Journalism

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dc.contributor.authorLewis, Seth C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-18T21:21:55Z
dc.date.available2019-10-18T21:21:55Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description7 pagesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis entry seeks to synthesize the many definitions of journalism. Struggles over defining what qualifies as journalism and who qualifies as a journalist are more than discursive disputes; they are key points of departure for understanding the societal roles as well as social meanings of journalism in the twenty‐first century. In a basic sense, journalism refers to the systematic gathering, filtering, and circulating of information deemed to be news and in the public interest. But, as this entry shows, definitions of journalism are also complex normative, political, and ideological statements that may appear quite differently from different perspectives. This entry reviews how journalism was defined historically, what it came to represent in late modern times, and why it may need to be redefined to capture the complex realities of producing and consuming news in an information environment that challenges supposedly stable notions of what journalism is and why it matters.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLewis, S. C. (2019). Journalism. In T. P. Vos, F. Hanusch, D. Dimitrakopoulou, M. Geertsema-Sligh, & A. Sehl (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies (1st ed., pp. 1–7). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781118841570
dc.identifier.other10.1002/9781118841570.iejs0001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/24980
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectjournalismen_US
dc.subjectjournalism studiesen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationen_US
dc.subjectdefinition of journalismen_US
dc.subjectjournalism defineden_US
dc.subjectencyclopedia of journalismen_US
dc.titleJournalismen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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