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Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept

Journalistic Autonomy: The Genealogy of a Concept

Örnebring, Henrik
Karlsson, Michael

Hardcover

Series: Journalism in Perspective

Writing InstructionGeneral SociologySocial Movements

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ISBN10: 0826222544
ISBN13: 9780826222541
Publisher: Univ Of Missouri Pr
Published: Apr 25 2022
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Winner of the 2023 AEJMC Tankard Book Award and the ICA Journalism Studies Book Award

The idea that journalism should be independent is foundational to its contemporary understandings and its role in democracy. But from what, exactly, should journalism be independent? This book traces the genealogy of the idea of journalistic autonomy, from the press freedom debates of the 17th century up to the digital, networked world of the 21st. Using an eclectic and thought-provoking theoretical framework that draws upon Friedrich Nietzsche, feminist philosophy, and theoretical biology, the authors analyze the deeper meanings and uses of the terms independence and autonomy in journalism.

This work tackles, in turn, questions of journalism's independence from the state, politics, the market, sources, the workplace, the audience, technology, and algorithms. Using broad historical strokes as well as detailed historical case studies, the authors argue that autonomy can only be meaningful if it has a purpose. Unfortunately, for large parts of journalism's history this purpose has been the maintenance of a societal status quo and the exclusion of large groups of the population from the democratic polity. Independence, far from being a shining ideal to which all journalists must aspire, has instead often been used to mask the very dependencies that lie at the heart of journalism. The authors posit, however, that by learning the lessons of history and embracing a purpose fit for the needs of the 21st century world, journalism might reclaim its autonomy and redeem its exclusionary uses of independence.

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