The Handbook of Journalism and Emotion

Buch | Hardcover

544 Seiten

2025
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-394-16938-2 (ISBN)

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A groundbreaking global exploration of how emotions shape journalism

Emotion is no longer peripheral to journalism—it is central to how news is made, shared, and experienced. The Handbook of Journalism and Emotions: Theory, Production, Content and Responses redefines how we understand journalism in today’s emotionally charged world, bringing together 60 leading scholars from across five continents to investigate how emotion shapes journalism theory, production practices, content, and audience engagement.

Organized into four thematic sections—Theory, Production, Content, and Responses—the Handbook covers topics ranging from emotional labor and trauma in reporting to audience reactions and emotional authority in visual storytelling. Drawing from sociology, psychology, communication, linguistics, and neuroscience, in-depth chapters highlight how emotional forces interact with journalistic values, ethics, and norms. Throughout the book, in-depth chapters respond to the growing scholarly and professional recognition of the “emotional turn” in media studies, filling a critical gap in media and communication scholarship.

The first book to provide an interdisciplinary, multicultural, and methodologically diverse analysis of the pivotal role of emotion across all dimensions of journalism, the Handbook of Journalism and Emotions:

Presents cutting-edge research that integrates communication studies, sociology, psychology, neuroscience, and media theory
Employs a wide range of methods, including digital ethnography, content analysis, interviews, experiments, and meta-analysis
Covers both traditional and digital media formats, such as audio-visual journalism, social media, and multimodal storytelling
Engages with timely global issues, such as conflict reporting, populism, misinformation, and journalistic safety
Situates emotion as an essential aspect of journalism’s epistemology, examining its role in both individual and collective experience
Highlights under-researched perspectives from Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and other regions worldwide

Ideal for scholars, students, and professionals, the Handbook of Journalism and Emotions: Theory, Production, Content and Responses is a core reference for courses in journalism, communication, media and cultural studies, and emotion research. It is also a key resource for journalists, editors, media educators, and policymakers seeking to understand and teach the emotional complexities of modern journalism.

María T. Soto-Sanfiel is an Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore. She has developed her academic career at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), where she continues to hold a permanent position. She is co-chair of the Audience section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Her research focuses on media effects, digital storytelling, and diversity in media. A former journalist and filmmaker, she brings both scholarly and professional perspectives to her work in communication. Virpi Salojärvi is an Assistant Professor in Digital Media at the University of Vaasa and a Senior Researcher at the University of Helsinki’s Research Hub on Emotions, Populism, and Polarisation (HEPP). She is Chair of the Crisis, Security, and Conflict Communication Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). Her research focuses on emotions, journalism, social media, polarisation, conflicts, and visual analysis.

List of Contributors ix

Foreword: The Normalization and Maturation of Research on Emotion in Journalism xvii
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

Emotions: The Driving Force Behind Journalistic Practices 1

Section 1 Theory 5

Section 2 Production Process 121

Section 3 Content 243

Section 4 Responses: Organizations, Journalists and Audiences 365

Index 000

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
Mitarbeit	Chef-Herausgeber: Virpi Salojärvi
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik
ISBN-10	1-394-16938-8 / 1394169388
ISBN-13	978-1-394-16938-2 / 9781394169382
Zustand	Neuware