Rethinking the Sociology of News Global Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives

Preface: The Sociology of News and the Legacy of the Glasgow University Media Group

Catherine Happer

Introduction: Rethinking the Sociology of News: Global Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives

Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and Catherine Happer

Part I: Shifting 'Paradigmatic Status' and Methodological Challenges

1. The Legacy of the Sociology of News Paradigm: Continuities, Changes, and Ironies

Risto Kunelius and Silvio Waisbord

2. Is it Us or Them? The Challenge of Getting Journalists to Participate in Academic Research

Nicole Blanchett, Claudia Mellado, Colette Brin, Sama Nemat Allah and Cheryl Vallender

Part II: Charting New Pathways to Study Non-Western Journalism

3. Cultures of Restraint and Towards an Appraisal of Non-Western News Values

Subin Paul and Sujatha Sosale

4. Arab News Sources and Practices in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Sociology of News Research

Dina Matar and Mohamed Taha

5. “I Know It is a Stereotype, but People Love to See It”: Chinese Journalists’ Perceptions of Sexual Violence Victims

Siyu Chen

6. Speaking of Africa: Sociology and the Study of Media in Majority World countries

j. Siguru Wahutu, Zhuoru Deng and Osman Osman

Part III: Reimagining Trust and Sociality in New Journalism Landscapes

7. Trust Through Relationships in Journalism

Michael Koliska, Erin Moroney, and David Beavers

8. Stratified Public Connections—Beyond the Taste for News?

Morten Fischer Sivertsen

9. Theorizing “Co-operative Advantage” in News- Markets: Rethinking Media-Ownership, Renewing the Sociology of Journalism’s Radical Tradition, and Reframing Democratic Media Reform

Mitch Diamantopoulos

Afterword: Directions for a Revitalised Sociology of News

Hayes Mabweazara

Biography

Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara is Senior Lecturer in Sociological & Cultural Studies (Media, Culture & Society) at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is Editor of African Journalism Studies, Associate Editor of Journalism Studies, and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg.

Catherine Happer is Professor of Media Sociology and Director of the Glasgow University Media Group (GUMG) in Sociological and Cultural Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.  She is the author of The Construction of Public Opinion in a Digital Age (2024).