A Balance of Uncertainties: Renewing Attention to the Socialized Spaces Shaping Digital Journalism Studies

Abstract

Centre for media and Journalism studies, university of groningen, groningen, the netherlands ABSTRACT in this commentary, i look back on ten years of Digital Journalism, and our shared efforts to define a field of Digital Journalism Studies. in doing so, i reflect on the strengths of our field as a socialized space as it has matured, and address two focal points, balance and uncertainty, which have centered my thinking about Digital Journalism Studies research. i then offer three recommendations for our field going forward: to prioritize offering perspective over developing predictions; to foster awareness over awe, and to maintain a devotion towards unapologetic contributions, with humility.