Public nuisance or an asset to democracy? Does the free press aim to provide a public service? An empirical study examining journalistic functions within the normative framework of the European Union
| Autor: | Marie-Isabell Lohmann, Andreas Riedl |
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| Jazyk: | German<br />English<br />French<br />Italian |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Studies in Communication Sciences, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 215-229 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1424-4896 2296-4150 |
| DOI: | 10.24434/j.scoms.2018.02.002 |
| Popis: | Utilizing an empirical approach, this paper lays out how journalistic functions differ from the perception of journalists working for the free and paid press in Austria. Analyses indicate that free press journalists appear to be significantly more inclined to generate discourse with their audience, but are also more influenced by commercialization than their colleagues working for the paid press. Both the free and paid press seem to fulfill diverging democratic functions that can be valuable to the public. Finally, the normative notion of journalistic functions as legislated by the European Union (EU) seems only partially represented within the journalists’ self-perception. |
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