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This book offers a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible introduction to journalistic transparency. Pulling from historical and theoretical perspectives, Transparency and Journalism explains the concept of transparency and its place in journalistic practice, offering a critical assessment of what transparency can and cannot offer to journalism. The author also reviews the key theoretical claims underlying transparency and how they have been researched in different parts of the world, ultimately proposing a communication model that can be used to study the concept of transparency across journalism research. Other topics discussed include the use of algorithmic forms of transparency, the limitations of the transparency myth, and suggestions for future avenues for research. Transparency and Journalism is an important resource for students and scholars in the field of journalism and media studies, as well as for journalists and researchers interested in delving into an ever-relevant topic for the field.

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"""Michael Karlsson is one of the preemi-nent scholars on transparency in journalism... [his] book, written in a re-freshing, self-reflective tone, offers vital insights for both researchers and journal-ism practitioners"" - Michael Koliska Assistant Professor Communication, Culture and Technology Georgetown University Washington, DC, USA"

""Michael Karlsson is one of the preemi-nent scholars on transparency in journalism... [his] book, written in a re-freshing, self-reflective tone, offers vital insights for both researchers and journal-ism practitioners"" - Michael Koliska Assistant Professor Communication, Culture and Technology Georgetown University Washington, DC, USA

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Michael Karlsson is professor in media and communication at Karlstad University, Sweden. His research interest lies primarily within digital journalism and his work has been widely published in journals such as Digital Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Communication Theory.

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