Comparing journalistic role performance across thematic beats : a 37-country study

Abstract: Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “microcultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) project, this article reports the findings of a content analysis of 148,474 news items from 37 countries. Our results reveal the transversality of interventionism, the strong associations of some topics and roles, and the limited reach of news beat particularism in the face of moderating variables.

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Main Authors:	Mellado, Claudia, Márquez Ramírez, Mireya, VanLeuven, Sarah, Jackson, Daniel, Mothes, Cornelia, Arcila Calderón, Carlos, Berthaut, Jérome, Blanchett, Nicole, Boudana, Sandrine, Yang Chen Ning‏, Katherine, Davydov, Sergey, De Maio, Mariana, Fahmy, Nagwa, Ferrero, Martina, Garcés Prettel, Miguel, Hagen, Lutz, Hallin, Daniel C., Humanes, María Luisa, Himma Kadakas, Marju, Keel, Guido, Kozman, Claudia, Krstić, Aleksandra, Lecheler, Sophie, Lee, Misook, I Hsuan Lin, Christi, Mazzoni, Marco, McGuinness, Kieran, McIntyre, Karen, Mick, Jacques, Navarro, Cristina, Olivera, Dasniel, Pizarro, Marcela, Silke, Henry, Skjerdal, Terje, Stępińska, Agnieszka, Szabó, Gabriella, Viveros Aguilar, Diana
Format:	Artículo biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Universidad Estatal de Iowa 2023
Subjects:	PERIODISMO, NOTICIAS PERIODISTICAS, ROL PROFESIONAL, LIBERTAD DE PRENSA, INFORMACION PERIODISTICA,
Online Access:	https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/17052
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