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- Ahva, Laura, et al.
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A Welfare State of Mind?: Nordic journalists’ conception of their role and autonomy in international context
- 2017
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Ingår i: Journalism Studies. - 1461-670X .- 1469-9699. ; 18:5, s. 595-613
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThe development of journalism in the Nordic countries has been shaped by two interconnected ideologies: the welfare state and democratic corporatism. International reviews have repeatedly emphasized the similarities of the media systems in these countries. However, less work has been done on the professional identity of individual journalists working within these systems. In this article, the similarities and differences between journalists’ professional values and perceptions in the Nordic countries are explored based on survey data from the Worlds of Journalism Study. The results indicate that despite country-specific variance, Nordic journalists share a vision of their professional identity especially in terms of seeing themselves as detached watchdogs and renouncing the role of opportunist facilitator. Another Nordic characteristic is the low level of experienced economic influence on journalistic work. In important ways, thus, Nordic journalists’ professional views appear to reflect central characteristics of the political culture and media systems in which they work.
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- Ahva, Laura, et al.
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Citizen eyewitness images and audience engagement in crisis coverage
- 2015
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Ingår i: International Communication Gazette. - : SAGE Publications. - 1748-0485 .- 1748-0493. ; 77:7, s. 668-681
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Amateur imagery has become an important component of news coverage of distant crisis events, and it plays a decisive role in shaping how audiences respond to crises. In this article, we discuss how the factors of authenticity, affectivity, and ethics play a role in the ways in which citizen images engage or disengage the distant audience. The article is based on 17 focus group interviews in Sweden and Finland that centred on a selection of visual news coverage of the Arab Spring in Syria and Libya - landmark news events in the use of citizen eyewitness images in the Nordic countries. The results indicate that citizen imagery is indeed a potential tool with strongly engaging characteristics, especially in terms of its authenticity and to some degree also its affectivity. However, disengagement may also result, especially due to the interpreted deficiencies in terms of ethics.
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