The Hybridization of Journalistic Cultures: A Comparative Study of Journalistic Role Performance in 19 Countries

Claudia Mellado, Lea C. Hellmueller, Maria Luisa Humanes, Mireya Marquez Ramirez, Adriana Amado, Jacques Mick, Dasniel Olivera, Martin Oller, Nikos S. Panagiotou, Svetlana Pasti, Patric Raemy, Anna Maria Schielicke, Henry Silke, Colin Sparks, Agnieszka Magdalena Stepinska, Gabriella Szabó, Moniza Waheed, Haiyan Wang

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Abstract

Research on journalistic role conceptions and comparative media systems argues that certain regions and countries share key features in their journalistic cultures. However, few studies examine cross-nationally the extent to which such similarities and commonalities hold true in the performance of journalistic roles in news content. This paper reports descriptive findings from a cross-national content analysis conducted in 19 countries (N=34,514). Our results show that the performance of roles varies significantly across countries. Nevertheless, we found little empirical evidence supporting previous studies, which, for example, claim that the disseminator role tends to dominate in the Liberal Model, whereas interventionism is common in Mediterranean or partisan journalistic cultures. Indeed, our results go in the opposite direction. Furthermore, we found countries not generally associated with the watchdog role performing it at a higher level than countries traditionally associated with this role, offering empirical evidence to support the existence of hybrid journalistic cultures.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 27 May 2017
Event67th Annual International Communication Association Conference, ICA 2017: Interventions. Communication Research and Practice - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: 25 May 201729 May 2017
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/ica/ica17/

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Conference67th Annual International Communication Association Conference, ICA 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period25/05/1729/05/17
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