Journalists’ authority and its bounded trade; Twitter, journalists, and boundary work in contemporary France’s music scene

IF 2.7 2区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Journalism Pub Date : 2024-05-31 DOI:10.1177/14648849241255941

Gilles Bastin, Clément Bert-Erboul

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Abstract

Journalists, it is widely admitted, are engaged in new forms of boundary work on social media platforms, seeking to uphold their influence over news dissemination. This study focuses on music festivals as a case study to examine journalists' endeavors in maintaining their authority on social media. We analyze Twitter coverage of music festivals in France during the summer of 2018, systematically collecting data from 16 festivals of varying sizes and musical genres. Through this analysis, we investigate journalists' engagement and evaluate the trading of authority with other stakeholders through mentioning practices. Our findings challenge the prevailing notion of journalists as primary arbiters of authority on social media platforms. Despite their conspicuous presence during music festivals on Twitter, journalists emerge as relatively passive participants compared to other stakeholders in the music scene. Moreover, their ability to assert or receive authority from the broader public sphere is limited. This study sheds light on the bounded nature of journalists' boundary work on social media platforms, emphasizing the evolving dynamics of authority within digital information ecosystems.

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记者的权威及其受约束的行业；推特、记者和当代法国音乐界的边界工作

人们普遍承认，新闻记者在社交媒体平台上从事着新形式的边界工作，力图维护自己对新闻传播的影响力。本研究以音乐节为案例，探讨记者在社交媒体上维护自身权威的努力。我们分析了2018年夏季法国音乐节的推特报道，系统地收集了16个不同规模和音乐类型的音乐节的数据。通过分析，我们调查了记者的参与情况，并评估了通过提及实践与其他利益相关者进行权威交易的情况。我们的研究结果对记者在社交媒体平台上作为主要权威仲裁者的普遍观念提出了质疑。尽管记者在音乐节期间在 Twitter 上的存在十分显眼，但与音乐场景中的其他利益相关者相比，他们是相对被动的参与者。此外，他们从更广泛的公共领域主张或接受权威的能力也很有限。本研究揭示了记者在社交媒体平台上的边界工作的限制性，强调了数字信息生态系统中不断演变的权威动态。

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Journalism COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

7.90

自引率

10.30%

发文量

123

期刊介绍： Journalism is a major international, peer-reviewed journal that provides a dedicated forum for articles from the growing community of academic researchers and critical practitioners with an interest in journalism. The journal is interdisciplinary and publishes both theoretical and empirical work and contributes to the social, economic, political, cultural and practical understanding of journalism. It includes contributions on current developments and historical changes within journalism.