Levels of professionalism and professional efficacy among journalists in Ireland

Abstract

Ireland's social, cultural, religious and political ethos has restricted the country's press freedom. This ethos, combined with a long history of colonialism, could mean that Irish journalists would have low levels of professionalism and of professional efficacy. This research attempted to determine how Irish journalists rated on professionalism and efficacy. Primary and secondary sources were used. A cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of Irish journalists found that they rate high on both levels of professionalism and nonprofessionalism. They also rate high on levels of professional efficacy. However, a halo effect may be manifest as the measures are not flawless.

Examining determinants of adherence to peace journalism: Empathy, reporting efficacy, and perceived journalistic roles

“…Flow refers to an optimal experience of involvement, absorption in, and focus on a task, and is characterized by enjoyment of the task. Further, efficacy has been associated with higher levels of professionalism and positive attitudes toward investigative journalism (Marron, 1995).…”

Building Empirical Typologies with QCA

“…According to Hallin and Mancini (2004), Germany is a democratic-corporatist country and thus considered to have high journalistic professionalism. Ireland, in contrast, has been found to have lower levels of journalistic professionalism (Marron 1996). These findings, as well as the fact that there is a rather big “gap” between the two cases, support the decision to include Germany as a member of the set of countries with high journalistic professionalism and to exclude all countries with lower values.…”