PABLO BOCZKOWSKI: FOR THE REVISION OF THEORIES AND A NEW FOCUS ON AUDIENCES

Marcelo Crispim Da Fontoura

doi:10.25112/bcij.v2i1.2882

Abstract

Pablo Boczkowski, professor at Northwestern University, has an influential career in Journalism Studies. In his first book, Digitizing the News, Boczkowski has described the early efforts of newsrooms to deal with digital media. His latest book, Abundance, is based on 158 interviews with media consumers in Argentina and analyzes how they establish routines and strategies over media. In this interview, Boczkowski discusses his legacy, the challenges that a new information environment poses to classic theories, and his focus on the research of audiences.

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It is not frequent for an academic work to mark the development of a whole field
Pablo Boczkowski, professor at Northwestern University, has an influential career in Journalism Studies. In his first book, Digitizing the News, Boczkowski has described the early efforts of newsrooms to deal with digital media
Boczkowski, argues that the main legacy Digitizing may have left is the attempt to go against technological determinism when analyzing how people interact with technology. This very same lesson is at the core of his new book, Abundance – On the Experience of Living in a World of Information Plenty (Oxford University Press, 2021)

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It is not frequent for an academic work to mark the development of a whole field. Pablo Boczkowski, the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor at the School of Communication of Northwestern University and author of works such as the influential Digitizing the News, News at Work, the News Gap and the more recent Abundance, can claim this achievement. This is Boczkowski’s first book about manifestations other than news, like social media, TV and entertainment in general. Interviewer: To begin our discussion, I would like to talk about your first book, Digitizing the News, a very relevant work.

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