Retelling Journalism

Conveying Stories in a Digital Age

edited by M. Broersma and C. Peters

Book cover: Retelling Journalism

Extent: 272 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Communications, Film, & Media Studies, Literary Studies

Series: Groningen Studies in Cultural Change

Series volume number: 49

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(February 2014)

ISBN: 9789042930162

Price: $72.00

In stock

Storytelling is at the centre of journalism practice. It is the key for communicating with the audience and it exerts a heavy influence over how news is perceived in the public sphere. In the digital era the way in which journalists tell stories is undergoing a dramatic shift. New media offer new possibilities, while they at the same time stimulate traditional media to search for new venues to convey their stories in an attractive and authoritative way. This volume addresses how journalism tries to find and craft new forms and genres of storytelling. It questions how these transitions stimulate new journalistic practices and shift the institutional function and ethics of journalism. What does it means to tell newsworthy and trustworthy stories in a digital age?

  • Edited by M Broersma
  • Edited by C Peters