From Media Systems to Digital Journalisms

An Introduction to the Special Issue

Bibliographic Data

ID22010879
AuthorsSvetlana S Bodrunova (0000-0003-0740-561X, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, corresponding author), Анна Гладкова (0000-0001-7102-6425, Lomonosov Moscow State University), Anna A Gladkova (Lomonosov Moscow State University)
Year2024
Volume12
Issue3
Pages282-293
Publication date2024-03-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDigital Journalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2167-0811 • E-ISSN: 2167-082X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21670811.2023.2246051
OpenAlexW4388774861
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited58

Nearly half a century since the first calls for comparisons of national-level media-political relations, comparative studies of media systems – and even more so of digital journalism – are still an emergent research field. In this introduction to the special issue ‘Comparing Digital Journalisms across Nations and Cultures’, we draw links between media systems and digital journalism(s) in comparative studies. First, we suggest a ‘systemic turn’ in media systems studies, with various branches of systems theory applied to media studies in a sound way; directing comparative studies to seeking systemic stability of journalism along with assessing its democratic performance; dealing more with contexts; and finding new criteria for cross-country comparisons. Second, we argue that, for digital journalisms as multi-level research objects, the systemic perspective intertwines with the epistemic one of truth-seeking and cultures of media professionalism. Third, we show how this logic is supported by the articles in the special issue which assess the impact of de-industrialization upon media performance and compare journalistic roles across nations and media segments. They also draw attention to audience as a major new comparative criterion, rethink nation-state as the level of analysis, and highlight risk as a new dimension of comparing digital journalism(s)

Comparative research · Democracy · Digital media · Epistemology · Journalism · Media relations · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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