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Journalistic Roles and Everyday Life: An empirical account of lifestyle journalists’ professional views

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Hanusch, Folker·2019·Journalism Studies
DOI 10.1080/1461670x.2017.1370977
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Having been neglected by journalism scholars in the past, recent years have seen renewed interest in journalism’s role in everyday life, in addition to the traditional focus on journalism’s relationship with politics. In particular, a growing body of work is concerned with the practices, content and distribution of lifestyle journalism. Yet, there are still large gaps in our knowledge of the field in terms of how lifestyle journalists themselves think about their work and their role in society. Based on an online survey of more than 600 Australian lifestyle journalists, this article identifies four key roles that these journalists see themselves as fulfilling: service providers, life coaches, community advocates and inspiring entertainers. These dimensions tie into recent theorizations about journalistic roles and everyday life, and not only enhance our understanding of lifestyle journalism, but more importantly contribute to a better recognition of journalism’s role in society. Further, the article explores some key determinants for differences in the way journalists value the four roles, identifying economic aspects on the organizational level, as well as specializations within lifestyle journalism as key areas of influence.

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Authors
Hanusch, F.
Affiliations
University of Vienna (AT)
Corresponding author
Hanusch, Folker
ORCID
Hanusch, Folker
Venue
Journalism Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2017-09-14
Volume
20
Issue
2
Pages
193-211
ISSN
  • 1461-670X (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-9699
DOI
10.1080/1461670x.2017.1370977
OpenAlex
W2756207712
Cited by
80
References
65
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journalism Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Phaidra (Universität Wien) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Media Studies and Communication
  • Social Sciences › Communication › Journalism and Media Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis
Keywords
role of journalists, lifestyle journalism, everyday life, service providers, community advocacy, entertainment journalism, journalism and society, organizational economics, journalism specialization

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