"This book examines the impacts of journalism on society and the media's responsibility to accurately inform citizens of government and non-government activities in an ethical manner. It also provides emerging research on multimedia journalism across various platforms and formats using digital technologies"--Provided by publisher.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Editorial Advisory Board
• List of Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Section 1: Development Journalism and Conflict Reporting
  • Chapter 1: Free Media and Democracy in the Age of Globalization
  • Chapter 2: Imperative of Peace and Conflict-Sensitive Journalism in Development
  • Chapter 3: Role of Citizen Journalism through Internet in Reporting War and Conflicts
  • Chapter 4: Understanding Media During Times of Terrorism
  • Chapter 5: Role of Traditional and New Media in Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria's Middle Belt Region
• Section 2: Factual Reporting, Objectivity, and Verification
  • Chapter 6: Analyzing Verbal Narratives in TV News and Commercials
  • Chapter 7: The Biased Truth
  • Chapter 8: Ethical Pitfalls in the Digital Age
  • Chapter 9: Media-Invented Stories and Outright Lies a Threat to Journalism Ethics and Media Credibility
  • Chapter 10: Real-Life and Virtual News Sources Can Be Flat-Out Wrong
  • Chapter 11: Media Literacy and Fake News
• Section 3: Media Ethics and Regulation
  • Chapter 12: To Lie or Not to Lie
  • Chapter 13: New Communication Technologies
  • Chapter 14: Media Ethics and Elections Coverage in Nigeria
  • Chapter 15: Media Regulation and Freedom of Expression in Black Africa
  • Chapter 16: Citizen Journalism on Facebook and the Challenges of Media Regulation in Zimbabwe
  • Chapter 17: Deferring Citizens' “Right to Know” in an Information Age
• Section 4: Media Literacy
  • Chapter 18: Digital Competence
  • Chapter 19: Critical Media Literacy as Transformative Pedagogy
  • Chapter 20: The Freedom of Critical Thinking
• Section 5: New Media Technology
  • Chapter 21: When Journalism Met the Internet
  • Chapter 22: Immersive Journalism Design Within a Transmedia Space
  • Chapter 23: Computational Journalism
  • Chapter 24: Data-Driven Information Consumption
  • Chapter 25: A Culture of Survivors
  • Chapter 26: Tell China's Story Well?
  • Chapter 27: New Media Technology and Development Journalism in Nigeria
  • Chapter 28: Training for Mobile Journalism
  • Chapter 29: Who Brings the News?
  • Chapter 30: Journalists and Mobile
  • Chapter 31: Mobile Journalism and Innovation
  • Chapter 32: The Politicization of Selfie Journalism
  • Chapter 33: Journalistic Professionalism and User Motivations for Snapchat Video
  • Chapter 34: Mobile Journalism, Cellphilms, and the Use of the StoryMaker Multimedia Software at a Zimbabwean Media Training University
  • Chapter 35: The Gamification of Journalism
  • Chapter 36: Games and Quizzes in Online Journalism
• Section 6: Social Media and Social Networking
  • Chapter 37: Spreading the News
  • Chapter 38: Abuse of the Social Media Brain
  • Chapter 39: How Social Media Offers Opportunities for Growth in the Traditional Media Industry
  • Chapter 40: Potential Mediations of Hashtags Within Transmedia Journalism
  • Chapter 41: Viral News Content, Instantaneity, and Newsworthiness Criteria
  • Chapter 42: The Media Event as Enhanced News Story
  • Chapter 43: Citizen Engagement and News Selection for Facebook Pages
  • Chapter 44: Social Media in Crisis
  • Chapter 45: Stakeholder Interaction for Sustainability
• Section 7: Transmedia Journalism
  • Chapter 46: Journalism in the Twenty-First Century
  • Chapter 47: A Question of Trust
  • Chapter 48: Designing Transmedia Journalism Projects
  • Chapter 49: Pedagogical Guidelines to Introduce Transmedia Learning Into the Classroom
• Index