Cultural Journalism and Cultural Critique in the Media

The book engages with news media reporting of and debating on culture, including the arts, value politics, popular culture, the culture industries and entertainment, in a globalized and digital media landscape. Several contributions apply a broad approach to ‘the cultural’ in theorizing and analyzing the production and content of cultural journalism, and the professional ideology, self-perception, and legitimacy struggles of cultural journalists and editors. Others define their field of study more narrowly, engaging with very specific sub-areas such as ‘film criticism’ or ‘television series.’ This book was originally published as a special issue of Journalism Practice.