Audiences and Journalistic Capital: Roles of journalism. (19th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vos, Tim P.; Eichholz, Martin; Karaliova, Tatsiana
• Is Part Of: Journalism studies. Volume 20:Number 7(2019)
• Page Start: 1009
• Page End: 1027
• Publication Date: 2019-05-19
• Subjects: Journalistic capital -- journalistic roles -- normative roles -- audiences -- field theory; Journalism -- Periodicals; 070.4
• DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2018.1477551
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-670X

Abstract

Abstract : Journalists have found themselves in a complex relationship with audiences as they help gather and distribute news. Audiences represent a new type of entrant into the journalistic field, possibly bringing with them new forms of journalistic capital. This survey-based study sets out to explore how ordinary Americans assess traditional and emergent normative journalistic roles. The study also examines how citizens (N = 2058) and journalists (N = 414) compare in their assessment of this range of journalistic roles and finds that the two groups diverge significantly on assessments of most roles.