The mediatization of journalism

The mediatization of journalism

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Proposing an explanation of current macro-sociological changes and institutional transformations in journalism, this article argues that journalism is currently undergoing a process of mediatization. Drawing upon the international research literature as well as statements from interviews with news w...

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Main Author: Aske Kammer
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID) 2013-06-01
Series:MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/17385
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spelling doaj-d51fb8895a724d33a97dc1aa3c7ff1f42020-11-24T23:57:07ZdanSammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID)MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research0900-96711901-97262013-06-01295410.7146/mediekultur.v29i54.1738515894The mediatization of journalismAske KammerProposing an explanation of current macro-sociological changes and institutional transformations in journalism, this article argues that journalism is currently undergoing a process of mediatization. Drawing upon the international research literature as well as statements from interviews with news workers working on Danish news websites, the article examines four current trends in journalism that are closely connected to the rise of news on the web, namely the use of the affordances of news websites, radical commercialization, increased audience participation in news production, and the increased multi-skilling and simultaneous de-skilling of journalists. Taken together, these trends reflect a process through which journalism increasingly subsumes itself to the logic of the media, suggesting mediatization as an adequate explanatory framework. One implication of such a process is that journalism seems to be transforming from an occupational profession into an organizational one.https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/17385
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description Proposing an explanation of current macro-sociological changes and institutional transformations in journalism, this article argues that journalism is currently undergoing a process of mediatization. Drawing upon the international research literature as well as statements from interviews with news workers working on Danish news websites, the article examines four current trends in journalism that are closely connected to the rise of news on the web, namely the use of the affordances of news websites, radical commercialization, increased audience participation in news production, and the increased multi-skilling and simultaneous de-skilling of journalists. Taken together, these trends reflect a process through which journalism increasingly subsumes itself to the logic of the media, suggesting mediatization as an adequate explanatory framework. One implication of such a process is that journalism seems to be transforming from an occupational profession into an organizational one.
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