MIND THE GAP
- 1 October 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journalism Practice
- Vol. 7 (5), 539-554
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2012.726503
Abstract
The study of journalistic role conceptions rests on the assumption that these conceptions shape the news stories that journalists create. However, limited empirical evidence exists to support this assumed linear relationship between role conception and role enactment. This exploratory study compared role conceptions deduced from survey data of 56 journalists with a content analysis of those same journalists' articles (N=270). The findings suggest that this assumed linear relationship between role conception and role enactment should be questioned rather than presumed.Keywords
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