Dueling, Dancing, or Dominating? Journalists and Their Sources

Carlson, Matt

doi:10.1111/j.1751-9020.2009.00219.x

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“…In order to minimise uncertainty (Donsbach, 2004)*especially in a changing media environment where journalism's permanent state of flux (Carlson, 2009;Hjarvard, 2010) is characterised by a growing influence from the Internet, free content on the Web and in free newspapers, an increased commercial pressure (Hallin and Mancini, 2004), an increased focus on the audience (Eide, 2010;Hjarvard, 2010;Willig, 2010), and a severe decline in circulation and advertising revenues, especially for national paid newspapers* we can assume that journalists in general and novices in particular will be rather open to this socialisation. The result will probably be journalists aiming at displaying competence and cultural desirable behaviour by producing and presenting the ''right'' kind of ideas.…”

Section: Tacit Knowledge Passed On In Tacit Waysmentioning

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Elimination of Ideas and Professional Socialisation

Gravengaard¹,

Rimestad²

2012

Journalism Practice

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This article investigates and interprets social and cultural production and reproduction as we turn our attention to an important part of routinised practice in the newsroom: the early newsroom meetings. These meetings are essential sites for the building of the craft ethos and professional vision. Our aim is to study how this building of expertise takes place at meetings with a particular focus on the decision-making process concerning ideas for new news stories. In order to do this, we perform linguistic analysis of news production practices, as we investigate how the journalists' ideas for potential news stories are eliminated by the editor at the daily newsroom meetings. The elimination of ideas for news stories are not just eliminations; they are also corrections of culturally undesirable behaviour producing and reproducing the proper perception of an important object of knowledge*what constitutes ''a good news story''*in this community of practice.

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Section: Tacit Knowledge Passed On In Tacit Waysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Elimination of Ideas and Professional Socialisation

Gravengaard¹,

Rimestad²

2012

Journalism Practice

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“…Identifying credible sources to help tell a story in news reporting can depend on different factors such as time demands [2], type of reporting and news event [3,10], and proximity [1]. For instance, some stories may call for identifying experts who can speak authoritatively to a topic or issue.…”

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Finding and assessing social media information sources in the context of journalism

Diakopoulos

Choudhury

Нааман

2012

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Social media is already a fixture for reporting for many journalists, especially around breaking news events where non-professionals may already be on the scene to share an eyewitness report, photo, or video of the event. At the same time, the huge amount of content posted in conjunction with such events serves as a challenge to finding interesting and trustworthy sources in the din of the stream. In this paper we develop and investigate new methods for filtering and assessing the verity of sources found through social media by journalists. We take a human centered design approach to developing a system, SRSR ("Seriously Rapid Source Review"), informed by journalistic practices and knowledge of information production in events. We then used the system, together with a realistic reporting scenario, to evaluate the filtering and visual cue features that we developed. Our evaluation offers insights into social media information sourcing practices and challenges, and highlights the role technology can play in the solution.

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“…11). Journalistic variables involve the constraints that journalists have to overcome in their professional lives related to the exigencies from media owners (rating and credibility) and the pressure exerted by their sources (Berkowitz, 2009;Carlson, 2009;McQuail, 2010, chap. 12).…”

Section: Reporting News In War Timesmentioning

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“…When journalists interact with the armed groups or other social actors involved in a conflict, they have to cope with their strategic discourses (Berkowitz, 2009;Carlson, 2009;Hanitzsch, 2007) because these sources are interested in winning a war, not in informing citizens (Barreto et al, 2009;Borja et al, 2008;Maltby and Keeble, 2007;Maltby, 2012Maltby, , 2010Rid, 2007). The form and the content of news about an armed conflict or a war thus results from a double framing.…”

Section: Reporting News In War Timesmentioning

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Naming the combatants of the colombian armed conflict in news broadcasts: the discursive positioning of journalists

Serrano¹

2016

Pacla

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By examining the labels used to refer to the Colombian armed groups in news, this study analyses to what extent news incorporates the war communication 2 of the armed groups. The analysis of 452 news reports broadcast by national channels shows that most reports are written in a detached manner, suggesting the 'objectivity' of news reporting. Nonetheless, the qualitative analysis shows that this factual and descriptive style hides the subtle discursive bias of news. Thus it is concluded that Colombian media has contributed more to war than to peace building. Keywordsjournalists' discursive detachment, Colombia, military, guerrillas, paramilitary, war communication (Source: Unesco Thesaurus).1 University of Strasbourg, Francia. yeny.serrano@unistra.fr 2 The expression 'war communication' refers to the way in which armed groups use communication (public relations, press relations and messages disseminated through the media -media operations-) to conduct war. This study particularly focuses on messages disseminated through the media with the aim to impose a particular frame onto the conflict (Maltby, 2012). 58Naming the Combatants of the Colombian Armed Conflict in News Broadcasts... -Yeny SerranoNombrando a los combatientes del conflicto armado colombiano en los noticieros: el posicionamiento discursivo de periodistas ResumenMediante el examen de las etiquetas utilizadas para referirse a los grupos armados colombianos en las noticias, este estudio analiza en qué medida la comunicación de las noticias de la guerra incorpora a los grupos armados. El análisis de 452 informes de prensa difundido por canales nacionales muestra que la mayoría de informes se escriben de forma independiente, lo que sugiere la "objetividad" de los informes de prensa. No obstante, el análisis cualitativo muestra que este estilo fáctico y descriptivo esconde la tendencia discursiva sutil de noticias. Por lo tanto, se concluye que los medios de comunicación colombianos han contribuido más a la guerra que a la construcción de la paz. Palabras claveDesprendimiento discursivo de periodistas, Colombia, militares, guerrilleros, paramilitares, comunicación de guerra (Fuente: Tesauro de la Unesco). 59Palabra Nomeando aos combatentes do conflito armado colombiano nos noticiários: o posicionamento discursivo de jornalistas ResumoPor meio do exame das etiquetas utilizadas para se referir aos grupos armados colombianos nas notícias, este estudo analisa em que medida a comunicação das notícias da guerra incorpora os grupos armados. A análise de 452 relatórios de imprensa difundidos por canais nacionais mostra que a maioria deles é escrito de forma independente, o que sugere a sua "objetividade". Contudo, a análise qualitativa mostra que esse estilo fático e descritivo esconde a tendência discursiva sutil das notícias. Portanto, conclui-se que os meios de comunicação colombianos têm contribuído mais à guerra do que à construção da paz.

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Dueling, Dancing, or Dominating? Journalists and Their Sources

Cited by 125 publications

References 52 publications

Elimination of Ideas and Professional Socialisation

Elimination of Ideas and Professional Socialisation

Finding and assessing social media information sources in the context of journalism

Naming the combatants of the colombian armed conflict in news broadcasts: the discursive positioning of journalists

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