Observing News and Media in a Complex Society

A Sociocybernetic Perspective

AvToru Takahashi

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Exploring the conditions of news reporting in today’s information-flooded society, Observing News and Media in a Complex Society looks into the strands of systems theoretical studies of the mass media, journalism and the empirical studies of inter-media agenda setting. Journalism is increasingly exposed to diverse perception and facing its selectivity observed by the public. Considering this context, this book focuses on the movement of solution-oriented journalism, which seeks a new way to answer the question “what is journalism for?” and invites us to expand our understanding of media’s societal role in the societal process of problem-solving and meaning construction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-12-13
Mått:155 x 235 x 6 mm
Vikt:187 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill Research Perspectives in Sociocybernetics and Complexity
Antal sidor:94
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004690431

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Toru Takahashi, Ph.D. (2001), Tohoku University, is Professor at Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Chuo University in Tokyo. He has published many articles on media including "Governing and Societal Media for Building Resilience"> (Current Sociology, 2019).

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"With news media being so closely associated with the political system, Takahashi brings the relationship between these two into sharper relief […]. [Takahashi] is able to successfully place Luhmann’s work within the broader context of media studies by directly comparing the latter’s criteria for news selection with other authoritative schematisations."—Nico Buitendag, North-West University, In: Soziale Systeme, Volume 29, Issue 1-2 (2024), pp. 312–324.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsAbstractKeywordsIntroductionPart 1 Cybernetics and Communication1.1 Communication and Recursivity1.2 Communication as a Social System1.3 Problem-Solving as a Social Catalyst1.4 Governing in a Complex SocietyPart 2 Media, Journalism, and Society2.1 Journalism and News Values2.2 Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of the Mass Media2.3 Systems Theory of Journalism and the Public Sphere2.4 The Public Sphere and Journalistic AutonomyPart 3 Media and Politics3.1 Politics and the Mass Media3.2 Politics and Morality3.3 Conflict and Society I: Terrorism3.4 Conflict and Society II: Armed ConflictPart 4 News as Societal Observation4.1 Structural Change of the Media Constellation and Journalism4.2 “Source Cycle” between the News Media and the Blogosphere4.3 Communication and Surplus Meanings4.4 News as Self-Descriptions of SocietyPart 5 Observing News and Media in a Complex Society5.1 Journalism as Investigative Curator5.2 Reporting for Governing?5.3 Media as Societal Facilitators for Problem-SolvingSummary and ConclusionsReferences