The Paradox of Connection

How Digital Media Is Transforming Journalistic Labor

Diana Bossio, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton , Logan Molyneux

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English

University of Illinois Press
27 February 2024

Media studies; Press & journalism

Using a framework of online connection and disconnection, The Paradox of Connection examines how journalists’ practices are formed, negotiated, and maintained in dynamic social media environments. The interactions of journalists with the technological, social, and cultural features of online and social media environments have shaped new values and competencies--and the combination of these factors influence online work practices. Merging case studies with analysis, the authors show how the tactics of online connection and disconnection interact with the complex realities of working in today’s media environments. The result is an insightful portrait of fast-changing journalistic practices and their implications for both audiences and professional identities and norms.

By: Diana Bossio, Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Logan Molyneux
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 286g
ISBN: 9780252087738
ISBN 10: 0252087739
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 27 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Defining Connection and Disconnection in Journalism 1 Journalism and the Paradox of Connection 2 Burning Out, Turning Off, and Disconnection Part II: Connection and Disconnection in Organizational Contexts 3 Maintaining Professional Connections through Branding 4 Dis/connecting from Policy and Practice Part III: Connection and Disconnection for Changing Journalistic Practice 5 Connecting with Journalism in an Era of Misinformation 6 Harassment and Disconnection in Journalism’s Digital Labor Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Diana Bossio is a senior lecturer in Media and Communication at Swinburne University and the author of Journalism and Social Media: Practitioners, Organisations, and Institutions. Valérie Bélair-Gagnon is an associate professor and Cowles fellow in media management at the University of Minnesota and the author of Social Media at BBC News Reporting and coauthor of Journalism Research that Matters and Happiness in Journalism . Avery E. Holton is an associate professor and department chair in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah. Logan Molyneux is an associate professor of journalism at Temple University.

Reviews for The Paradox of Connection: How Digital Media Is Transforming Journalistic Labor

“The Paradox of Connection shows strikingly how professional journalists negotiate with the promises and perils of the connected world and walk the line between personal branding, organizational pressures, and private life. The book provides a compelling snapshot of how journalists fine-tune their connectivity and offers tools for us all to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of living online. Social media tools have revolutionized journalism. Yet professional pressure to live online, online abuse and harassment, and increasingly precarious and unpaid labor have gone hand in hand with people in the trade mediating ever more complex forms of online communication.”--Tero Karppi, author of Disconnect: Facebook’s Affective Bonds