Dear AoIRists, I'm very pleased to announce the publication of the fourth issue of The Journal of Media Innovations (Volume 2, Issue 2): <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/index> As you can see by the Table of Contents below, our articles range from Scandinavia (Bergen, Norway; Åland, Finland) to Flanders and Spain – and take up diverse theoretical and empirical approaches to: 2nd screen uses, public service media, local newspapers, and innovative approaches to designing “hyper-local” journalism for novel forms of radio. At the same time, the last three papers share a normative interest in journalism and communication as critical to democratic societies, and, more broadly, continue the focus on innovation in journalism as a primary emphasis of The Journal of Media Innovations (see especially Vol. 1, issue 2). Kudos and many thanks to Anders Olof Larsson, Editorial Assistant, and to Anders Fagerjord, Layout Editor, who extended the offerings in this issue to include html versions of selected articles. We are equally grateful to our many reviewers, as well as to Arne Krumsvik, book review editor. On behalf of the Editorial Team, we trust you will find insightful and interesting reading in this issue, and we encourage you to forward this note to potentially interested readers and contributors to future issues. Many thanks in advance, - charles == Table of Contents: Media innovations: success and paradox. (Editorial Introduction) Charles Melvin Ess An Audience Perspective on the 2nd Screen Phenomenon Jonas De Meulenaere, Lizzy Bleumers, Wendy Van den Brock
From rhetorics to practice: implementation of technological innovation within Spanish public service media David Fernández-Quijada, Montse Bonet, Roberto Suárez Candel, Luis Arboledas Frugal Innovation in a Strange Place: Newspaper Differentiation on Åland Carl-Gustav Lindén Designing the Amplifon. A locative sound medium to supplement DAB radio Lars Nyre
Book Review Mobility and Locative Media. Mobile communication in hybrid spaces. Adriana de Souza e Sliva and Mimi Sheller (eds). Routledge, 2015. Lars Nyre -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo Director, Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/> President, INSEIT <www.inseit.net> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess@media.uio.no