Contemporary BRICS Journalism
Contemporary BRICS Journalism: Non-Western Media in Transition is the first comparative study of professional journalists working in BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). The book presents a range of insider perspectives, offering a valuable insight into the nature of journalism in these influential economies.
Contributors to this volume have conducted in-depth interviews with more than 700 journalists, from mainstream and online media, between 2012 and 2015. They present and analyse their findings here, revealing how BRICS journalism is envisioned, experienced, and practiced in the twenty-first century. Compelling evidence in the form of journalists narratives reveals the impact of digital culture on modern reporting and the evolving dynamic between new media technology and traditional journalistic practice. Insightful comparisons are made between BRICS countries, highlighting the similarities and differences between them. Topics include professionalism, ethics and ideals, community journalism, technological developments in the newsroom, and the reporting of protest movements.
This books ambitious analysis of journalistic landscapes across these non-Western nations will significantly broaden the scope of study and research in the field of journalism for students and teachers of communication, journalism, and media studies.
Svetlana Pasti is Docent of Journalism and Media Studies at the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Tampere, Finland. She is the author of two monographs and more than 20 peer-reviewed chapters and articles in platforms including The Global Journalist in the 21st Century, European Journal of Communication, and Nordicom Review.
Jyotika Ramaprasad is Professor at the School of Communication, University of Miami, USA. Her research is focused on journalism studies and communication for social change. She has presented and published her work in various publications including Journalism Quarterly, Journalism Studies, Gazette, and Mass Communication and Society.
Internationalizing Media Studies
Series Editor: Daya Kishan Thussu, University of Westminster
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Internationalizing Media Studies
Edited by Daya Kishan Thussu
Popular Media, Democracy and Development in Africa
Edited by Herman Wasserman
The Korean Wave: Korean Media Go Global
Edited by Youna Kim
Mapping BRICS Media
Edited by Kaarle Nordenstreng and Daya Kishan Thussu
Contemporary BRICS Journalism
Edited by Svetlana Pasti and Jyotika Ramaprasad
Chinas Media Go Global
Edited by Daya Kishan Thussu, Hugo De Burgh, Shi Anbin
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Contents
by Daya Kishan Thussu
Svetlana Pasti and Jyotika Ramaprasad
PART I
Transitioning concepts and practices across BRICS
Jyotika Ramaprasad, Svetlana Pasti, Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Ruiming Zhou, and Musawenkosi Ndlovu
Herman Wasserman, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Muniz Sodr, Maria Anikina, Ravindra Kumar Vemula, and Yu Xu
Jyotika Ramaprasad, Deqiang Ji, Ruiming Zhou, Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Svetlana Pasti, Dmitry Gavra, Herman Wasserman, and Musawenkosi Ndlovu
Nagamallika Gudipaty, Jyotika Ramaprasad, Svetlana Pasti, Cludia Lago, Xianzhi Li, and Ylva Rodny-Gumede
Svetlana Pasti, Beatriz Becker, Nagamallika Gudipaty, Yu Xu, and Musawenkosi Ndlovu
PART II
Two-country comparisons of critical issues
Ravindra Kumar Vemula, Mrcio Guerra, Christiane Paschoalino, and Layrha Silva Moura
Dmitry Gavra, Dmitry Strovsky, and Dieer Liao
Tanja Bosch, Raquel Paiva, and Joo Paulo Malerba
Maria Anikina is associate professor in the Department of Sociology of Mass Communications, Journalism Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Lomonosov MSU), Russia, where she teaches journalism theory, sociology, media sociology, and sociologic culture of journalists. Her current research examines acute trends in media consumption, new media users behaviour, and the professional culture of journalists.
Beatriz Becker is associate professor in the graduate program in communication and culture and the Department of Languages and Expressions at the School of Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil. Becker has a Ph.D. in communication and culture from UFRJ. She is author of three books about television and TV news and leads the research group Media, Audiovisual Journalism and Education.
Tanja Bosch is senior lecturer in the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she teaches media theory, qualitative research methods, and broadcast journalism. She completed her MA in communication for development studies while a Fulbright Scholar at Ohio University, where she also graduated with a Ph.D. in mass communication. Bosch publishes in the areas of community radio, talk radio and citizenship, health communication, youth and mobile media, and identity and social networking.
Leonardo Custdio is postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Social Research (IASR), at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is the author of Favela Media Activism: Counterpublics for Human Rights in Brazil (forthcoming, Lexington Books). Custdio is also a member of the Laboratory for Community Media Studies (LECC) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).
Dmitry Gavra is professor and chair of business communication and public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. His current areas of study and research are the sociology of journalism, business communications and business journalism, and public relations. His recent books (in Russian) are Image of the State: Theory and Practice (2010), Theory of Communication Foundations (2012), and Image of the Territory in the Informational Society (2013). He has published more than 120 articles in Russia, the United States, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, and Turkey.
