Under the title “Books of the week”, JRN will list new, relevant publications that have recently become available. Click the title of the book for further information on the publisher’s website.

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On week 40 the following publications have come to our attention:

• Anne Kaun: Crisis and Critique: A Brief History of Media Participation in Times of Crisis. Zed Books. 144 pages.
• Maria Edström, Andrew T. Kenyon and Eva-Maria Svensson (eds.): Blurring Lines: Market-Driven and Democracy-Driven Freedom of Expression. NORDICOM. 206 pages. OPEN ACCESS.
• Chris Nash: What is Journalism? The Art and Politics of a Rupture. Palgrave Macmillan. 249 pages.
• Aziz Douai and Mohamed Ben Moussa (eds.): Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the “Arab Spring”. Palgrave Macmillan. 211 pages.
• Shixin Zhang: Chinese War Correspondents. Palgrave Macmillan. 204 pages.
• Anna Reading: Gender and Memory in the Globital Age. Palgrave Macmillan. 235 pages.
• Hinda Mandell and Gina Masullo Chen (eds.): Scandal in a Digital Age. Palgrave Macmillan. 224 pages.
• Steen Steensen and Laura Ahva (eds.): Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age. Routledge. 242 pages.
• Steven Youngblood: Peace Journalism Principles and Practices. Routledge. 250 pages.
• Chris Peters and Marcel Broersma: (eds.): Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal role and public relevance in a digital age. Routledge. 234 pages.
• John C. Pollock (ed.): Journalism and Human Rights: How Demographics Drive Media Coverage. Routledge. 166 pages.