02024    a2200277   4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020001800069037003600087040000700123041000800130072001600138072001400154072001700168072001300185072001100198072001400209072002100223072001900244100002500263245008600288250000600374260003200380300001000412520132400422131737005820250317111625.0250312042017GB        28           eng    a9781317370055  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 38.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJBCT2thema7 aNH2thema7 aKNTP22thema7 aJFD2bic7 aH2bic7 aKNTJ2bic7 aSOC0520002bisac7 a070.9052bisac1 aScott A. Eldridge II10aOnline Journalism from the PeripherybInterloper Media and the Journalistic Field  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20170926  a208 p  bOnline Journalism from the Periphery looks at how a range of new media actors, communicating online, have challenged us to think differently about the journalistic field. Emerging from the disruption of digital technology, these new actors have been met with resistance by an existing core of journalism, who perceive them as part of a ‘digital threat’ and dismiss their claims of journalistic belonging. As a result, cracks are appearing in the conceptual foundations of what journalism is and should be. Applying field theory as a conceptual lens, Scott Eldridge guides the reader through the intricacies of these tensions at both the core and periphery. By first unpacking definitions of journalism as a social and cultural construction, this book explores how these are dominated by narratives which have reinforced a limited set of expectations about its purpose and reach. The book goes on to examine how these narratives have been significantly undermined by the output of major new media players, including Gawker, reddit, Breitbart, and WikiLeaks. Online Journalism from the Periphery argues for a broadening of ideas around what constitutes journalism in the modern world, concluding with alternative approaches to evaluating the contributions of emerging media heavy-weights to society and to journalism.