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Observing News and Media in a Complex Society
A Sociocybernetic Perspective
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Exploring the conditions of news reporting in todayâs 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 âwhat is journalism for?â and invites us to expand our understanding of mediaâs societal role in the societal process of problem-solving and meaning construction.
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).
"With news media being so closely associated with the political system, Takahashi brings the relationship between these two into sharper relief [â¦]. [Takahashi] is able to successfully place Luhmannâs work within the broader context of media studies by directly comparing the latterâs criteria for news selection with other authoritative schematisations."
âNico Buitendag, North-West University, In: Soziale Systeme, Volume 29, Issue 1-2 (2024), pp. 312â324.
âNico Buitendag, North-West University, In: Soziale Systeme, Volume 29, Issue 1-2 (2024), pp. 312â324.
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Abstract
Keywords
âIntroduction
âPart 1 Cybernetics and Communication
â1.1âCommunication and Recursivity
â1.2âCommunication as a Social System
â1.3âProblem-Solving as a Social Catalyst
â1.4âGoverning in a Complex Society
âPart 2 Media, Journalism, and Society
â2.1âJournalism and News Values
â2.2âNiklas Luhmannâs Theory of the Mass Media
â2.3âSystems Theory of Journalism and the Public Sphere
â2.4âThe Public Sphere and Journalistic Autonomy
âPart 3 Media and Politics
â3.1âPolitics and the Mass Media
â3.2âPolitics and Morality
â3.3âConflict and Society I: Terrorism
â3.4âConflict and Society II: Armed Conflict
âPart 4 News as Societal Observation
â4.1âStructural Change of the Media Constellation and Journalism
4.2ââSource Cycleâ between the News Media and the Blogosphere
â4.3âCommunication and Surplus Meanings
â4.4âNews as Self-Descriptions of Society
âPart 5 Observing News and Media in a Complex Society
â5.1âJournalism as Investigative Curator
â5.2âReporting for Governing?
â5.3âMedia as Societal Facilitators for Problem-Solving
âSummary and Conclusions
âReferences
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