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For the past decade the crisis in journalism wrought by the digital transformation has been the subject of endless books, journal articles and research papers. The collapse of the traditional business model and the closure of print newspapers have raised the question of whether journalism even has a future. Secondarily, the impact of new technology on the practice of journalism has also attracted sustained scholarly attention; the rise of citizen journalists, the use of social media by professional journalists and the emergence of multimedia formats have been extensively scrutinised. Although undoubtedly the digital revolution has changed journalism, much of the work published so far has more than a whiff of technological determinism. In addition, it has often been marked by a sense of boosterism, an optimistic embrace of a utopian digital future. This valuable collection of deeply researched essays offers a valuable corrective to conventional wisdom about journalism in the digital era.