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Drawing upon a recent global-comparative turn in journalism studies and parallel efforts to de-Westernize communication theory, this book suggests an innovative 'glocal' comparative approach to analyse 'network newswork' among global, transnational, and local news organizations, in the same geographical locality, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
List of contents
Introduction
1. The Glocality of Global Media Spheres
2. Network Newswork within Traditional Contexts of News Production
3. A Glocal Context for Exploring Journalistic Transformations
4. Ideological and Organizational Influences on Network Newswork
5. Doing Network Newswork: Professional Norms and Individual Preferences
6. Network Newswork across News Cultures
7. Network Newswork and the Wider Media Ecology
8. Making Meaningful Journalism
9. Afterword
About the author
Amira Firdaus received her PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she was a member of the founding editorial team for Platform: Journal of Media and Communication. She is currently Senior Lecturer at the Department of Media Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia, where she recently concluded a three year term as Managing Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Media Studies.
Summary
Drawing upon a recent global-comparative turn in journalism studies and parallel efforts to de-Westernize communication theory, this book suggests an innovative ‘glocal’ comparative approach to analyse ‘network newswork’ among global, transnational, and local news organizations, in the same geographical locality, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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'In taking a "comparative glocal" dimension this research broadens the media sociology perspective, going beyond the traditional Country A vs. Country B comparison to provide a valuable understanding of international newswork in "glocal" space.' -- Stephen D. Reese, University of Texas, USA.
'A fascinating analysis of ‘network newswork’, a pioneering concept employed to review the ‘hierarchy of influences’ on journalists in domestic and transnational news bureaus as they decipher how to filter, integrate and present unverifiable, informal and personal information as accurate news. An incisive account of the making and presentation of news in an era where mainstream networks cannot choose to ignore multiple sources of information offered through social media.' -- Edmund Terence Gomez, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
