The Invention of Journalism

Rethinking Journalism Again

“…Journalism's contribution to this public space, as in the early 19th century era of the unstamped radical press, as Hollis (1970) and Chalaby (1998) have pointed out, would be varied and representative of a wide variety of interests and constituencies within society.…”

Press Clubs, the Journalistic Field and the Practice of Journalism in Pakistan

“…Some of this work has been inspired in part by previous studies exploring the formation of journalism as a distinct occupation in the US (Dooley, 1997;Schudson, 1978Schudson, , 2001) and comparative research (e.g. Esser, 1997;Benson, 2004Benson, , 2006Chalaby, 1996Chalaby, , 1998Hallin and Mancini, 2004) that has helped to show how different political and cultural contexts have shaped journalism and journalists' practices, and created different professional norms against which journalists and others may judge their work. The norm of objectivity, for example, has been identified as central to American journalism's claim to professional distinctiveness (Schudson, 1978; 2001) but appears to have been much less important in the UK (Hampton, 2008).…”

The Portrayal of Journalists in Turkish Cinema: A Study about Journalism Ethics through Cinema

“…There are a limited number of studies on the representation of journalists in films. These studies are written by Sarah Niblock (2007), Matthew Ehrlich (2004;2006a;2006b), andAlexa Milan (2010). However, these three Turkish films -The Journalist (1980, dir.…”

“…Kartal Tibet) -have no similarities with other films analysed in the mentioned research. Niblock (2007), Ehrlich (2004;2006a;2006b) and Milan (2010) particularly contain different themes, such as journalists in media, work-life balance, working conditions, the woman's role in the newsroom, unethical behaviour, the representation of good journalists and bad journalists, current media issues, nostalgia in media, and the free media myth. On the other hand, the selected three films in this study state the more basic issues of journalism, such as the freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and media ethics.…”