This volume draws together research originally presented at the 2015 Future of Journalism conference at Cardiff University, UK. The conference theme, -Risks, Threats and Opportunities,- highlighted five areas of particular concern for discussion and debate.
The first of these areas, -Journalism and Social Media-, explores how journalism and the role of the journalist are being redefined in the digital age of social networking, crowd-sourcing and -big data-, and how the influence of media like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Reddit affects the gathering, reporting or consumption of news? -Journalists at Risk- assesses the key issues surrounding journalists- safety and their right to report, as news organizations and their sources are increasingly targeted in war, conflict or crisis situations. The third area, -Journalism Under Surveillance-, asks what freedom of the press means in a post-Snowden climate. What are the new forms of censorship confronti
