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Hassan, Robert. Journalism from Print to Platform: The Impossible Shift from Analog to Digital. : Routledge, 2024. 114 pp. $31.99 (paper), ISBN 9780367515140.
Reviewed by
Noah Arceneaux (School of Media and Journalism Studies, San Diego State University)
Published on
Jhistory (May, 2026)
Commissioned by
Zef Segal (Media Studies School, College of Management Academic Studies // Bates College)
The following announcements from H-Net may be of interest to some JHistory list members.
The following announcements from H-Net may be of interest to some JHistory list members.
The JHistory Salon will meet at 2 p.m. Friday, May 1. Please contact David Mindich at mindich@temple.edu if you'd like the link.
Please circulate this invitation among interested friends and colleagues.
Pallavi Guha will present “The Only Man in Her Cabinet,” analyzing the representation of Indira Ghandi, the prime minister of India, in editorial cartoons during an political emergency in 1975.
Abstract: In June 1975, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, declared a political emergency curtailing citizens' democratic rights, including the censorship of the Indian press. Gandhi was
The American Journalism Historians Association's 45th annual convention is set for November 5-7, 2026, at the Westin Poinsett Hotel in Greenville, South Carolina. The call for papers, panels and research in progress is now open.
AJHA welcomes original work across journalism and media history: print, broadcasting, advertising, public relations, transnational research, and more. There are three ways to participate: 1) a completed research paper, 2) a panel proposal featuring scholars exploring a shared topic, or 3) a research in progress abstract for work still taking shape.
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History of Media Studies solicits proposals for a special section on the histories of publishing in the media, communication, and film studies fields. The focus of the special section is on the role of publishers—both commercial and nonprofit—in these fields’ development. We are keen to highlight the contributions of publishing houses and publication initiatives from around the world, including those beyond the Anglophone North Atlantic.
Dear colleagues,
The third History of Knowledge Conference will take place in Utrecht on 25-27 August 2027. The conference follows the successful first international History of Knowledge Conference in Porto in 2023, and the second edition, hosted by the Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge in 2025. Utrecht University is home of the Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of Sciences and the Humanities, and the field’s flagship Journal for the History of Knowledge.
Ferrucci, Patrick. The Organization of Journalism: Market Models and Practice in a Fraying Profession. : University of Illinois Press, 2024. xi + 219 pp. $26.00 (paper), ISBN 9780252088292.
Reviewed by
Jon Bekken (Albright College)
Published on
Jhistory (April, 2026)
Commissioned by
Zef Segal (Media Studies School, College of Management Academic Studies // Bates College)
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