Professional ideals and daily practice in journalism

Pihl-Thingvad, Signe

doi:10.1177/1464884913517658

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“…This trend is especially important among younger journalists, who are highly susceptible to burnout (Pihl-Thingvad, 2014) and feel uncertain about their intentions to work in the industry long term (Reinardy, 2011). Under a culture of job insecurity, journalists who believe their jobs are at risk are unlikely to change their practices and even some, who perceive job security, are reticent to initiate change (Ekdale et al, 2015).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Presentism in the newsroom: How uncertainty redefines journalists’ career expectations

Goyanes

Rodríguez-Gómez

2018

Journalism

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In this article, we investigate the effects of uncertainty on job expectations in a news organization ( El Mundo) facing fierce financial turmoil and several redundancy plans. Drawing on in-depth material (27 interviews and non-participant observation), we show how the declining news and media landscape is hampering the configuration of good employment prospects. In order to manage this harsh reality, we argue that journalists draw upon emotional resources (specifically what we conceptualize as presentism, a form of limiting and defusing concern for prospects by focusing on the present) and social ones (in particular, support from their colleagues). By implementing these responses, journalists can navigate the turbulent waters of uncertainty and be focused on the development of their craft. Our findings address how the negation of future employment expectations, associated with the uncertain media environment, makes journalists naturalize their current professional conditions and, therefore, assume that their professional future should maintain the status quo (continuous orientation). That makes them reflect on the privilege of plying their trade in a prestigious newspaper and getting paid to do so despite the severe crisis in the industry (relativistic orientation).

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Presentism in the newsroom: How uncertainty redefines journalists’ career expectations

Goyanes

Rodríguez-Gómez

2018

Journalism

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“…Meanwhile, disseminator roles were rated significantly higher in Malaysia and Japan (Weaver & Willnat, 2012). Pihl-Thingvad (2014) found Danish journalists who embraced the adversarial function were significantly more committed to their jobs.…”

Section: Journalism Professionalism/rolesmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Investigative DNA

Abdenour

Riffe²

2016

Electronic News

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Building off previous literature on journalistic roles, this study showed that local television investigative reporters were more adversarial and placed greater value on audience appeal compared to other journalists. A factor analysis of survey responses (N = 165) revealed five functions describing investigative journalists’ perceived roles: adversarial, interpretive, entertainer, traditionalist, and mobilizer. Using Shoemaker and Reese’s hierarchical model, individual- and organization-level variables were used as predictors in multivariate regression analyses. These analyses indicated that investigative journalists at stations owned by publicly traded companies were significantly more likely to subscribe to traditional news values. Other significant predictors of investigative role included ethnicity, amount of investigative work, market size, and an organization’s emphasis on quality journalism.

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“…We know from previous research that when journalists are subjected to change, they adapt (e.g. Gade & Lowrey, 2011;Pihl-Thingvad, 2015;Grubenmann & Meckel, 2017;Mellado & Van Dalen, 2017), but how promptly they adapt depends on what is changing 39 . Ekdale et al (2015) argues that journalists are quick to adapt to technological changes, but less positive when it comes to changes in their relationship to audiences -and still more tepid about changes that affect their professional roles:…”

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Making the most of Twitter: How technological affordances influence Swedish journalists’ self-branding

Hedman

2017

Journalism

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Journalists are among the most frequent users of Twitter, and Twitter has become an important platform for personal branding. Social media logic promotes not only a chase for virality and impressive metrics but also a mix of professional, personal, and private content, as well as sharing, interaction, and dialogue. Focusing one aspect of social media logic, the aim of this study is to analyze how the technological affordances of Twitter shape journalists’ self-branding in their account presentations and whether there are differences between groups of journalists. The study draws on a quantitative content analysis of Swedish journalists’ Twitter presentations and account information (N = 2543). The findings suggest that Swedish journalists on Twitter brand themselves as being more audience oriented, networking, and individualistic, projecting a mixed identity including both professional and personal features, and that social media logic influence journalists’ self-branding.

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Professional ideals and daily practice in journalism

Cited by 41 publications

References 45 publications

Presentism in the newsroom: How uncertainty redefines journalists’ career expectations

Presentism in the newsroom: How uncertainty redefines journalists’ career expectations

The Investigative DNA

Making the most of Twitter: How technological affordances influence Swedish journalists’ self-branding

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