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Practice-driven journalism research: Impulses for a dynamic understanding of journalism in the context of its reorganization
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Abstract This paper proposes a practice-theoretical journalism research approach for an alternate and innovative perspective of digital journalism’s current empirical challenges. The practice-theoretical approach is introduced by demonstrating its explanatory power in relation to demarcation problems, techno... view more
This paper proposes a practice-theoretical journalism research approach for an alternate and innovative perspective of digital journalism’s current empirical challenges. The practice-theoretical approach is introduced by demonstrating its explanatory power in relation to demarcation problems, technological changes, economic challenges and challenges to journalism’s legitimacy. Its respective advantages in dealing with these problems are explained and then compared to established journalism theories. The particular relevance of the theoretical perspective is due to (1) its central decision to observe journalistic practices, (2) the transgression of conventional journalistic boundaries, (3) the denaturalization of journalistic norms and laws, (4) the explicit consideration of a material, socio-technical dimension of journalism, (5) a focus on the conflicting relationship between journalistic practices and media management practices, and (6) prioritizing order generation over stability.... view less
Keywords
journalism; digitalization; new technology; reorganization; legitimacy; media economy
Classification
Communicator Research, Journalism
Free Keywords
journalism theories; practice theory; theory development
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 1-15
Journal
Studies in Communication Sciences (2020)
Issue topic
Thematic Section: The Dissolving Boundaries of Hybrid Journalism
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24434/j.scoms.2020.02.006
ISSN
1424-4896
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0