Comparing Journalism and Philosophy as Forms of Power. (4th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schwartz, Christopher
• Is Part Of: Journalism studies. Volume 22:Number 5(2021)
• Page Start: 555
• Page End: 574
• Publication Date: 2021-04-04
• Subjects: Interdisciplinary -- journalism -- metaphilosophy -- ontology -- phenomenology -- philosophy; Journalism -- Periodicals; 070.4
• DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2021.1889397
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1461-670X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Journalists, journalism scholars and philosophers have long noted a dearth of engagement between journalism and philosophy, particularly in the Anglophone world. Yet, they have much to gain from each other as professional communities and as disciplines of thought and practice. This paper attempts to initiate the long-overdue conversation between journalism and philosophy by proposing that they are both forms of power in society. They arise from the same dimension of the human condition and they address complementary needs that arise from that dimension, which is why journalism and philosophy are so tantalizingly similar and yet frustratingly different.