Advancing Media Production Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Debates and Transitions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Production Research: Continuity and Transformation

      • Chris Paterson, David Lee, Anamik Saha, Anna Zoellner

      Pages 3-19

   3. On the Vagaries of Production Research

      • Philip Schlesinger

      Pages 20-37

   4. The Importance of Time in Media Production Research

      • David M. Ryfe

      Pages 38-50

3. Theory and Research

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 50-51

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   2. Field Theory and Media Production: A Bridge-Building Strategy

      • Ida Willig

      Pages 53-67

   3. Studying News Production: From Process to Meanings

      • Daniel A. Berkowitz, Zhengjia Liu

      Pages 68-78

   4. News Media Ecosystems and Population Dynamics: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

      • Wilson Lowrey, Elina Erzikova

      Pages 79-94

   5. Micro vs. Macro: A Reflection on the Potentials of Field Analysis

      • Tore Slaatta

      Pages 95-111

4. Matters of Method

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

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   2. Applying Grounded Theory in Media Production Studies

      • Astrid Gynnild

      Pages 115-130

   3. The Qualitative Interview in Media Production Studies

      • Hanne Bruun

      Pages 131-146

   4. When You Can’t Rely on Public or Private: Using the Ethnographic Self as Resource

      • Michael B. Munnik

      Pages 147-160

   5. Investigating the Backstage of Newswriting with Process Analysis

      • Daniel Perrin

      Pages 161-177

5. Beyond the Newsroom

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. From ‘Poetics’ to ‘Production’: Genres as Active Ingredients in Media Production

      • Ana Alacovska

      Pages 181-199

   3. Production Studies and Documentary Participants: A Method

      • Willemien Sanders

      Pages 200-216

   4. A Cultural Biography of Application Software

      • Frederik Lesage

      Pages 217-232

6. Epilogue

   1. Epilogue

      • C. W. Anderson

      Pages 233-235

This anthology explores challenges to understanding the nature of cultural production, exploring innovative new research approaches and improvements to old approaches, such as newsroom ethnography, which will enable clearer, fuller understanding of the workings of journalism and other forms of media and cultural production.

• Media Production
• Cultural Industries
• Journalism Research
• Ethnography
• Communication Research
• Television Production
• Media Sociology
• communication
• media
• politics
• television

“As the field of media production research widens, the need for comprehensive work to guide us grows. This truly international volume therefore provides an immense service.” (Mark Deuze, Professor of Mediastudies, Director, Research School for Media Studies, University of Amsterdam)

“Reaching back to production researchers’ root concerns with media power, the contributors indeed “advance” conversations about research into the ways media power has diffused to new workplaces, contexts, and workers. The special focus on methods gives readers a buffet of options when considering their own research projects.” (Vicki Mayer, Tulane University, USA)

• University of Leeds, UK

  Chris Paterson, David Lee, Anna Zoellner

• Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

  Anamik Saha

Ana Alacovska, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Dan Berkowitz, University of Iowa, USA Hanne Bruun, Aarhus University, Denmark Elina Erzikova, Central Michigan University, USA Astrid Gynnild, University of Bergen, Norway Fredrick Lesage, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada Zhengjia Liu, University of Iowa, USA Wilson Lowrey, University of Alabama, USA Michael B. Munnik, University of Edinburgh, UK Daniel Perrin, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland David M. Ryfe, University of Iowa, USA Willemien Sanders, Utrecht University, Netherlands Philip Schlesinger, University of Glasgow, UK Tore Slaatta, University of Oslo, Norway Ida Willig, Roskilde University, Denmark 

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