The Future of Newspapers

Bob Franklin is Professor of Journalism Studies in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University; Editor of Journalism Studies and Journalism Practice and author of Pulling Newspapers Apart; Analysing Print Journalism (2008) Routledge, Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News (2006) Routledge and many more.

Editorial: The Future of Newspapers 1. The Curse of Introversion 2. The Future of Newspapers: Historical Perspectives 3. Mapping Professional Imagination: On the Potential of Professional Culture in the Newspapers of the Future 4. "The Supremacy of Ignorance over Instruction and of Numbers over Knowledge": Journalism, Popular Culture and the English Constitution 5. Newspapers go for Advertising! Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing Media Environment 6. Shifts in Newspaper Advertising Expenditures and their Implications for the Future of Newspapers 7. (No) News on the World Wide Web? A comparative content analysis of online news in Europe and the US 8. How Citizens Create News Stories: The "News Access" Problem Reversed 9. Deliberativeness of Online Political Discussion: a Content Analysis of the Guangzhou Daily Website 10. The Consumer as Producer – of What? User-generated Tabloid Content in The Sun (UK) and Aftonbladet (Sweden) 11. Attack of the Killer Newspapers! The ‘Tabloid Revolution’ in South Africa and the Future of Newspapers 12. The History of a Surviving Species: Defining Eras in the Evolution of Foreign Correspondence 13. International News from Paris- and London-based Agency News-rooms 14. What Future for Local News? The Crisis of the French Regional Daily Press 15. Participatory Journalism Practices in the Media and Beyond: An International Comparative Study of Initiatives in Online Newspapers 16. A Clash of Cultures: The Integration of User-generated Content within Professional Journalistic Frameworks at British Newspaper Websites 17. Old Values, New Media: Journalism Role Perceptions in a Changing World 18. The Future of ‘Responsible Journalism’: Defamation Law, Public Debate and News Production 19. Tabloid Nouveau Genre: Format Change and News Content in Quebec City’s Le Soleil 20. Gossip, Sport And Pretty Girls: What Does ‘Trivial’ Journalism Mean to Tabloid Newspaper Readers? 21. Newspapers in Education in Flanders: A Press Policy to Support the Future Readership Market for Newspapers 22. The Simultaneous Rise and Fall of Free and Paid Newspapers in Europe 23. Obituaries for Sale: Wellspring of Cash and Unreliable Testimony 24. From Newspapers to Multimedia Group: Business Growth Strategies of the Regional Press in Spain 25. "If You Can’t Earn Enough – Teach" Newspaper Journalists as Journalism Lecturers in Israel 26. Newspaper Negotiations: The Crossroads of Community Newspaper Journalists’ Values and Labor 27. The Passive Journalist: How Sources Dominate Local News