Description
As audiences are provided opportunities to experience the news through new technological advancements in the field, the very nature of journalism and its conventions will likely be challenged. This book offers multiple perspectives on the future of journalism by analyzing trends in technology and demographic shifts in audience composition through the next century. The book draws upon recent research and speculations by top technological firms as well as leading science fiction writers to provide a compelling portrait of how journalism may operate in next 20 to 40 years and beyond. The editors offer a groundbreaking view into the future of news consumption and how it will impact newsgathering and reception across the world. The very nature of journalism will likely be received and interpreted within unique communities through innovative and inclusive ways. This book explores the challenges ahead for journalists and media producers in the near and distant futures. Moreover, as in-world journalists have sought to inform and engage unique communities within the context of their worlds, real and virtual, issues relevant to the mainstream have been played out in virtual culture. This book offers a first glance into a mediated future from a journalistic lens.
Redefining Journalism in an Age of Technological Advancements, Changing Demographics, and Social Issues investigates the impact of emerging technologies in journalism and how audiences engage with these technologies and news content in innovative ways. Identity and community are analyzed historically and culturally within the larger body of cultural and media studies. Covering topics such as audience demographics, robotics, and immersive journalism, this book is a dynamic resource for journalists, sociologists, politicians, students and educators of higher education, computer scientists, communications professionals, researchers, and academicians.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Phylis Johnson
Phylis Johnson, PhD, is Director & Professor of Journalism & Mass Communications at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. She is Emeritus Professor of Sound and New media at the Department of
Radio, Television & Digital Media at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, USA. She is author/co-author of five books, the former editor of two international journals, and has extensively presented and published internationally. She isthe co-founding editor of Sound & Culture (University of California Press) which will debut Fall 2019.
Ian Punnett
Ian Punnett was a multiple award-winning Ph.D. student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State. Since then, Punnett has published several trade and academic books on various media-related subjects. As a professor of practice at the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University, Punnett serves as the faculty advisor/chief operator for Wildcat 91.9 (the longest continuously broadcasting FM college radio station in the United States) and teaches media writing, media history, podcasting, and media business.