Advancing Media Production Research: Shifting Sites, Methods, and Politics

by Chris Paterson (Editor), David Lee (Editor), Anamik Saha (Editor), Anna Zoellner (Editor)

Overview

This anthology explores challenges to understanding the nature of cultural production, exploring innovative new research approaches and improvements to old approaches, such as newsroom ethnography, which will enable clearer, fuller understanding of the workings of journalism and other forms of media and cultural production.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137541949
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	01/26/2016
Series:	Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	600 KB

About the Author

Ana Alacovska, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Dan Berkowitz, University of Iowa, USA Hanne Bruun, Aarhus University, Denmark Elina Erzikova, Central Michigan University, USA Astrid Gynnild, University of Bergen, Norway Fredrick Lesage, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada Zhengjia Liu, University of Iowa, USA Wilson Lowrey, University of Alabama, USA Michael B. Munnik, University of Edinburgh, UK Daniel Perrin, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland David M. Ryfe, University of Iowa, USA Willemien Sanders, Utrecht University, Netherlands Philip Schlesinger, University of Glasgow, UK Tore Slaatta, University of Oslo, Norway Ida Willig, Roskilde University, Denmark 

Table of Contents

PART I: DEBATES AND TRANSITIONS
1. Production Research – Continuity And Transformation; Chris Paterson, David Lee, Anamik Saha, Anna Zoellner
2. On The Vagaries of Production Research; Philip Schlesinger
3. The Importance of Time In Media Production Research; David M. Ryfe
PART II: RESEARCH AND THEORY
4. Field Theory and Media Production: A Bridge-Building Strategy; Ida Willig
5. Studying News Production: From Process To Meanings; Daniel A. Berkowitz And Zhengjia Liu
6. News Media Ecosystems And Population Dynamics: A Cross-Cultural Analysis; Wilson Lowrey & Elina Erzikova
7. Micro vs. Macro: Reflection On The Potentials Of Field Analysis; Tore Slaatta
PART III: MATTERS OF METHOD
8. Applying Grounded Theory On Media Production Studies; Astrid Gynnild
9. The Qualitative Interview In Media Production Studies; Hanne Bruun
10. When You Can't Rely On Public Or Private: Using The Ethnographic Self As Resource; Michael B. Munnik
11. Investigating The Backstage Of Newswriting With Process Analyses; Daniel Perrin
PART IV: BEYOND THE NEWSROOM
12. From 'Poetics' To 'Production': Genres As Active Ingredients In Media Production; Ana Alacovska
13. Production Studies And Documentary Participants: A Method; Willemien Sanders
14. A Cultural Biography Of Application Software; Fredrik Lesage
Epilogue; Chris Anderson

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“As the field of media production research widens, the need for comprehensive work to guide us grows. This truly international volume therefore provides an immense service.” (Mark Deuze, Professor of Mediastudies, Director, Research School for Media Studies, University of Amsterdam)

“Reaching back to production researchers’ root concerns with media power, the contributors indeed “advance” conversations about research into the ways media power has diffused to new workplaces, contexts, and workers. The special focus on methods gives readers a buffet of options when considering their own research projects.” (Vicki Mayer, Tulane University, USA)