1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism

Edited By Folker Hanusch Copyright 2025
498 Pages
by Routledge

498 Pages
by Routledge

Taking stock of research in an area that has long been starved of scholarly attention, The Routledge Handbook of Lifestyle Journalism brings together scholars from across journalism, communication, and media studies to offer the first substantial volume of its kind in this dynamic field. This Handbook is divided into five major sections covering definitions; current trends; the relationship... Read more

List of Contributors

 

Part I: Conceptualizing Lifestyle Journalism

 

Chapter 1: The Making of a Field? On the Relevance of Studying Lifestyle Journalism

Folker Hanusch

 

Chapter 2: Defining Lifestyle Journalism: Cultural Dimensions, Commercial Entanglements, and Political Relevance

Elfriede Fürsich and Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

 

Chapter 3: The Making of Modern Journalism, from Coffeehouse Capitalism (Strategic News) to Constitutional Spectacle (Market Lifestyle)

John Hartley

 

Chapter 4: Political and Proprietorial Interference in the Food Coverage of Popular British Newspapers between Two World Wars: A Historical Perspective

Sarah Lonsdale

 

Chapter 5: Reviving Contemporary Journalism Through (Reflection on) Narrative Lifestyle Coverage?

Annik Dubied

 

Chapter 6: Journalism Training and the Status and Dilemmas of Lifestyle Journalism Practice in Southern Africa

Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri

 

Part II: Lifestyle Journalism and Consumption

 

Chapter 7: Transforming Journalistic Genres on Social Media: Books and Literary Reviews as Cultural Consumption  

Unni From and Carsten Stage

 

Chapter 8: Food Journalism’s Commercial Ingredients

Peter English and David Fleischman

 

Chapter 9: Aesthetics of Lifestyle Journalism

Maarit Jaakkola

 

Chapter 10: A Voice of Reason: Authenticity and Journalistic Authority in Lifestyle Journalism

Joy Jenkins

 

Chapter 11: Consumerism, Popular Culture, and Religion Between Two Continents: The Turkish Case

Nilüfer Türksoy

 

Part III: Lifestyle Journalism, Emotion and Identity

 

Chapter 12: Aspirational Lifestyle Journalism

Sandra Banjac

 

Chapter 13: Passion as Profession? Lifestyle Journalists between Exceptionalism and Cruel Optimism

Johana Kotišová

 

Chapter 14: Wellness Influencing in India: Ayurveda and Identity on Social Media

Anuja Premika and Sumana Kasturi

 

Chapter 15: Bringing the World to Us: Travel Journalism and the Mediation of Others           

Ben Cocking

 

Chapter 16: Role Perceptions in Lifestyle Journalism

Folker Hanusch

 

Chapter 17: The Role of Experts in Lifestyle Journalism

Daniel Nölleke

           

Part IV: The Public Utility of Lifestyle Journalism

 

Chapter 18: Popular and Political: The Radical Origins of Lifestyle Journalism

Bethany Usher

 

Chapter 19: The Political Relevance of Food Journalism

Elizabeth Fakazis

 

Chapter 20: Green Lifestyle Journalism

Geoffrey Craig

 

Chapter 21: Lifestyle Journalism Practices in Hard News: Dismantling the Hard News versus Soft News Binary

Gregory P. Perreault and Ella Hackett

 

Chapter 22: How to be Human: Turns in Health, Lifestyle, and Wellness Journalism

Mariah L Wellman, Aly Hill and Avery E. Holton

 

Chapter 23: Ethical Considerations in Lifestyle Journalism

Renita Coleman

           

Part V: New Horizons in Lifestyle Journalism Studies

 

Chapter 24: Taste-makers or Thought-leaders? Lifestyle Influencers and Boundaries of Lifestyle Journalism

Phoebe Maares

 

Chapter 25: Digital Technologies and Change in the Field of Fashion Journalism

Agnès Rocamora

 

Chapter 26: Coaches, Gurus and Influencers as Self-help and Lifestyle Experts: From Insta therapy to becoming “that girl” on TikTok

Stephanie Alice Baker

 

Chapter 27: Everyday Multiculturalism on Asian Australian Food Blogs

Tisha Dejmanee

 

Chapter 28: The New Look of Lifestyle Guides: Rethinking Brand Journalism for the Digital Age

Myles Ethan Lascity

 

Chapter 29: Intimacy and Community Building in Lifestyle Journalism ‘Dialogues’

Lucia Vodanovic

 

Chapter 30: Precarity, Algorithmic Visibility and Aspirational Labour in the Construction of Lifestyle

Rob Sharp

 

 

Index

Biography

Folker Hanusch is Professor of Journalism at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is editor-in-chief of Journalism Studies and Vice-Chair of the Worlds of Journalism Study. His research interests include comparative journalism studies, lifestyle journalism, transformations of journalism, and Indigenous journalism.