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From Newsroom to Networked Device: Re-theorising Mobile Journalism as a Socio-technical Field in the Indian Media Ecosystem

Author(s) Mr. Abubaker Siddiqh M
Country India
Abstract Mobile journalism has become a defining feature of contemporary news production in India, driven by widespread smartphone adoption, affordable data access, and platform-based news distribution. While existing scholarship has examined mobile journalism primarily as a technological practice or professional skill, limited attention has been paid to its structural implications for journalism as a field. This paper argues that mobile journalism in India represents a socio-technical transformation that reshapes journalistic power, professional identity, and legitimacy. Drawing on field theory and digital journalism scholarship, this conceptual study re-theorises mobile journalism as a distinct socio-technical field constituted by journalists, mobile technologies, platforms, audiences, and institutional norms. Through a qualitative synthesis of existing literature, the study identifies emerging forms of journalistic capital that increasingly define authority and visibility in mobile-first news environments. By grounding the analysis in the Indian media context, the paper contributes to journalism theory by extending field-based approaches to the Global South.
Keywords Mobile journalism, field theory, socio-technical systems, Indian media, digital journalism
Field Sociology > Journalism / Media
Published In Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-08-03
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i04.85107
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