This chapter offers an in-depth discussion of the theoretical framework of the Journalistic
Role Performance Project. It revisits key theoretical aspects that must be taken into account …

The article reviews the main concepts and dilemmas illustrating the debate on the
connections between media and politics. Considering that experiences in Political …

It has since been eleven years since the rise of the “Arab Spring”: a series of anti-
government uprisings that spread across the Arab world, ultimately leading to regime …

One of the main challenges of studying journalistic roles in social media practice is that the
profession's conceptual boundaries have become increasingly blurred. Social media has …

This paper considers the use of the concept of hybridity in journalism studies, arguing that
the concept of hybridity has served an important role in reorienting the field in the face of …

Based on a standardized operationalization of the watchdog, civic, interventionist, loyal-
facilitator, infotainment, and service roles, this study combines survey (N= 643) and content …

The article aims to capture the diversity of emerging practices in fact-checking by exploring,
on the one side, journalists' self-perception of the watchdog role they believe to perform and …

Journalists increasingly have to cope with severe attacks–ranging from Fake News
accusations to violence and death threats. To better understand how journalists can counter …

Attacks on journalists have become a growing concern in democracies around the world.
Past scholarship suggests that such attacks could lead to a chilling effect of journalists self …

The watchdog role has been one of the most widely discussed normative functions of the
press. In this study, we examine the public's attitudes toward the news media's watchdog …