Challenged by the state and the Internet: Struggles for professionalism in Southeast Asian journalism

Lehmann-Jacobsen, Emilie Tinne

doi:10.7146/mediekultur.v33i62.24316

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“…This journalistic emphasis on economic opportunities stemming from ASEAN integration and other affairs is most pronounced in Singaporean texts (27 percent of the content published by The Straits Times and Today), a finding that is consistent with the observations in related studies (see Lehmann-Jacobsen, 2017;Massey & Chang, 2006).…”

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Mostly 'men in suits': The ASEAN summit and integration as news in Southeast Asia

Estella

Paz

2019

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This article is a preliminary examination of how Southeast Asian media frame the regional integration of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a news topic. Without grassroots engagement, the ASEAN integration will inevitably fall short of its grand objectives, and crucial to building grassroots engagement is media coverage capable of building audience interest and appreciation. Based on articles published during the major ASEAN summit events in 2018, the authors identified resonant themes in the reportage and discussed these vis-à-vis the documented character of the different media environments in the region. It was found that the axis of the reportage is the declarations and actions of the heads of state, with very few human interest and context-building stories that would have built audience engagement in what is otherwise an affair revolving around 'men in suits'. Moreover, the journalistic emphasis on consensus and state initiatives reflects continuing adherence to the tenets of the development journalism framework, but this can also be interpreted as the dominance of 'prominence' as a news value (i.e. stories are framed according to the gestures of prominent individuals). These findings call attention to the need for re-thinking reportage on potentially high-stake phenomena such as the ASEAN integration.

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Mostly 'men in suits': The ASEAN summit and integration as news in Southeast Asia

Estella

Paz

2019

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Place, Power and the Pandemic: The Disrupted Material Settings of Television News Making During Covid-19 in an Indonesian Broadcaster

2021

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant social distancing measures offer a compelling context through which to understand the changing relationship between journalism and place. Through an ethnography of news making at a major Indonesian news broadcaster, this study explored the material settings of news making during the pandemic and the consequences of the place-based realignments on journalistic practice, professionalism, and authority. Four main findings emerged. First, we found that as far as broadcast journalists are concerned there are no alternatives to the newsroom; making news in the newsroom was synonymous with their professional journalistic identity. A second finding is to highlight the key role of place in shaping press-source relations. In our case, the loss of physical proximity to government sources had major consequences for power relations between journalists and authorities. Third, certain news objects held particular meaning for journalists, and that when disrupted, can have deleterious consequences for their professional identity. Finally, our study witnessed an important shift in journalistic routines that favoured the live field report over prerecorded packages or in-depth analysis. Findings are discussed in the context of ongoing debates about journalistic routines, identities, and the "material turn" in journalism studies. KEYWORDS COVID-19; public health crisis; ethnography; Southeast Asia; news routines; objects of journalism Historically, journalists have faced disruptions to working conditions through wars, natural and man-made disasters, and health crises. In such situations, places including "where news-decision making occurs" and "the physical locations where reporting happens" (Usher 2019, 86) are forced to be realigned because they are not safe for journalists to work within or from. The COVID-19 pandemic shares many of these dynamics, but arguably accentuated due to its prolonged nature and associated social distancing measures that have directly affected the newsroom itself. The pandemic therefore offers an important context to investigate the changing "where" of journalism (Hallin 1986) which has often been overlooked in journalism studies literature.This research aims to examine the changing places of news production from three perspectives: place as a "material setting of news," as a meaning-making product by both

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A Field Analysis of Immersive Technologies and Their Impact on Journalism: Technologist Perspectives on the Potential Transformation of the Journalistic Field

2023

Journalism Studies

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Challenged by the state and the Internet: Struggles for professionalism in Southeast Asian journalism

Abstract: As in other regions, journalism in Southeast

Cited by 8 publications

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Mostly 'men in suits': The ASEAN summit and integration as news in Southeast Asia

Mostly 'men in suits': The ASEAN summit and integration as news in Southeast Asia

Place, Power and the Pandemic: The Disrupted Material Settings of Television News Making During Covid-19 in an Indonesian Broadcaster

A Field Analysis of Immersive Technologies and Their Impact on Journalism: Technologist Perspectives on the Potential Transformation of the Journalistic Field

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