Bøker av Stuart Allan

The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism brings together scholars committed to the conceptual and methodological development of news and journalism studies from around the world.

Examines how the attacks of 9/11 continue to transform the nature of journalism, particularly in the United States and Britain. This book brings together a group of scholars and media commentators to explore journalism's present and future, by engaging with issues such as trauma, free speech, censorship, patriotism, impartiality, and celebrity.

Drawing on a wide range of examples to illustrate his argument, Allan considers citizen witnessing as a public service, showing how it can help to reinvigorate journalism s responsibilities within democratic cultures. The resultant book is required reading for all students of journalism, digital media, and society.

News Culture offers a timely examination of the forms, practices, institutions and audiences of journalism. Having highlighted a range of pressing issues confronting the global news industry today, it proceeds to provide a historical consideration of the rise of 'objective' reporting in newspaper, radio and television news.

Digital War Reporting examines war reporting in a digital age. It shows how new technologies open up innovative ways for journalists to convey the horrors of warfare while, at the same time, creating opportunities for propaganda, censorship and control.

Based on the exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland (11 July - 12 October) the book explores how military service by men of Scottish descent was related to other expressions of Scottish identity.

This book-length glossary provides lucid, insightful definitions of the most significant keywords in news and journalism studies.

This publication offers a unique Scottish perspective on a popular subject written by the curator of the National War Museum of Scotland.

Explores an array of issues, providing a framework for understanding key debates on how the media represent science and risk. This book weaves together insights from multiple strands of research across diverse disciplines. It is useful for students and scholars in cultural and media studies, science studies, journalism, sociology and politics.