A large body of research in journalism studies has analyzed which social and political roles
news professionals consider they must fulfill in society. These studies are based on the …

This chapter is an effort to explicate journalists' rhetoric, exploring the strategies that
journalists and media critics have taken to reinforce this boundary. The erosion of this …

This article investigates the concept of autonomy within the journalistic institution. A review
of the literature reveals that journalist autonomy is restricted at the political, economic and …

This article examines the presence of six dimensions of professional roles in news—
watchdog, disseminator-interventionist, civic, loyal-facilitator, service, and infotainment—by …

A Global Standard for Reporting Conflict constructs an argument from first principles to
identify what constitutes good journalism. It explores and synthesises key concepts from …

The present study is an attempt to examine how objective structural political forces and
subjective perception of political influences determine journalists' autonomy and safety. The …

Islam is a religion, but it is also a philosophy. An analysis of surveys in the Arab world,
Indonesia and Pakistan reveals that the mission and values of journalists in those Muslim …

Professional autonomy has usually been defined in terms of journalists' perceptions of their
control over their work vis-à-vis organizational supervisors. Using surveys of journalists in …

The current combination of economic recession and info-technological revolution is
drastically affecting the working environment of journalists and challenging their autonomy …

Research on the public affairs profession in both South and Latin America is one of the
leading limitations today in international public relations research. This study helps to lessen …