Thisagenda-settingvolumebringstogetherleadingscholarsofmediaandpubliclifetograpplewithhowmediaresearchcanmakesenseofthemassivechangesrockingpoliticsandthemediaworld.Eachauthoridentifiesa’mostpressing’questionforscholarsworkingattheintersectionofjournalism,politics,advocacy,andtechnology.Theauthorsthensuggestdifferentresearchapproachesdesignedtohighlightreal-worldstakesandofferapathtowardresponsive,productiveaction.Chaptersexploreour’datafied’lives,journalism’sdeepresponsibilitiesanddauntingchallenges,media’sinclusions(andnon-inclusions),theriddleofdigitalengagement,andtheobligationsscholarsmustattempttomeetinaneraofnetworkedinformation.Theresultisarichforumthataddresseshowmediatransformationscarryseriousimplicationsforpubliclife.Original,provocative,andgenerative,thisbookisinternationalinitsorientationandmakesacompellingcaseforpublicscholarship.
