Historicizing Metajournalistic Discourse Analysis: Thinking Beyond Journalism about Journalism

Abstract

In a meditation on the burgeoning literature of metajournalistic discourse analysis, this essay argues for ways in which the discipline of journalism history could be invigorated by researchers considering much broader conceptions of the actors, sites, and texts that constitute media history. Through an analytical literature review of existing metajournalistic discourse studies, both historical and contemporary, this essay suggests a variety of contexts and types of archives historians might more fully exploit in their research.