Reinventing Professionalism : Journalism and News in Global Perspective
ISBN: 9780745651927 | 0745651925
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Polity
Pub. Date: 1/14/2013
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Current anxiety about the future of news makes it opportune to revisit the notion of professionalism in journalism. Media expert Silvio Waisbord takes this pressing issue as his theme and argues that "professional journalism" is both a normative and analytical notion. It refers to reporting that observes certain ethical standards as well as to collective efforts by journalists to exercise control over the news. Professionalism should not be narrowly associated with the normative ideal as it historically developed in the West during the past cen... MORE
Table of contents
Introduction
1. Paths to professionalism
2. The dilemmas of professional autonomy
3. The ambiguities of professional journalism
4. Questioning professional journalism
5. The professional logic of journalism
6. Professionalism and media patrimonialism
7. The globalization of professional cultures
8. Post-professional journalism?
9. Conclusion: Reinventing professionalism
Bibliography
Endnotes
Introduction
1. Paths to professionalism
2. The dilemmas of professional autonomy
3. The ambiguities of professional journalism
4. Questioning professional journalism
5. The professional logic of journalism
6. Professionalism and media patrimonialism
7. The globalization of professional cultures
8. Post-professional journalism?
9. Conclusion: Reinventing professionalism
Bibliography
Endnotes
Silvio Waisbord is professor of media and public affairs at The George Washington University and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Press/Politics.
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