Effect of Organizational Size on Job Satisfaction of Top Editors at U.S. Dailies

Demers, David

doi:10.1177/107769909407100415

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“…Demers also reports that journalists at corporate newspapers are more satisfied with their jobs because they have more autonomy, status, and prestige than journalists at noncorporate or entrepreneurial newspapers (Demers, 1993(Demers, , 1994a(Demers, , 1995. Furthermore, as organizations become more corporatized, editorials and letters to the editor published in them become more, not less, critical of mainstream groups and ideas (Demers, 1996b), and established news sources (mayors and police chiefs) in communities served by corporate newspapers also believe that those newspapers are more critical of their policies and city hall (Demers, 1998c).…”

Section: Empirical Research On Corporate Newspapersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Corporate News Structure and the Managerial Revolution

Demers¹,

Merskin²

2000

Journal of Media Economics

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Critics contend that corporate news organizations are destroying democracy because they place more emphasis on profits than on information diversity and other nonprofit goals considered crucial for creating or maintaining a political democracy. Research shows that corporate news organizations tend to be more profitable than entrepreneurial news organizations; however, they actually place less emphasis on profits and more on product quality and other nonprofit goals. More importantly, the "critical corporate model" appears to contain a logical flaw, the "approved contradiction," which claims that professional managers should maximize profits more than the owners. This claim contradicts the managerial revolution hypothesis that expects corporate organizations to place less emphasis on profits as power and control in modern organizations shifts from the owners to professional managers and technocrats. This article reviews the managerial revolution hypothesis and concludes that attempts to dismiss it outright are premature.

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Section: Empirical Research On Corporate Newspapersmentioning

confidence: 97%

Corporate News Structure and the Managerial Revolution

Demers¹,

Merskin²

2000

Journal of Media Economics

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“…Along with role perceptions, journalists' demographic characteristics can affect attitudes, opinions, and news content. Demers (1994) found that older newspaper editors were more satisfied with their jobs, while Knobloch-Westerwick et al (2008) showed that a journalist's race can affect which stories are selected and which stories a journalist reads. Gender, in particular, has the potential to affect attitudes toward contextual journalism.…”

Section: Demographic Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The contextualist function: US newspaper journalists value social responsibility

2016

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A survey ( N = 1318) evaluated US newspaper journalists’ attitudes toward c ontextual reporting – stories that go beyond the immediacy of the news and contribute to societal well-being. Results indicated that journalists highly value professional roles associated with contextual reporting. Responses revealed new journalistic role functions, including the ‘Contextualist’, who placed high value on being socially responsible and accurately portraying the world. Analyses showed that younger journalists and female journalists highly valued three genres of contextual reporting: constructive journalism, solutions journalism, and restorative narrative. Additionally, a journalist’s belief in activist values such as setting the political agenda and pointing to possible solutions predicted more favorable views of all three forms of contextual journalism, while belief in an adversarial attitude predicted less favorable views of restorative narrative.

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“…Only one direct measure of actual profitability was employed, and no content measures of quality were used. More research needs to be done to examine the effects of corporate structure on content, organizational routines and practices, and on job satisfaction and autonomy (Demers, 1993(Demers, , 1994a. Nevertheless, the findings do support a growing body of research that suggests that corporate newspapers, even though they are more profitable, place more emphasis on quality and other goals.…”

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confidence: 51%