Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap - Volume 38, Issue 3, 2010

Er zijn verschillende redenen om een speciaal nummer van het Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap uit te brengen over journalism studies in Nederland. Ten eerste staat de journalistiek, zeker na de moord op Pim Fortuyn, al geruime tijd in het centrum van de belangstelling, zij het lang niet altijd even positief. Ministers en Kamerleden beschuldigen journalisten van bias en onzorgvuldigheid, van onverantwoordelijke beric Read More

Journalism studies in the Netherlands: a research overview Journalism studies in the Netherlands: a research overview This article presents the results of a survey among journalism studies researchers from universities and schools of journalism in the Netherlands. It shows the themes they focus on, what they publish about, in what journals, books and book chapters, in what language, and what methods they generally apply Read More

An Unstable Discipline. Journalism Studies & the Revolution in the Media An Unstable Discipline. Journalism Studies & the Revolution in the Media During the last decade media and journalism have got into turmoil; landslides have changed the traditional media landscape, overturning familiar marking points, institutions and patterns. To understand these radical changes journalism studies should not only develop a new researc Read More

Valuable Journalism. Looking for quality from a user perspective Valuable Journalism. Looking for quality from a user perspective This article will show why audience research is of crucial significance for the quality of both scholarship on journalism and professional journalistic practice. First, a better understanding among scholars and professionals is needed of how today’s media audience has grown more self-aware and appe Read More

Towards distinctive journalism. The future of the profession in a multimedia environment Towards distinctive journalism. The future of the profession in a multimedia environment With the transition from industrial to network journalism, media institutions that traditionally guaranteed the quality and independence of the profession, have become less important. The guarantee of adequate journalism thus shifts from th Read More

Journalism studies beyond institutional journalism Journalism studies beyond institutional journalism Journalism studies and education is growing rapidly around the world, at a time when the audience for news seems to be disappearing. Yet most of the scholarly work on journalism keeps a rather narrowly defined institutional focus on the news as an industry. In this essay an argument is made for a journalism studies that go Read More

Journalism without infrastructure – a real option? Journalism without infrastructure – a real option? Dutch media are facing decreasing revenues and size of editorial staff. Inviting ‘ordinary’ citizens to participate in the process of newsgathering is one possibility to cope with these problems. Experiences with citizen journalism and user-generated content, however, are mixed. Journalistic quality is often lacking while moderatio Read More

The institutional logics of journalism: studying the journalistic field in the wake of Bourdieu The institutional logics of journalism: studying the journalistic field in the wake of Bourdieu This article considers several key concepts from Bourdieu’s theory of the cultural field and their significance for the study of journalism, including the tension between ‘heteronomy’ and ‘autonomy’, and the struggle between ‘establis Read More

The transformation of the journalistic field: discursive strategies and journalistic forms The transformation of the journalistic field: discursive strategies and journalistic forms Journalism is transforming rapidly in the 21st century. This article argues that two complementary approaches offer Journalism Studies productive perspectives to study this process of change. Bourdieu’s field theory provides a theoretical framewo Read More

Intercultural competences for journalists Intercultural competences for journalists It is very important for journalism to have an eye for cultural diversity. For years, government, schools of journalism and the media world tried to realize diversity by working on more colour in newsrooms and journalism schools. Moreover, it is important to stress the multicultural expertise of every journalist, regardless his or her background. T Read More

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