Journalism in Change ─ Journalistic Culture in Poland, Russia and Sweden

Media developments change journalism all over the world. But are the changes the same in different media systems? How is professionalization influenced by the constant growth of a network society and social media? How are commercialization and political influences in the media relating to each other? These are some of the issues discussed in this study. It is based on the research project Journalism in Change – professional journalistic cultures in Poland, Russia and Sweden. From 2011 to 2014 researchers from Sweden, Poland and Russia at Södertörn University in Stockholm have been cooperating closely in order to survey a sample of 1500 journalists and 60 in depth interviews with journalists. The results are presented in a comparative design covering different areas.
It is an unusually tightly focused volume that sheds much light on the values, roles and working conditions of these journalists in a revealing comparative perspective. It is a model of well-conceptualized and carefully conducted comparative cross-national journalism research.
David H. Weaver, Bloomington, Indiana University, USA

Gunnar Nygren is a professor of journalism at Sodertorn University in Stockholm. He specialises in local journalism and professional roles of journalists as well as changing journalistic practices.
Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska is professor at the University of Wroclaw (Poland) and Chair of the Department of Communication and Journalism. She is a founder of the Polish Communication Association and specialises in the development of the media systems and journalism in Poland.