The American Journalist in the 21st Century

Weaver, David H.; Beam, Randal A.; Brownlee, Bonnie J.; Voakes, Paul S.; Wilhoit, G. Cleveland

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“…Previous study of Weaver and Wilhoit's (1996) survey on American journalists identified the following correlation between these news variables and journalists' perceived roles. Accordingly, journalists' interpretative role consists of providing analysis and interpretation of complex problem.…”

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“…However, little evidence suggests the possibilities of high importance to interpretive role; there is not any clear correlation of journalists' adoptions of such type of western model of interpretive journalistic practice. The interpretive role conception has for the past several decades been a major part of what Weaver and Wilhoit (1996) have called 'journalism's majority culture' in western media culture (p. 138). Schudson (2003) said 'interpretative journalism' first came into vague in the 1930s when journalists expressed concern that the world had become very complex and it was their duty to help readers make sense of it.…”

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“…He found that their agendas were 'not too dissimilar'. Weaver and Wilhoit (1996) study of American journalists concluded that women tended to rely more heavily on female sources than male reporters and that their stories were more likely to be about social problems. Women journalist's presence in news media organization shaped coverage of women's issues (Farley, 1978;Goodrick, 1991).…”

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“…There are several roles conceptions that journalists perceived. In their survey of working journalists in the U.S., Weaver and Wilhoit (1996) identified four different role conceptions held by reporters. Accordingly, information provider role priorities their duty is to get information to the public as quickly as possible.…”

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“…Based on work conducted by Weaver and Wilhoit (1996), and Johnstone, et al (1975); this study also followed code book's operational definition of each variable for contextual clarity intending to capture journalists' role perceptions in news coverage in the following ways. Accordingly, despite reporting straightforwardly; the news stories which analysed a situation, evaluating or explained the issues and agendas of Constitution Assembly such as secularism, federalism, ethnics, minorities, women, integration of Arms groups and peace process as well as government formation were criteria for interpretation of complex problem.…”

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The American Journalist in the 21st Century

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