Mobile Media and Political Journalism in Pakistan (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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This book explains how and why political journalists integrate mobile media - and mobile social media - into their practices and routines in the authoritarian context of Pakistan. It addresses mobile media's impact on political news content, audience engagement, press freedom, misinformation, gender inequalities, and professional identities. The author analyses political journalists' adoption, perceptions and experiences of mobile media's role in political journalism in Pakistan. It applies the 'Communities of Practice' framework and draws from online surveys and on-the-ground semi-structured interviews with political journalists amid the 2024 Pakistan General Election to address issues like press freedom, independent Pakistani journalists' exclusion from established news media, gender barriers, and boundary conflicts in political journalism. It is the only book to offer insights based on empirical data collected during the 2024 Pakistan General Elections on the role of mobile media in Pakistan's political journalism. The book offers a much-needed perspective on how political journalism is changing in a major but often ignored polarised pluralist news media system in Asia.

It appeals to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and media practitioners interested in mobile media's role in negotiating censorship and control in authoritarian contexts, making it a timely and meaningful contribution to the field of media and communication studies, particularly in the areas of mobile journalism, press freedom, and digital authoritarianism.