37.1945, Books: The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom: Sissons and Smith (2026)

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Date: 28-May-2026
From: Lucy Trotter [lucy.trotter at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom: Sissons and Smith (2026)


Title: The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom
Subtitle: Journalists and their Discourses of Digital Communication
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/socially-networked-newsroom-9781350476714/

Author(s): Helen Sissons & Philippa Smith

Hardback, ISBN: 9781350476714, £95.00

Abstract:

The 'Socially Networked' Newsroom identifies discourses of digital
communication through observations of online and offline newsroom
interactions, interviews, and text analysis to provide insights into
how journalists use digital technologies in story production and the
impact this has on their journalism practice.
Through discursive analysis of 300 hours of video-ethnographic
material gathered in three newsrooms, the authors apply groundbreaking
qualitative methodological approaches to unravelling the complex
interactions of journalists. Incorporating a Social Media Critical
Discourse Studies paradigm to journalism studies, they detail ways in
which new technologies have affected both daily newsroom operations
and the identities of newsworkers. Rare empirical insights are offered
that enable a clearer understanding of the changing media landscape,
the newsroom power relationships that emerge and the discourses
surrounding the use of digital technologies that have become
normalised in journalistic 'talk'.
The book clearly demonstrates how the techno-discursive architecture
of the internet has not only impacted the production and style of
news, but has also led to an acceleration of work intensification that
pushes the boundaries of journalism practice and journalist identity.
It will appeal to those interested in the workings of the contemporary
news media and news discourse, and who are concerned about the future
of news production.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics




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