Beyond journalistic norms: role performance and news in comparative perspective
New York; London:
Routledge
(2021), xix, 299 pp., figures, tables, index
ISBN 978-1-138-38849-9 (hbk); 978-0-429-42550-9 (online)
"The book brings together scholars from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia, reporting findings based on data collected from democratic, transitional, and non-democratic contexts to produce thematic chapters that address how journalistic cultures vary around the globe, specifically in relation to challenges that journalists face in performing their journalistic roles. The study measures, compares, and analyzes the materialization of the interventionist, the watchdog, the loyal-facilitator, the service, the infotainment, and the civic roles in more than 30,000 print news stories from 18 countries. It also draws from hundreds of surveys with journalists to explain the link between ideals and practices, and the conditions that shape this divide." (Publisher)
Contents
I. PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND JOURNALISTIC ROLE PERFORMANCE
1 Journalistic Role Performance and the News / Claudia Mellado, 3
2 Theorizing Journalistic Roles: Opening New Avenues for Journalism Studies / Claudia Mellado, 22
3 Assessing Journalistic Role Performance Cross-Nationally: Comparative Design and Methodology / Claudia Mellado, Jacques Mick, and Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, 46
II. THE MANIFESTATION OF JOURNALISTIC ROLE PERFORMANCE IN THE NEWS
4 Mapping Professional Roles in News Content across 18 countries: A Descriptive Overview / Claudia Mellado, Adriana Amado, Sergey Davydov, María Luisa Humanes, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Jacques Mick, Cornelia Mothes, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Sergio Roses, Anna-Maria Schielicke, Henry Silke, Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, and Edson Tandoc, 67
5 Journalistic Voice: The Performance of the Interventionist Role / Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, Adriana Amado, and Henry Silke, 85
6 Power Relations: The Performance of the Watchdog and Loyal-Facilitator Roles / Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Sergio Roses, Dasniel Olivera, and Henry Silke, 103
7 Audience Approach: The Performance of the Civic, Infotainment and Service Roles / María Luisa Humanes and Sergio Roses, 125
III. EXPLAINING JOURNALISTIC ROLE PERFORMANCE
8 Measuring the Link between Professional Role Conceptions, Perceived Role Enactment, and Journalistic Role Performance across Countries / Claudia Mellado and Cornelia Mothes, 147
9 Journalistic Role Performance: A News-story-Level Approach / Edson Tandoc, Patric Raemy, Setlana Pasti, and Nikos Panagiotou, 167
10 Journalistic Role Performance: An Organizational-Level Approach / Cornelia Mothes, Anna-Maria Schielicke, and Patric Raemy, 186
11 Journalistic Role Performance: A Societal-Level Approach / Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, Cornelia Mothes, and Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, 205
12 Beyond Journalistic Norms: Empirical Lessons on Role Performance in the News / Claudia Mellado, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, María Luisa Humanes, Adriana Amado, Sergey Davydov, Jacques Mick, Cornelia Mothes, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Sergio Roses, Anna-Maria Schielicke, Henry Silke, Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, and Edson Tandoc, 225
1 Journalistic Role Performance and the News / Claudia Mellado, 3
2 Theorizing Journalistic Roles: Opening New Avenues for Journalism Studies / Claudia Mellado, 22
3 Assessing Journalistic Role Performance Cross-Nationally: Comparative Design and Methodology / Claudia Mellado, Jacques Mick, and Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, 46
II. THE MANIFESTATION OF JOURNALISTIC ROLE PERFORMANCE IN THE NEWS
4 Mapping Professional Roles in News Content across 18 countries: A Descriptive Overview / Claudia Mellado, Adriana Amado, Sergey Davydov, María Luisa Humanes, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Jacques Mick, Cornelia Mothes, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Sergio Roses, Anna-Maria Schielicke, Henry Silke, Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, and Edson Tandoc, 67
5 Journalistic Voice: The Performance of the Interventionist Role / Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, Adriana Amado, and Henry Silke, 85
6 Power Relations: The Performance of the Watchdog and Loyal-Facilitator Roles / Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Sergio Roses, Dasniel Olivera, and Henry Silke, 103
7 Audience Approach: The Performance of the Civic, Infotainment and Service Roles / María Luisa Humanes and Sergio Roses, 125
III. EXPLAINING JOURNALISTIC ROLE PERFORMANCE
8 Measuring the Link between Professional Role Conceptions, Perceived Role Enactment, and Journalistic Role Performance across Countries / Claudia Mellado and Cornelia Mothes, 147
9 Journalistic Role Performance: A News-story-Level Approach / Edson Tandoc, Patric Raemy, Setlana Pasti, and Nikos Panagiotou, 167
10 Journalistic Role Performance: An Organizational-Level Approach / Cornelia Mothes, Anna-Maria Schielicke, and Patric Raemy, 186
11 Journalistic Role Performance: A Societal-Level Approach / Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, Cornelia Mothes, and Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, 205
12 Beyond Journalistic Norms: Empirical Lessons on Role Performance in the News / Claudia Mellado, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, María Luisa Humanes, Adriana Amado, Sergey Davydov, Jacques Mick, Cornelia Mothes, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Sergio Roses, Anna-Maria Schielicke, Henry Silke, Agnieszka Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, and Edson Tandoc, 225
