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Hybridity and the news : blending genres and interaction patterns in new forms of journalism
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Abstract
This paper introduces the Special Issues central theme of hybridity and the news, defining the scope and setting the scene for the multiple issues and debates covered by the individual contributions in this collection. Opposing both relativist positions that discard hybridity as an analytically useless concept, and preconceived notions that construe hybridity as intrinsically negative or positive, it is argued to move beyond binary thinking and to approach hybridity as a particularly rich site for the analysis of forms and processes of experimentation, innovation, deviation and transition in contemporary journalism. In order to profoundly understand these developments, which come in many forms, manifest themselves on different levels, and serve multiple purposes, a comprehensive, multi- and interdisciplinary perspective is needed. The Special Issue aims to contribute to this research agenda by looking closely into blending categories and interaction patterns in journalistic forms, genres, and practices, encompassing theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches from various disciplinary backgrounds including political and communication sciences, sociology, linguistics, cultural studies, and history. While taking different angles on the subject and being variously located on the macro and micro levels of analysis, the articles assembled here all engage in a careful assessment of hybridity and the news through profound conceptualizations and empirical analyses, connecting with and shedding new light on long-standing debates about the nature and meaning of journalism.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journalism : theory, practice and criticism. - London, 2000, currens
Publication
London : 2016
ISSN
1464-8849 [print]
1741-3001 [online]
DOI
10.1177/1464884916657520
Volume/pages
18 :1 (2016) , p. 3-10
ISI
000391507300001
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Last edited 31.01.2023
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