The professional backstaging of diversity in journalism

IF 6.1 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Ashley W Carter, Patrick Ferrucci
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Abstract

This study examines how diverse US-based journalists—both Black, Indigenous, and people of color and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer [or sometimes questioning] and others—perform their diversity within newsrooms. Applying Goffman’s theory of dramaturgy, the study illustrates the nuanced differences in terms of how journalists perform their diverse identities differently on both the frontstage and backstage. These differences are explained through the proliferation of historical norms such as objectivity in journalism in the United States, norms that curtail how diversity can be enacted. The study introduces the concept of professional backstaging, a concept that describes how professional norms can bypass organizational and individual agency to force certain actions off the frontstage. Finally, the discussion theorizes how these findings—and particularly the concept of professional backstaging—can contribute to future work across studies of media organizations and within the discipline of organizational communication.
新闻业多样性的专业后台
本研究探讨了在美国的黑人、原住民、有色人种以及女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、同性恋者[有时是质疑者]和其他人等不同记者如何在新闻编辑室中表现其多样性。本研究运用戈夫曼的戏剧理论,阐述了记者在前台和后台如何以不同方式表现其多元化身份的细微差别。这些差异可以通过美国新闻业客观性等历史规范的扩散来解释,这些规范限制了多样性的表现方式。本研究引入了 "专业后台 "的概念,这一概念描述了专业规范如何绕过组织和个人代理,迫使某些行为退出前台。最后,讨论从理论上探讨了这些发现--尤其是 "专业后台 "的概念--如何有助于媒体组织研究和组织传播学科的未来工作。
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Journal of Communication
Journal of Communication COMMUNICATION-
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11.60
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5.10%
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41
期刊介绍: The Journal of Communication, the flagship journal of the International Communication Association, is a vital publication for communication specialists and policymakers alike. Focusing on communication research, practice, policy, and theory, it delivers the latest and most significant findings in communication studies. The journal also includes an extensive book review section and symposia of selected studies on current issues. JoC publishes top-quality scholarship on all aspects of communication, with a particular interest in research that transcends disciplinary and sub-field boundaries.
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