What on Earth do Journalists Know? A New Model of Knowledge Brokers’ Expertise

IF 4.7 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-13 DOI:10.1093/ct/qtaa013

Zvi Reich, Hagar Lahav

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Abstract

The article offers a new theoretical model that conceptualizes the “exotic” expertise of journalists and other knowledge-brokers who specialize in particular domains (e.g., teachers, librarians, analysts). The model adapts theories from sociology, pedagogy and philosophy and juxtaposes them against the insights of 14 editors-in-chief from leading Israeli media, in order to validate, refine and illustrate the theoretical generalizations. According to the suggested model, specialized knowledge brokers develop a unique type of expertise that can be modeled across four distinct dimensions: The manifestation of expertise (doing/talking), the mechanism of expertise (interplay between journalistic and domain knowledge), the socio-epistemic position (outsiders/insiders) and the density of expertise (homogenous versus heterogeneous knowledge). Understanding journalists’ expertise is crucial due to the overwhelming assault on experts in “post truth” societies; their role as mega brokers of expert knowledge from all disciplines (outside one’s own expertise) and the ongoing scholarly dispute on the nature of expertise.

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记者到底知道些什么?知识经纪人专业技能的新模型

这篇文章提供了一个新的理论模型，将记者和其他专门从事特定领域的知识经纪人（如教师、图书馆员、分析师）的“异国情调”专业知识概念化。该模型采用了社会学、教育学和哲学的理论，并将其与以色列主流媒体的14位主编的见解并置，以验证、完善和说明理论概括。根据所提出的模型，专业知识经纪人开发了一种独特的专业知识类型，可以在四个不同的维度上建模：专业知识的表现形式（做/说）、专业知识的机制（新闻和领域知识之间的相互作用）、，社会认识立场（局外人/内部人）和专业知识密度（同质知识与异质知识）。了解记者的专业知识至关重要，因为在“后真相”社会中，专家受到了压倒性的攻击；他们作为所有学科（在自己的专业知识之外）专家知识的超级经纪人的角色，以及关于专业知识性质的持续学术争论。

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