The Passive Journalist

O’Neill, Deirdre; O’Connor, Catherine

doi:10.1080/17512780802281248

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“…Third, this study differs from that of previous research in its focus on process rather than product. This is significant because, in contrast to studies that examine news content for evidence of industry influence (Walters and Walters 1992;Morton 1998;Cho 2006;Lewis, Williams et al 2008;O'Neill and O'Connor 2008;Larsson 2009;Reich 2010) (Bollinger 2001), our research provides insight into the social processes that shape these outcomes.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…Second, we were able to capture the nature of direct relationships between industry sources and journalists, in addition to those mediated by public relations organisations. This approach also allowed us to focus exclusively on commercial sources -either companies or industry bodies -as opposed to other studies which included PR representatives of non-commercial sectors, such as not-for-profit, government or academia (Walters and Walters 1992;Morton 1998;Cho 2006;Lewis, Williams et al 2008;O'Neill and O'Connor 2008;Larsson 2009;Reich 2010) (Bollinger 2001). Third, this study differs from that of previous research in its focus on process rather than product.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It relies largely on observations of the frequency with which public relations (henceforth PR) activities succeed in initiating, framing, or appearing in news content (Lewis, Williams, and Franklin 2008;O'Neill and O'Connor 2008;Reich 2010;Hall et al 1978;Bollinger 2001;Morton 1988). It is important to note five significant gaps in this body of research.…”

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Power and Control in Interactions Between Journalists and Health-Related Industries: The View From Industry

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ABSTRACT:The mass media is a major source of health information for the public, and as such the quality and independence of health news reporting is an important concern. Concerns have been expressed that journalists reporting on health are increasingly dependent on their sources -including representatives of industries responsible for manufacturing health-related products -for story ideas and content. Many critics perceive an imbalance of power between journalists and industry sources, with industry being in a position of relative power, however the empirical evidence to support this view is limited. The analysis presented here -which is part of a larger study of industry-journalist relationships -draws on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with representatives of health-related industries in Australia to inductively examine their perceptions of power relations between industry and journalists. Participants painted a picture in which journalists, rather than themselves, were in a position to control the nature, extent, and outcome of their interactions with industry sources. Our results resonate with the concept of "mediatisation" as it has been applied in the domain of political reporting. It appears that, from the perspective of industry representatives, the imposition of media logic on health-related industries may inappropriately influence the information that the public receives about health-related products.

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“…Overall, it was felt that this made journalists' jobs easier in terms of accessing information, but harder when trying to access the sources behind stories, due to the policy of the Council to filter all communications with the media through the press office. These comments echo findings from other research, which has consistently pointed to the over-reliance of local journalists on press releases that are prepared by the increasingly professional press operations of local government (Davis, 2002;Franklin, 2004;Harrison, 1998;O'Neill & O'Connor, 2008).…”

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The Changing Role of the Local News Media in Enabling Citizens to Engage in Local Democracies

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Coleman²

2014

Journalism Practice

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“…These claims suggest that the news agenda is increasingly under control of public relations agenda-building efforts, and functions as an effective channel for organizations to reach their publics (Lewis et al, 2008b;O'Neill & O'Connor, 2008).…”

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Who Takes the Lead? Investigating the Reciprocal Relationship Between Organizational and News Agendas

Kroon

Meer

2018

Communication Research

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This study introduces the element of time to investigate the causal relation between organizational and news media agendas. Reciprocal time-series analyses were applied to daily-level aggregated press releases (n = 17,221) and news articles (n = 74,067). Results indicate that on the first level of agenda building, organizational and news agendas are intertwined in an intimate relation of reciprocal influence, in which organizations more often take the lead. Conversely, results suggest that on the second level of agenda building, organizational and news agendas influence each other less often. Organizational and newspaper characteristics proved useful to map the contingency of agenda-building effects. The findings suggest that organizational sources are more influential in the news discovery phase compared with the news-gathering phase, and imply that the unidirectional conceptualization of news media as a channel to vent organizational messages is too narrow.

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The Passive Journalist

Cited by 84 publications

References 8 publications

Power and Control in Interactions Between Journalists and Health-Related Industries: The View From Industry

Power and Control in Interactions Between Journalists and Health-Related Industries: The View From Industry

The Changing Role of the Local News Media in Enabling Citizens to Engage in Local Democracies

Who Takes the Lead? Investigating the Reciprocal Relationship Between Organizational and News Agendas

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