1st Edition

Beyond Journalistic Norms Role Performance and News in Comparative Perspective

Edited By Claudia Mellado Copyright 2021
320 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

320 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Beyond Journalistic Norms contests and challenges pre-established assumptions about a dominant type of journalism prevailing in different political, economic, and geographical contexts to posit the fluid, and dynamic nature of journalistic roles. The book brings together scholars from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, and Asia, reporting findings based on data... Read more

Part 1: Professional Roles and Journalistic Performance

1. Journalistic Role Performance and the News

Claudia Mellado

2. Theorizing Journalistic Roles

Claudia Mellado

3. Assessing Journalistic Role Performance Cross-Nationally: Comparative Design and Methodology

Claudia Mellado, Jacques Mick, and Mireya Márquez-Ramírez

Part 2: The Manifestation of Journalistic Role Performance in the News

4. Mapping Professional Roles in News Content Across 18 Countries: A Descriptive Overview

Claudia Mellado, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, María Luisa Humanes, Adriana Amado, Cornelia Mothes, Henry Silke, Agnieszka Stępińska, Gabriella Szabó, Sergey Davydov, Jacques Mick, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Sergio Roses, Anna-Maria Schielicke, and Edson Tandoc Jr.

5. Journalistic Voice: The Performance of the Interventionist Role

Agnieszka Stępińska, Gabriella Szabó, Adriana Amado, and Henry Silke

6. Power Relations: The Performance of the Watchdog and Loyal-Facilitator Roles

Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Sergio Roses, Henry Silke, and Dasniel Olivera

7. Audience Approach: The Performance of the Civic, Infotainment, and Service Roles

María Luisa Humanes and Sergio Roses

Part 3: 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

9. Journalistic Role Performance: A News-Story-Level Approach

Edson Tandoc Jr., Patric Raemy, Svetlana Pasti, and Nikos Panagiotou

10. Journalistic Role Performance: An Organizational-Level Approach

Cornelia Mothes, Anna-Maria Schielicke, and Patric Raemy

11. Journalistic Role Performance: A Societal-Level Approach

Agnieszka Stępińska, Gabriella Szabó, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, Svetlana Pasti, and Nikos Panagiotou

12. Beyond Journalistic Norms: Empirical Lessons on Role Performance in the News

Claudia Mellado, Mireya Márquez-Ramírez, María Luisa Humanes, Cornelia Mothes, Adriana Amado, Sergey Davydov, Jacques Mick, Dasniel Olivera, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Sergio Roses, Anna-Maria Schielicke, Henry Silke, Agnieszka Stępińska, Gabriella Szabó, and Edson Tandoc Jr.

Biography

Claudia Mellado is Professor of Journalism in the School of Journalism at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. Her research focuses on the study of journalism cultures, journalistic role performance, and comparative studies. She is the principal investigator of the JRP Project (www.journalisticperformance.org). Her work has been extensively published in journals such as Journal of Communication, International Journal of Press/Politics, Journalism, JMCQ, Journalism Studies, and Communication Theory, Her last edited book is Journalistic Role Performance: Concept, Contexts, and Methods (Routledge, 2017)