Indian Joualism and the Impact of Social Media (Palgrave Studies in Joualism and the Global South)

by: Dhiman Chattopadhyay (Author)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:1st ed. 2022

Publication Date: September 22, 2022

Language: English

Print Length: 282 pages

ISBN-10: 3031073177

ISBN-13: 9783031073175

Book Description

This book is a pan-India study that examines social media’s impact on Indian joualism, highlights emerging challenges, and discusses the way forward for India’s newsrooms. A result of three years of field work, the project uses mixed-methods research – a survey of nearly 300 joualists from 15 Indian cities, followed by in-depth interviews with 25 senior editors – to analyze and explain joualists’ perceptions about social media’s usefulness and credibility, factors that influence their online news sourcing and sharing decisions, resultant challenges for newsrooms, and ways to address those challenges. The findings offer unique insights into how newer forces are influencing joualistic practices in an online-first era. Key differences emerge in perceptions between Indian joualists and their Weste compatriots about who or what influence their actions. The findings also raise questions about Gatekeeping as a term to describe joualistic work in 21st Century India’s newsrooms. The findings and the conclusions will hopefully help joualists, educators, and anyone interested in Indian joualism gain a deeper, more meaningful understanding about social media’s impact on Indian joualism, and the way ahead for India’s newsrooms.
This book is a pan-India study that examines social media’s impact on Indian joualism, highlights emerging challenges, and discusses the way forward for India’s newsrooms. A result of three years of field work, the project uses mixed-methods research – a survey of nearly 300 joualists from 15 Indian cities, followed by in-depth interviews with 25 senior editors – to analyze and explain joualists’ perceptions about social media’s usefulness and credibility, factors that influence their online news sourcing and sharing decisions, resultant challenges for newsrooms, and ways to address those challenges. The findings offer unique insights into how newer forces are influencing joualistic practices in an online-first era. Key differences emerge in perceptions between Indian joualists and their Weste compatriots about who or what influence their actions. The findings also raise questions about Gatekeeping as a term to describe joualistic work in 21st Century India’s newsrooms. The findings and the conclusions will hopefully help joualists, educators, and anyone interested in Indian joualism gain a deeper, more meaningful understanding about social media’s impact on Indian joualism, and the way ahead for India’s newsrooms.

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