Journalism: Grounds and Anxieties

This book aims to promote a comprehensive and multifaceted problematization of journalism, around its mission and functions, the values, and contexts in which it operates, as well as the analytical frame-works that have been mobilized in its scientific problematization. Considering the (increasingly pressing) importance of journalism in society, the aim is to critically analyze the broader social, political, economic, or technological frameworks in which journalism has operated, signaling processes of change, challenges, and opportunities in the context of current transformations.
The book therefore has the following fundamental aims: understand the role and relevance of journalism in democracy and its impact on different social, cultural, political or economic spheres; examine the emergence of modern journalism and the affirmation of a professional identity as well as, in parallel, capture structural and conjunctural dynamics of transformation, as well as their implications for the basic functions and principles of journalism; confront the normative dimension of the journalistic ethos with recurring and emerging vectors of discussion (both within the profession itself and at the level of its academic reflection), in the face of a changing media ecology; identify opportunities and challenges for journalism as an institution and as a social and cultural activity, as well as contemporary trends and lines of research in journalism studies; problematize the paradoxical relationship of proximity and distance between journalism and its audiences, seeking to contribute to the discussion of a theme that is less explored in journalism research and teaching.