Abstract
Amid digital changes to the ways news is mediated, the boundaries
of the journalistic field have become less clear. While
traditional journalists have embraced many of the opportunities
enabled by online media, new actors have emerged demonstrating
journalistic capabilities that challenge the boundaries of the
journalistic field. Joining field theory and discourse analysis, this
chapter explores measures of identity and boundaries apparent
in news discourses. It argues there is an advantage to applying
discourse analysis to explore dimensions of identity within changing
dynamics of journalistic work, capturing the more fractured
nature of the field in a digital era. This also shows how new actors
who adopt journalistic identity in their newswork are rebuffed in
ways that reflect traditional boundaries.
of the journalistic field have become less clear. While
traditional journalists have embraced many of the opportunities
enabled by online media, new actors have emerged demonstrating
journalistic capabilities that challenge the boundaries of the
journalistic field. Joining field theory and discourse analysis, this
chapter explores measures of identity and boundaries apparent
in news discourses. It argues there is an advantage to applying
discourse analysis to explore dimensions of identity within changing
dynamics of journalistic work, capturing the more fractured
nature of the field in a digital era. This also shows how new actors
who adopt journalistic identity in their newswork are rebuffed in
ways that reflect traditional boundaries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Discours des réseaux sociaux: |
| Subtitle of host publication | enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques |
| Editors | Marcel Burger, Joanna Thornborrow, Richard Fitzgerald |
| Place of Publication | Brussels |
| Publisher | De Boeck |
| Pages | 219-236 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9782807306028 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug-2017 |
Keywords
- Journalistic identity
- Journalistic boundaries
- Digital journalism
- Interloper media
- Field Theory