JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-15DOI: 10.1177/14648849241246932
Lillian Boxman-Shabtai
{"title":"“Crew, don’t go anywhere near this man!” the co-construction of celebrity and responsible capitalism in broadcast interviews with a chief executive officer","authors":"Lillian Boxman-Shabtai","doi":"10.1177/14648849241246932","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241246932","url":null,"abstract":"Celebrity CEOs espousing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are receiving increasing media attention. However, researchers have not yet examined how CEOs and journalists co-create meaning about CSR in broadcast talk, an unscripted genre of news making, rife with contestation and cooperation. This paper presents a Conversation Analysis of six interviews featuring Dan Price, a CEO who pledged to “solve income inequality” by restructuring salaries in his company. Findings suggest that CSR anchored a process of double branding in which the CEO promoted himself and journalists reaffirmed their news philosophy. Price’s warm embrace by journalists across the political spectrum demonstrates a collaborative process of “celebrification”. Price created a transferable persona that appealed, through a mixture of political targeting and strategic ambiguity, to diverse audiences. Journalists elevated this persona by serving pseudo-criticism and showing identification. The story thus provided corporate media with the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to “responsible capitalism”.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140702231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-15DOI: 10.1177/14648849241246407
Shuhuan Zhou, Xiaokun Yang
{"title":"The effects of incidental news exposure on social media on Chinese youth: News diversity and online expression","authors":"Shuhuan Zhou, Xiaokun Yang","doi":"10.1177/14648849241246407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241246407","url":null,"abstract":"Chinese youths––the “mobile internet generation”––are increasingly exposed to news incidentally through mobile social media. Based on the theory of incidental news exposure and semi-structured interviews with 41 Chinese youths, this study inductively explored the effects of incidental news exposure on news diversity and expression on social media from an audience-centered perspective. The results question previous findings of positive impacts of incidental news exposure on democratization, evidencing potential negative effects of incidental news exposure on news diversity and civic expression. This paper indicates possible reasons for those effects, highlighting the influence of citizens’ trust in official information sources and the social media censorship environment in China.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140699679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-12DOI: 10.1177/14648849241246900
Kecheng Fang, Mengzhe Feng, Chun Hong Tse
{"title":"Hyperlocal citizen journalism in Hong Kong: Resilience through community newspapers","authors":"Kecheng Fang, Mengzhe Feng, Chun Hong Tse","doi":"10.1177/14648849241246900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241246900","url":null,"abstract":"Despite severe political pressures on journalism and civil society after the implementation of the National Security Law in Hong Kong, over 20 community newspapers have continued their operation. Through content analysis of 60 issues of the papers and in-depth interviews with over 20 individuals involved in their establishment and operation, this study aims to unravel their intriguing resilience. Findings reveal that these papers adopted two non-confrontational content strategies: identity politics and life politics. On the one hand, by publishing “soft” content, they construct local identities and provide counternarratives to official discourse. On the other hand, they foster discussions on everyday life issues, bridging personal experiences with political engagement. Operationally, the voluntary nature and decentralized, collaborative structures cultivate a strong sense of community. We argue that community papers in Hong Kong represent an intersection of citizen journalism and hyperlocal journalism, which creates a unique resilience under political pressure.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140712307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-04DOI: 10.1177/14648849241244712
Yoonmo Sang, Na Yeon Lee, Soyoung Park
{"title":"Looking back at journalism ethics research over the past decade: An analysis of research in digital journalism, journalism, journalism practice, and journalism studies, 2013-2022","authors":"Yoonmo Sang, Na Yeon Lee, Soyoung Park","doi":"10.1177/14648849241244712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241244712","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to identify research trends and central concepts in the field of journalism ethics over the past decade. Focusing on four major journals— Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Practice, and Journalism Studies— this article presents key findings from a topic modeling analysis of articles published between 2013 and 2022. An analysis of 1170 journalism ethics-related studies revealed the most salient topic to be closely related to “news making practices.” This topic was followed by studies on social roles and values of journalism and ways to increase audiences’ trust and credibility in news. This study also found differences in major topics across the four journals. The articles in Journalism tended to center on news producers’ practices while approximately half of the articles in Digital Journalism focused on journalism practices in relation to technology and platforms. The second most studied topic in Journalism Practice were issues related to minority groups, such as women and children. Journalism Studies emphasized journalistic principles, such as transparency and credibility. While empirical assessments of the major trends in journalism ethics research have been lacking, this study helps fill this gap and establish a foundational understanding for future discussions on journalism ethics research, highlighting key recurring terms associated with journalism ethics.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140573270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-04DOI: 10.1177/14648849241245201
Martina Santia, Lars Willnat, Stan Jastrzebski
{"title":"Who covers what? Analyzing audience perceptions of gender differences in news beat coverage","authors":"Martina Santia, Lars Willnat, Stan Jastrzebski","doi":"10.1177/14648849241245201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241245201","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates differences in news beat coverage between female and male journalists and their potential effects on audiences. We employ data from a representative survey of 1,600 U.S. journalists to show that female journalists are more likely to cover feminine beats (i.e., culture and health) and less likely to cover masculine beats (i.e., politics and sports) than male journalists. We complement this data with an online experiment to examine whether audiences value feminine beats covered by female journalists less than masculine beats reported by male journalists. Our results show that female journalists are not necessarily rated more positively when reporting on feminine beats—and feminine beats are not seen as more important when delivered by a female journalist.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140573079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-04DOI: 10.1177/14648849241245802
Abby Cole
{"title":"Book review: In case of emergency, how technologies mediate crisis and normalize inequality","authors":"Abby Cole","doi":"10.1177/14648849241245802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241245802","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140572985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-02DOI: 10.1177/14648849241245203
Umaru A Pate, Abubakar Jibril
{"title":"Insurgency in northeast Nigeria: Are journalists safe to report?","authors":"Umaru A Pate, Abubakar Jibril","doi":"10.1177/14648849241245203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241245203","url":null,"abstract":"This article interrogates the effectiveness of the safety measures available for journalists in the challenging operational environment. The researchers conducted in-depth interviews with 16 journalists representing different organisations from the conflict-prone areas in northeast Nigeria. Findings reveal that journalists operate at high risks due to the absence of protective mechanisms, rendering them highly vulnerable in threats situations. Also, journalists go through physical and psychological attacks from insurgents, the military, and the communities. Recommendations are offered to provide safety mechanisms to reduce journalists’ psychological trauma and physical stress, increase their feelings of safety, and improve the quality of their inputs.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140573085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1177/14648849241242976
Sharon Ringel
{"title":"The future of our past: The absence of memory infrastructure in journalism","authors":"Sharon Ringel","doi":"10.1177/14648849241242976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241242976","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the absence of memory infrastructure within news organizations and its implications for journalism. It draws upon interviews with journalists and staff members representing 20 prominent US news organizations. Through these interviews, the paper uncovers prevalent perceptions and misconceptions regarding the importance of preserving news content for future reference and accessibility. The research findings illuminate significant challenges journalists face in maintaining printed archives and highlight their inadequate preservation of digital publications. Instead, they often rely on external services such as Google and the Internet Archive for content retrieval. This study argues that the decline of print newspapers has unwittingly led to the erosion of a crucial component in the news production process—the news archive. The absence of this vital memory infrastructure leaves news organizations bereft of a critical resource and contributes to collective forgetfulness.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140573149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1177/14648849241243044
Sarah Marschlich, Mark Eisenegger
{"title":"Personalization of tech corporations: Examining personalized news and the media reputation of Google, Facebook, and Apple in Swiss news media","authors":"Sarah Marschlich, Mark Eisenegger","doi":"10.1177/14648849241243044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241243044","url":null,"abstract":"Tech corporations, such as Google, Facebook, and Apple, have increasingly become the focus of public media attention and are subject to public scrutiny due to their prominence and scandals. Often, the news media reports on the corporations’ chief executive officers and founders as representatives of the corporations to make complex company-related information comprehensible and gain more public attention. The personalization trend in the news media has turned some corporate leaders into celebrities and is linked to tech companies’ media reputations, that is, the evaluations of tech companies in the news media. However, research on personalization in corporate news is rare and conflicting, and whether and how personalization is linked to the media reputations of Big Tech corporations is not yet clear. By focusing on different personalization types, this study investigates the relationship between personalization and the evaluation of tech companies in the news. A quantitative content analysis of media articles ( N = 5234) in Swiss news outlets revealed that the news on tech companies is frequently personalized, and personalized news is more negative and more often related to the social aspects of tech corporations than non-personalized news. Our study indicates that personalization is used as a journalistic style in the news about tech corporations but is most common in negative reporting in which the role of tech corporations in society is critically assessed.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140301445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JournalismPub Date : 2024-03-23DOI: 10.1177/14648849241242181
Lambrini Papadopoulou, Theodora A Maniou
{"title":"“SLAPPed” and censored? Legal threats and challenges to press freedom and investigative reporting","authors":"Lambrini Papadopoulou, Theodora A Maniou","doi":"10.1177/14648849241242181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/14648849241242181","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of SLAPPs remains a largely understudied area in journalism studies. Limited academic work on the topic mainly focuses on its legal aspects and there is little empirical academic work engaging with the way SLAPPs are experienced by those who are personally involved. This study focuses on illuminating the impact of these vexatious and frivolous lawsuits on investigative journalism and press freedom, and recording whether journalists experience additional or different consequences from SLAPPs in comparison to other types of threats. Based on interviews with journalists who have experienced SLAPPs in recent years and documenting their personal experiences, the study sheds light on the hidden professional and personal costs of investigative reporting, attempts to assess this phenomenon in relation to its effects on journalism and journalists, and is one of the few to record and analyze journalists’ personal beliefs and experiences.","PeriodicalId":51432,"journal":{"name":"Journalism","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140204676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}