Table Of ContentEDITED BY
Jingrong Tong and Shih-Hung Lo
An international comparative perspective
Digital Technology and Journalism
Jingrong Tong · Shih-Hung Lo
Editors
Digital Technology
and Journalism
An International Comparative Perspective
Editors
Jingrong Tong Shih-Hung Lo
Brunel University London National Chung Cheng University
London, UK Chiayi County, Taiwan
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cknowledgements
The book is an outcome of the research project “News and journal-
ists in the social media age: a comparative study of mainland China and
Taiwan” cofunded by the British Academy UK and the National Science
Council of Taiwan under the scheme of International Partnership and
Mobility 2013 (RS15G0089). We are grateful for their support. Some
of the papers were discussed in the workshop on Comparative research
in News and Journalism Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, 2014.
We would like to thank Felicity Plester, Martina O’Sullivan, Heloise
Harding, Camille Davies, Ben Doyle, Eva Hodgkin, Sophie Auld and
other staff at Palgrave Macmillan for supporting the project throughout.
Thanks also go to the anonymous reviewer for their valuable comments.
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ontents
1 Introduction: Digital Technology and Journalism:
An International Comparative Perspective 1
Jingrong Tong
Part I The Impact of Digital Technology on the Practices,
Professionalism and Cultures Of Professional Journalism
2 The Invisible Hand of the Unaccountable Algorithm:
How Google, Facebook and Other Tech Companies Are
Changing Journalism 25
David R. Brake
3 News Photography and the Digital (R)evolution:
Continuity and Change in the Practices, Styles,
Norms and Values of Photojournalism 47
Marco Solaroli
4 UGC Creators and Use of Their Content by Mainstream
Media 71
Glenda Cooper
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5 Uncertainty, Tabloidisation, and the Loss of Prestige:
“New Media Innovations” and Journalism Cultures in
Two Newspapers in Mainland China and Taiwan 91
Jingrong Tong and Shih-hung Lo
Part II The Interaction Between Digital Technology and
Professional Journalism in Periods of Social Change
6 Journalism Culture and Professional Identity in Transit:
Technology, Crisis and Opportunity in the Greek Media 115
Maria Touri, Ioanna Kostarella and Sofia Theodosiadou
7 Evaluating the Role of the Internet and Mainstream
News Journalism in the Development of the Northern
Ireland Peace Process 141
Paddy Hoey
8 Digital Technology, Journalism and Politics in Sri Lanka’s
Ethnic Conflict 165
Thusiyan Nandakumar
Part III The Rise of Citizen Journalism and Alternative Media
9 The Importance of Citizenship: Theoretical Issues
in Studying Citizen Journalism in International Context 191
Vincent Campbell
10 Independent Media, Social Movements,
and the Traditional News Media in Taiwan 215
Yuan-Hui Hu
11 The Roles of Online Alternative Media in Facilitating
Civil Society Development in Macau: The Case Study
of Macau Concealers and All About Macau Media 237
Chang Su
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Part IV Journalists on Twitter
12 Indian TV Anchors on Twitter: Technological Practice
and Textual Form 263
Vibodh Parthasarathi and Ananda Mitra
13 Practising Journalism on Twitter? A Computational
Analysis of British Journalists’ Use of Twitter Before the
2016 EU Referendum in the UK 291
Jingrong Tong and Landong Zuo
Part V Methodologies and Methods
14 Researching the Fluid and Multisited Appropriations
of Digital Technologies in African Newsrooms 317
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Admire Mare
15 Explaining Outcomes in Comparative Digital Journalism
Research: Challenges and Analytic Choices 347
James Stanyer
Index 363
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ditors And ontributors
About the Editors
Jingrong Tong is senior lecturer in digital media and culture at
Brunel University London. Her current research focuses on digital
technology and journalism, digital data analysis, and environmental
communication. She is the author of two books on investigative journalism
in China.
Shih-hung Lo (Ph.D. LSE) is professor in communication at National
Chung Cheng University. He teaches in the areas of communication the-
ory, comparative analysis of qualitative data, comparative telecommunica-
tion policies, and Chinese media studies. His research interests include
communication theory, political economy of communication, Chinese
media studies, digital journalism, telecommunication policies, and media
sociology. He is the coeditor of Social Media and Journalism, Quality
Journalism Development Association: Taipei, Taiwan (with Jingrong
Tong 2014). He is a freelance writer for various news media in mainland
China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Contributors
David R. Brake LSE, London, UK
Vincent Campbell University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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xii EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Glenda Cooper City University of London, London, UK
Paddy Hoey Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
Yuan-Hui Hu National Chung Cheng University, Minxiong, Taiwan
Ioanna Kostarella Department of Journalism and Mass Media, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Shih-hung Lo National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara School of Writing and Journalism,
Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
Admire Mare Department of Journalism Film and Television,
University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ananda Mitra Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, USA
Thusiyan Nandakumar Tamil Guardian, London, UK
Vibodh Parthasarathi Jamia Milla Islamia, New Delhi, India
Marco Solaroli University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
James Stanyer Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Chang Su Zhaoqing University and Macau University, Zhaoqing, China
Sofia Theodosiadou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki,
Greece
Jingrong Tong Brunel University London, London, UK
Maria Touri University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Landong Zuo Independent Researcher, London, UK
