Setting the Agenda, Influencing Public Opinion, and Advocating for Social Change

Hanitzsch, Thomas; Hanusch, Folker; Lauerer, Corinna

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2014.959815

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“…Journalists' professional orientations are coming from the societal, organizational, cultural and individual levels simultaneously (Hanitzsch et al, 2014). They require looking at professional views as discourse, rather than a simple list of norms professionals aim to adhere to.…”

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“…Figure 2 below shows that journalists in Serbia identify their role in the society primarily as interventionist, i.e. they take "a more active, socially committed and assertive role in their reporting, and in so doing they involve themselves in social and political processes to the extent that they become participants" (Hanitzsch, Hanusch & Lauerer, 2014: 3) 8 , but the monitorial role is not far behind that.…”

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Ethics and professional orientation of Serbian journalists

Rupar¹,

Seizova²

2017

CM: Commun Media

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Studies of ethical orientations of journalists, based on large-scale surveys of professional norms and values, generate data that are an important indicator of journalism culture. While it is true that what journalists say they do is not always the same as what they actually do, the discourse about professional roles and ethical standards is a prominent marker of journalistic culture and an element that can be and is usually compared cross-nationally (Hanitzch & Vos, 2016). This study of Serbian journalists follows this stream of scholarship, offering an empirical contribution to the discussion about journalists and their professional orientation. Based on the survey conducted in 2014 as a part of the Worlds of Journalism Study, we first present a socio-demographic profile of Serbian journalists, and then focus on the views on the role of journalists in society, perceived influences on their everyday work and journalists' perception of ethics. The study approaches journalism as a field of cultural production and adopts the community structure model (Tichenor, Donohue & Olien, 1980) to explore the link between professional orientations of journalists and the demographic characteristics of the community news media are based in. It tests the idea that the perception of the journalist's role in society might be different in smaller, relatively homogenous towns than in larger, more demographically diverse cities. The study found Serbian journalism culture to be ambiguous, related to the complex set of interactions with political and economic fields, and based on the tension between different models of journalism that have historically influenced the development of the profession in the region, "interventionist" and "monitorial".

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Section: What Is the Role Of Journalists In Society?mentioning

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Ethics and professional orientation of Serbian journalists

Rupar¹,

Seizova²

2017

CM: Commun Media

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“…El auge de enfoques comparados, observado en los conceptos de sistemas mediáticos y culturas periodísticas, ha espoleado análisis múltiples por países (De-Vreese; Esser; Hopmann, 2017), incluyendo Alemania, España y Reino Unido (Rivas-de-Roca; García-Gordillo; Caro-González, 2020). La cultura periodística del país germano está fuertemente alineada con la del Reino Unido y España, debido a la vigencia en estos países de la ideología periodística propia de las democracias occidentales (Hanitzsch;Lauerer, 2016). Esta corriente vincula al periodismo con reportajes neutrales y factuales, la distancia crítica con el poder y la adhesión a códigos deontológicos (Deuze, 2005).…”

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Indicadores transnacionales de calidad informativa basados en la experiencia de periodistas locales: estudios de caso en medios digitales de Alemania, España y Reino Unido

Rivas-de-Roca

González

García-Gordillo

2020

Comunicación Y Diversidad. Selección De Comunicaciones Del VII Congreso Internacional De La Asociación Española De Investigaci

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Quality is a priority objective of journalism, linked to the fulfillment of the social function of the press. To make this concept evaluable, it is essential to know the degree of satisfaction of the expectations of journalists and audiences. In a context of online journalism, local news continues to be a key element in the shaping of local communities. Bearing these trends in mind, this research aims to develop a proposal for journalistic quality indicators that come from the profession itself, based on the experience and self-criticism of local journalists. We choose to focus on the local area because of its current explanatory capacity for transnational phenomena. In addition, local publications address the everyday needs of their readership. To achieve this aim, a multiple-case-study research strategy is used, following a hypothetical-deductive approach. First, the variables that are identified with journalistic quality in the literature are reviewed. These are then compared and completed with information obtained in the cases studied (digital newspapers from three countries). To study the perception of journalists regarding journalistic quality, semi-directed interviews are conducted with local media professionals in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, representing countries with different journalistic cultures, framed also in different quality schools. However, all three are characterized by a strong tradition of local information. The results reveal the existence of differences in the conception of journalistic quality. The degree of self-awareness about the work carried out is higher among German and British journalists than in the case of Spain. Likewise, codes that refer to the news production process (gatekeeping), such as commitment, transparency, or product quality, are preferred over those related to its reception (newsmaking). Resumen La calidad informativa es un objetivo prioritario de la actividad periodística, en cumplimiento de la función social de la prensa. Para transformar en evaluable este ideal es imprescindible conocer el grado de satisfacción de las expectativas de periodistas y audiencias. En un contexto de ciberperiodismo, la información de proximidad sigue siendo un elemento central en la construcción de vínculos comunes. Teniendo esto en cuenta, el objetivo principal de esta investigación es desarrollar una propuesta de indicadores de calidad informativa derivados de la propia profesión, a partir de la experiencia y autocrítica de los periodistas locales. La elección del ámbito de la proximidad se encuentra motivada por su actual capacidad explicativa de fenómenos transnacionales. Además, las publicaciones locales se encargan de las necesidades cotidianas de la audiencia. Para la consecución del objetivo fijado se emplea el método del estudio de caso, siguiendo un planteamiento hipotético-deductivo. Primero se revisan las variables identificadas con calidad informativa en la bibliografía, para posteriormente contrastarlas y completarlas a partir de la información obtenida en los casos estudiados (diarios digitales de tres países). Para indagar sobre la percepción que de calidad informativa tienen los periodistas se efectúan entrevistas semidirigidas a profesionales de medios locales en Alemania, España y Reino Unido, países de culturas periodísticas distintas, enmarcados a su vez en diferentes escuelas sobre calidad. No obstante, los tres se caracterizan por una fuerte tradición de información de cercanía. Como resultado, se observa la existencia de diferencias en la concepción de calidad informativa. El grado de reflexividad sobre el trabajo efectuado es mayor entre los periodistas alemanes y británicos que en el caso de España. Asimismo, se prefieren los códigos que aluden al proceso de producción de la noticia (gatekeeping), como compromiso, transparencia o calidad del producto, sobre los propios de la recepción (newsmaking).

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“…Recognising that a myriad of collective professional factors influence editorial processes in the newsroom -from 'news values' (Harcup & O'Neill 2016) to 'role perceptions' (Hanitzsch et al 2016) and 'journalistic doxa' (Schultz 2007) -this article centres on editorial content as the 'frontstage' upon which news organizations elaborate and perform normative values publicly (Karlsson 2011). Such editorial self-reflexivity forms the public record of how organizations intervene in and potentially shape debates as well as making a claim to the democratic necessity and sociocultural value of such mediations.…”

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The Iconic Image in a Digital Age

Mortensen¹,

Allan²,

Peters³

2017

Nordicom Review

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This article investigates selected newspapers' editorial mediations over contrasting perceptions regarding the significance of a controversial set of 'iconic' news photographs, namely images of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Syrian refugee, whose drowned corpse washed ashore in September, 2015. Specifically, this study examined individual editorial items, published by leading Danish, Canadian and British newspapers over a four-month period, engaging with and reflecting upon this imagery. Our analysis revealed several key deliberative features of editorial self-reflexivity, with three especially salient themes shown to be emergent across the coverage: a) instantaneousness and historical photographic precedents; b) social media's perceived influence on photojournalism; and c) normative associations of affective qualities for this imagery. By elucidating these features of editorial self-reflexivity within a convergent digital media ecology, this article offers original insights into how and why the epistemic values governing visual communication are being reconsidered and redrawn under pressure from institutional imperatives.

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Setting the Agenda, Influencing Public Opinion, and Advocating for Social Change

Cited by 37 publications

References 39 publications

Ethics and professional orientation of Serbian journalists

Ethics and professional orientation of Serbian journalists

Indicadores transnacionales de calidad informativa basados en la experiencia de periodistas locales: estudios de caso en medios digitales de Alemania, España y Reino Unido

The Iconic Image in a Digital Age

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