基本説明
Examines how the notion of objectivity is changing as professional journalists grapple with a rapidly evolving news terrain.
Full Description
Modern mainstream journalism faces a very real disturbance of its foundational premise that credible news is gathered and articulated from an objective stance. This volume offers new examinations of how the traditional notion of objectivity is changing as professional journalists grapple with a rapidly evolving news terrain--one that has become increasingly crowded by those with no journalistic credentials. Examining historical antecedents, current dilemmas, international aspects, and theoretical considerations, contributors make the case that the journalist's impulse to hold onto objectivity, and to ignore the increasing subjectivities to which citizens are attuned, actually contributes to the news media's disconnect from today's news consumer. Revealing how traditional journalism needs to incorporate "post-objective" stances, these essays stimulate further thought and conversation about news with a view in both theory and practice.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: Challenges for Journalism in a Post-Objective Age
BURTON ST. JOHN III and KIRSTEN A. JOHNSON
Part I. Historical Perspectives
1. "Gagged, Mincing Neutrality": Horace Greeley on Advocacy Journalism in the Early Years of the Penny Press
DAXTON R. "CHIP" STEWART
2. The Pride and Reward of Falisfication: Post-Objectivity as Post-Responsibility
AARON BARLOW
3. A New Model of Objectivity: Investigative Reporting in the Twentieth Century
GERRY LANOSGA
Part II. Contemporary Examinations
4. Conversational Journalism and Journalist-Audience Relations: New Rules, New Voices
DOREEN MARCHIONNI
5. The Sociality of News Sociology: Examining User Participation and News Selection Practices in Social Media News Sites
SHARON MERAZ
6. Why Contribute? Motivations and Role Conceptions among Citizen Journalists
DEBORAH S. CHUNG and SEUNGAHN NAH
7. Morality, the News Media, and the Public: An Examination of Comment Forums on U.S. Daily Newspaper Websites
SERENA CARPENTER and ROBIN BLOM
Part III. Global Considerations
8. Post-Objectivity and Regional Russian Journalism
WILSON LOWREY and ELINA ERZIKOVA
9. Journalism from the Perspective of "We": How Group
Membership Shapes the Role of the Community Journalist
JOHN A. HATCHER
10. Engagement as an Emerging Norm in International News Agency Work
JOHN JIRIK
Part IV. Objectivity and Theory
11. Why Objectivity Is Impossible in Networked Journalism and What This Means for the Future of News
DAVID MICHAEL RYFE
12. Disrespecting the Doxa: The Daily Show Critique of CNN's Struggle to Balance Detachment and Connectedness
BURTON ST. JOHN III
13. Gatekeeping in the Digital Age: A New Model for a Post-Objective World
KIRSTEN A. JOHNSON
14. Contemporary News Production and Consumption: Implications for Selective Exposure, Group Polarization, and Credibility
ETHAN HARTSELL, MIRIAM J. METZGER and ANDREW J. FLANAGIN
About the Contributors
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