The Loss of Expertise in Campaign Coverage? Political Aficionados and Experts in Policy News

Gibbons, Andrew

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2020.1824587

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“…The legitimacy of journalism and its public service mission are based on the ability to provide the public with factual and nonpartisan representations of the social world (Deuze 2005;Schudson 2001;Zelizer 2004;Waisbord 2013). To comply with professional norms regarding balance, factuality and objectivity, journalists routinely rely on experts for facts, insight and analysis (Berkowitz 2008;Gibbons 2021;Hall et al 1978, 58;Laursen and Trapp 2019;Manning, 2001). Since journalists cannot simply bring their own thinking into their work, they are dependent on the authority of experts, people who are capable of remaining outside of political conflict and able to bring fact-based and neutral viewpoints into journalism (Albaek 2011;Boyce 2006;Chadwick et al 2020).…”

Section: Journalism and Economic Expertisementioning

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The “Hierarchy of Credibility” among Economic Experts: Journalists’ Perceptions of Experts with Varying Institutional Affiliations

Harjuniemi

2021

Journalism Practice

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Economic journalism is dependent on journalists working closely with expert sources to produce factual and nonpartisan news and analyses about economic policy. Thus, the experts routinely used in economic journalism wield power when defining the economic reality and the possibilities for policy-making. Building on 19 semi-structured interviews with Finnish economic and political journalists and a questionnaire survey conducted among journalists (N = 42), this article contributes to the existing literature on journalism practice and economic expertise by analysing how journalists perceive the credibility of various economic experts. The article draws from literature on the "hierarchy of credibility" concept and argues that journalists regard experts working for government authorities and research institutes as more credible than economic experts employed by, for example, private banks. The article argues that while a "hierarchy of credibility" exists among economic expert groups, it is difficult to make clear-cut demarcations between objective expertise and advocacy in economic journalism. Such results highlight the need for nuanced analyses on the role of economic expertise in journalism practice and in public life.

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Section: Journalism and Economic Expertisementioning

confidence: 99%

The “Hierarchy of Credibility” among Economic Experts: Journalists’ Perceptions of Experts with Varying Institutional Affiliations

Harjuniemi

2021

Journalism Practice

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The Loss of Expertise in Campaign Coverage? Political Aficionados and Experts in Policy News

Cited by 1 publication

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The “Hierarchy of Credibility” among Economic Experts: Journalists’ Perceptions of Experts with Varying Institutional Affiliations

The “Hierarchy of Credibility” among Economic Experts: Journalists’ Perceptions of Experts with Varying Institutional Affiliations

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