Journalism Research That Matters
Journalism Research That Matters It is now well-established that the long-time economic model on which the news industry has relied is no longer sustainable. Simultaneously, the closure of local…
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Journalism Research That Matters
It is now well-established that the long-time economic model on which the news industry has relied is no longer sustainable. Simultaneously, the closure of local media outlets across the country has left many areas without access to regional news, compounded the distance between media and publics, and further eroded civic engagement. Facebook, Google, and declining levels of popular trust in the media have been major contributors to this situation.
As this book contends, scholars must think about their work in a public context, and journalists, too, need to listen to media scholars and take the research that they do Despite the looming crisis in journalism, a research-practice gap plagues the news industry.This book argues that an underappreciated factor in the news crisis is a potentially symbiotic relationship between journalism studies and the industry that it researches.