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Practice-driven journalism research : impulses for a dynamic understanding of journalism in the context of its reorganization
Citation Link: https://doi.org/10.15480/882.8630
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Journal Article
Date Issued
2020-01-01
Sprache
English
Author(s)
TORE-DOI
Volume
20
Issue
2
Start Page
227
End Page
241
Citation
Studies in Communication Sciences 20 (2): 227-241 (2020)
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This paper proposes a practice-theoretical journalism research approach for an alternate and innovative perspective of digital journalism’s current empirical challenges. The practice-theoretical approach is introduced by demonstrating its explanatory power in relation to demarcation problems, technological changes, economic challenges and challenges to journalism’s legitimacy. Its respective advantages in dealing with these problems are explained and then compared to established journalism theories. The particular relevance of the theoretical perspective is due to (1) its central decision to observe journalistic practices, (2) the transgression of conventional journalistic boundaries, (3) the denaturalization of journalistic norms and laws, (4) the explicit consideration of a material, socio-technical dimension of journalism, (5) a focus on the conflicting relationship between journalistic practices and media management practices, and (6) prioritizing order generation over stability.
Subjects
digitization
journalism
journalism theories
practice theory
theory development
DDC Class
070: Journalism and Publishing
020: Library and Information Sciences
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