This handbook charts the growing area of journalism studies, exploring the current state of theory and setting an agenda for future research in an international context. The volume is structured around theoretical and empirical approaches, and covers scholarship on news production and organizations; news content; journalism and society; and, journalism in a global context. Emphasizing comparative and global perspectives, each chapter explores: key elements, thinkers, and texts; historical context; current state of the art methodological issues; merits and advantages of the approach/area of studies; limitations and critical issues of the approach/area of studies; and, directions for future research.Offering broad international coverage from top-tier contributors, this volume ranks among the first publications to serve as a comprehensive resource addressing theory and scholarship in journalism studies. As such, the "Handbook of Journalism Studies" is a must-have resource for scholars and graduate students working in journalism, media studies, and communication around the globe.

卡琳•沃尔-乔根森（Karin Wahl-Jorgensen），卡迪夫大学卡迪夫新闻、媒介和文化研究学院讲师。她研究媒介、民主和公民权，成果发表在超过20份国际期刊和多本著作中。

托马斯•哈尼奇（Thomas Hanitzsch），苏黎世大学大众传播和媒介研究所助理教授。他创建了国际传播学会新闻研究部，并在新闻、比较传播研究、网络媒介和战争报道方面出版了4本书籍和50余篇文章及书籍章节。