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- Wiik, Jenny, 1975
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Granskningsidealet
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Ingår i: Den svenska journalistkåren. - Göteborg : Göteborg University. - 9789188212016 ; , s. 79-86
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Wiik, Jenny, 1975
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High expectations. The watchdog ideal of Swedish journalists
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Ingår i: Communication crossroads: limits and transgressions. IV International conference: Communication and reality. Barcelona 25-26 maj 2007. - 9788493536015 ; :1, s. 399-413
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Swedish media have for a long time been characterised by a strong public service tradition, stressing the democratic role of journalism. However, the last two decades the news production has changed dramatically. An explosion of new market driven channels, new technology and increasing profit demands have had considerable effects on journalistic everyday practice. Professional boundaries and the legitimacy of journalism are at stake and journalistic ideals play an important part in maintaining status quo. But can journalism fulfil its democratic tasks? What do the journalists think? This paper will answer two questions: 1) what professional ideals are maintained by Swedish journalists? And 2) what part does the scrutinising watchdog ideal play in current changes of the news industry and a possibly changing role of journalism?
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- Wiik, Jenny, 1975
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Identities under construction: professional journalism in a phase of destabilization
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Ingår i: International Review of Sociology. - 0390-6701. ; 19:2, s. 351-265
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Is journalism going through ‘de-professionalisation’ or is it just entering a new phase – taking a different shape? And what is the meaning of professional ideals such as scrutiny and autonomy in these processes? My article aims at analyzing those matters, focusing on the case of Swedish journalists. Empirical support is drawn from a national survey conducted four times since 1989 on the Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication at Gothenburg University. Questions about journalists’ perceptions of various ideals offer excellent opportunities to explore possible homogenization vs. fragmentation, as well as what the attitudinal dimensions actually say about the professional content of Swedish journalism. The results are analyzed by the conceptualization of Bourdieu’s field theory, along with current professional theory, and point at a possible separation of professional levels: where a few ideals constitute an all-embracing umbrella of professional ideology, while the flora of attitudes below is more diverse and dependent on factors of organization, gender and age. The professional ideals may furthermore be regarded as a form of cultural capital, used as legitimizing tools in journalism’s struggle for maintaining status quo. The main conclusion is that journalism is not de-professionalizing on ideological level, but going through a re-formation. Traditional journalistic ideals have attained increasing support over time and the efforts to fix professional boundaries are fierce. This does not mean that the democratic functions of journalism should not be guarded: as the ideals start taking discursive shapes, they are also increasingly bound to clash with praxis.
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- Wiik, Jenny, 1975
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Journalisternas syn på sig själva
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Ingår i: Den svenska journalistkåren. - Göteborg : Göteborg University. - 9789188212016 ; , s. 119-126
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Wiik, Jenny, 1975, et al.
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Professional media practitioners on commercialization of Swedish news work
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Ingår i: ECREAs 2nd European Communication Conference, Barcelona, Nov 25-28 2008. - 9788449025693
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The journalistic norm of objectivity can be said to have made Swedish news work less political. But this comes hand in hand with an increasing market orientation forced by media owners - as well as advertisers and sources - attempting to widen their audiences in tough competition. The emergence of new market driven media channels, new technology and increasing profit demands is generally considered to have crucial effects on journalism and journalistic practice. Concepts as commercialization and depoliticization often make common ground for media research as well as public debate, including all kinds of worries about tabloidization and news “dumbing down” into infotainment. But how do professional media practitioners themselves perceive this matter – has journalism become less political and more commercial in the past decade? The paper intends to explore the views of Swedish journalists and managing editors on the two aspects of commercialization and depoliticization, and furthermore connect these views to what actors they perceive as influential on news content (such as politicians, media owners or journalists). The study is based on a national survey of professional media practitioners in Sweden, carried out at the Department of Journalism and Communication, Gothenburg University, in fall 2005. A representative sample of approximately 800 journalists and managing editors in daily newspapers, free-sheets, public service and commercial broadcasting have answered the questionnaire. The empirical evidence is analyzed and explained in relation to organizational professional theory, connecting to the journalistic role as being shaped in the intersection of market and democracy. The final discussion tries to pinpoint the meaning of our findings in terms of journalistic power contra managerial and political power.
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