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Contemporary Journalism in the US and GermanyContextualizing US and German Journalism

Contemporary Journalism in the US and Germany: Contextualizing US and German Journalism [This chapter situates journalism in its institutional and cultural context in Germany and the United States. On the institutional level, it compares the two media systems, focusing particularly on market and non-market influences and professional organizational infrastructures of journalism. On the cultural level, it examines the history of journalism and connects it to national repertoires of evaluation. The chapter suggests a pervasiveness of market logics, weaker and more malleable professional boundaries, less occupational solidarity, and a more differentiated journalistic field in the United States. The influences of market and non-market heteronomies are more balanced in the German journalistic field, which is defined by a relative economic health, collectivist professional organization, and influence of politics, especially in the public service media sector.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-1-137-51536-0
Pages
19 –42
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-51537-7_2
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Abstract

[This chapter situates journalism in its institutional and cultural context in Germany and the United States. On the institutional level, it compares the two media systems, focusing particularly on market and non-market influences and professional organizational infrastructures of journalism. On the cultural level, it examines the history of journalism and connects it to national repertoires of evaluation. The chapter suggests a pervasiveness of market logics, weaker and more malleable professional boundaries, less occupational solidarity, and a more differentiated journalistic field in the United States. The influences of market and non-market heteronomies are more balanced in the German journalistic field, which is defined by a relative economic health, collectivist professional organization, and influence of politics, especially in the public service media sector.]

Published: Feb 12, 2017

Keywords: Daily Newspaper; Press Freedom; Public Broadcasting Service; News Organization; German Newspaper

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