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Journalistic Autonomy - The Genealogy of a Concept (Hardcover)
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Journalistic Autonomy - The Genealogy of a Concept (Hardcover)
Series: Journalism in Perspective
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The idea that journalism should be independent is foundational to
its contemporary understandings and its role in democracy. But from
what, exactly, should journalism be independent? This book traces
the genealogy of the idea of journalistic autonomy, from the press
freedom debates of the 17th century up to the digital, networked
world of the 21st. Using an eclectic and thought-provoking
theoretical framework that draws upon Friedrich Nietzsche, feminist
philosophy, and theoretical biology, the authors analyze the deeper
meanings and uses of the terms independence and autonomy in
journalism. This work tackles, in turn, questions of
journalism’s independence from the state, politics, the market,
sources, the workplace, the audience, technology, and algorithms.
Using broad historical strokes as well as detailed historical case
studies, the authors argue that autonomy can only be meaningful if
it has a purpose. Unfortunately, for large parts of journalism’s
history this purpose has been the maintenance of a societal status
quo and the exclusion of large groups of the population from the
democratic polity. “Independence,” far from being a shining
ideal to which all journalists must aspire, has instead often been
used to mask the very dependencies that lie at the heart of
journalism. The authors posit, however, that by learning the
lessons of history and embracing a purpose fit for the needs of the
21st century world, journalism might reclaim its autonomy and
redeem its exclusionary uses of independence.
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