Journalists under attack : self-censorship as an unperceived method for avoiding hostility

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F22%3A00134816" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/22:00134816 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://journals.ptks.pl/cejc/article/view/447" target="_blank" >https://journals.ptks.pl/cejc/article/view/447</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.51480/1899-5101.15.3(32).2" target="_blank" >10.51480/1899-5101.15.3(32).2</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Journalists under attack : self-censorship as an unperceived method for avoiding hostility

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study investigates journalists' self-censorship and introduces a phenomenon of unperceived collective self-censorship that demands a combination of detection methods. We conducted a content analysis of media critique texts (N=156) that discuss attacks on Estonian journalism. These results were combined with the content analysis of journalistic roles in the news (N=2409) and a survey on journalists (N=99) and completed with semi-structured interviews (N=14). The findings showed that accusations against journalists were frequently related to discourses regarding journalists' interventionist or watchdog roles. Juxtaposing these results with quantitative data, it became evident that when aspects of interventionist and watchdog roles were criticized in the media texts, the performance of these roles decreased in the news. However, journalists' self-assessment does not show the perception of this change. We argue that self-censorship was created unknowingly within the newsroom. External pressures - such as politically motivated attacks on journalism - may promote unperceived self-censorship.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Journalists under attack : self-censorship as an unperceived method for avoiding hostility

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study investigates journalists' self-censorship and introduces a phenomenon of unperceived collective self-censorship that demands a combination of detection methods. We conducted a content analysis of media critique texts (N=156) that discuss attacks on Estonian journalism. These results were combined with the content analysis of journalistic roles in the news (N=2409) and a survey on journalists (N=99) and completed with semi-structured interviews (N=14). The findings showed that accusations against journalists were frequently related to discourses regarding journalists' interventionist or watchdog roles. Juxtaposing these results with quantitative data, it became evident that when aspects of interventionist and watchdog roles were criticized in the media texts, the performance of these roles decreased in the news. However, journalists' self-assessment does not show the perception of this change. We argue that self-censorship was created unknowingly within the newsroom. External pressures - such as politically motivated attacks on journalism - may promote unperceived self-censorship.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50800 - Media and communications

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Central European Journal of Communication

ISSN

1899-5101

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

359-378

Kód UT WoS článku

000946490300003

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85151277737