Journalism's backstage players: the development of journalism professional associations and their roles in a troubled field

被引:5
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作者
Sherrill, Lindsey [1 ]
Zhang, Jiehua [2 ]
Deavours, Danielle [3 ]
Towery, Nathan [2 ]
Lyu, Yuanwei [2 ]
Singleton, William [2 ]
Kuang, Keqing [2 ]
Lowrey, Wilson [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ North Alabama, Coll Business, Florence, AL 35632 USA
[2] Univ Alabama, Coll Commun & Informat Sci, Tuscaloosa, AL USA
[3] Univ Montevallo, Dept Commun, Montevallo, AL USA
关键词
Journalism; professional associations; population ecology; media sociology;
D O I
10.1080/16522354.2021.1899742
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Professional associations' roles in shaping the journalism field have been understudied in news industry research. Adopting a social population ecology perspective, this study provides an across-time analysis of the emergence, rise and variation of the population of US journalism professional associations. In addition to the population demography, content analysis of current association websites was conducted to reveal associations' patterns of development and adoption of roles. Findings suggest associations are turning inward, embracing roles that are internally oriented towards members, their financial struggles, and their identities, while there is less emphasis on externally oriented roles that serve field-wide needs.
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页码:53 / 71
页数:19
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