The history of journalism in elective democracies around the world has been described as the emergence of a professional identity of journalists with claims to an exclusive role and status in society, based on and at times fiercely defended by their occupational ideology. Although the conceptualization of journalism as a professional ideology can be traced…
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About the Journalism format
Journalism is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Media Studies and Communication, Social Media and Politics, Public Relations and Crisis Communication. Over its lifetime it has published 2,598 papers, which have received 66,596 citations.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Journalism, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Media Studies and Communication Social Media and Politics Public Relations and Crisis Communication Rhetoric and Communication Studies Media Influence and Politics |
| ISSN | 1464-8849 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 2.03 |
| h-index | 113 |
| i10-index | 1,244 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Amsterdam |
| Journal website | jou.sagepub.com |
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Most-cited papers in Journalism
Why did the occupational norm of ‘objectivity’ arise in American journalism? This question has attracted the interest of many journalism historians but it has not previously been examined as an instance of a more general social phenomenon, the emergence of new cultural norms and ideals. Four conditions for the emergence of new norms are identified…
Journalism has enjoyed a rich and relatively stable history of professionalization. Scholars coming from a variety of disciplines have theorized this history, forming a consistent body of knowledge codified in national and international handbooks and canonical readers. However, recent work and analysis suggest that the supposed core of journalism and the assumed consistency of the…
Over 30 years, a large body of research on what is often called ‘hard’ and ‘soft news’ has accumulated in communication studies. However, there is no consensus about what hard and soft news exactly is, or how it should be defined or measured. Moreover, the concept has not been clearly differentiated from or systematically related…
This study explores how the increasingly popular blog format, as adopted by journalists affiliated with mainstream media outlets, affects long-standing journalistic norms and practice. It focuses on non-partisanship, transparency and the gatekeeping role, using a content analysis of 20 weblogs dealing with politics or civic affairs. Although expressions of opinion are common, most journalists are…