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Journalism research: Past trends and new directions

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The past few decades have witnessed a definite upsurge in interest in studying journalism and journalists, not only in the U.S., but also in many other countries, including Germany. Some of the more visible signs of this include the publication of two new journals in this first decade of the new 21st Century-“Journalism Studies” in February 2000 and “Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism” in April 2000 – as well as the Journalism Studies Interest Group (now Division) of the International Communication Association launched in 2004, not to mention the many recent books and articles that have focused on journalists and journalism in the past decade (see, for example, Berkowitz, 1997; Chan, Lee, & Lee, 1996; de Burgh, 2005; Deuze, 2002; Ettema & Glasser, 1998; Gans, 2003; Heinonen, 1999; Hess, 1996; Hess, 2006; Weaver & Wilhoit, 1996; Zelizer, 2004).

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Weaver, D.H. (2009). Journalism research: Past trends and new directions. In: Holtz-Bacha, C., Reus, G., Becker, L.B. (eds) Wissenschaft mit Wirkung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91756-6_22

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