recent trends in PR including brand journalism
  • Summary of key points, and revision and reflection questions are now included at the end of each chapter

Contents

PART 1: INTRODUCING MEDIA AND JOURNALISM
1. The Public Sphere
2. The First Mass Medium
3. The Rise of the Fifth Estate
4. The New Media Environment: Digital and Social Media
Case Study 1: World War 1, journalism as the first draft of history and the making of the Anzac legend
Tools 1:  Print Media and Broadcast Interviews
PART 2: MEDIA INSTITUTIONS
5.  Radio: The Tribal Drum
6. Film: The Seventh Art
7.  Television: The Zoo
8.  Public Relations: Spin Cycle
Case Study 2: ‘If that doesn’t suit you, get out’:  three minutes at the crossroads of Army communication
Tools 2: How to Conduct a Media Conference
PART 3: MEDIA ANALYSIS
9. Media Texts
10. Audiences and Representations
11. Celebrity
Case Study 3: Journalism, gender and the media: what misogyny looks like in the 21st century
Tools 3: Textual Analysis and Media Research
PART 4: MAKING NEWS
12.  News Values and News Culture in a Changing World
13.  Broadcast News: Keep it Simple
14.  The Elements of Writing
15.  Subediting, News Language and Convention
16. Specialist Reporting: Doing the Rounds
Case Study 4: Guarding the Guards: holding democratic governments to account
Tools 4: Writing Features
PART 5: FRAMEWORKS AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS
17. Ethics in Communication
18. Media Practice, Industry Change and the Law
19. Convergence
20. Postmodernity
Case Study 5: Free speech and journalism in the 21st century
Tools 5: New Media

Authors

Jason Bainbridge: Professor, Chair of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
Nicola Goc: Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania
Liz Tynan: Senior Lecturer, Graduate Research School, James Cook University

Contributors:

Tim Dwyer: Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communications, the University of Sydney

Sarah Gillman: has worked in the Australian media for more than three decades, including work as a

political and legal reporter, news editor, producer, researcher, broadcaster and freelance journalist. 

Carolyn Beasley: Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology

Lecturer Resources

The following resources are available for lecturers who prescribe Media and Journalism for their course:

  • Instructor’s Resource Manual containing lecture outlines, ideas for assessment and discussion, case studies and extra reading and viewing suggestions
  • PowerPoint slides for each chapter.

For more information about the resources for Media and Journalism, please contact your Oxford Learning Resource Consultant.

Sample Pages

Read a sample from Media and Journalism third edition:

Chapter One: The Public Sphere