TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing journalistic roleperformance across thematic Beats: A 37-country study
AU - Mellado, Claudia
AU - Márquez Ramírez, Mireya
AU - Van Leuven, Sarah
AU - Jackson, Daniel
AU - Mothes, Cornelia
AU - Arcila-Calderón, Carlos
AU - Berthaut, Jérome
AU - Blanchett, Nicole
AU - Boudana, Sandrine
AU - Chen, Katherine Y.N.
AU - Davydov, Sergey
AU - De Maio, Mariana
AU - Fahmy, Nagwa
AU - Ferrero, Martina
AU - Garcés, Miguel
AU - Hagen, Lutz
AU - Hallin, Daniel C.
AU - Humanes, María Luisa
AU - Himma-Kadakas, Marju
AU - Keel, Guido
AU - Kozman, Claudia
AU - Krstić, Aleksandra
AU - Lecheler, Sophie
AU - MisookLee, Misook
AU - I-Hsuan Lin, Christi
AU - Mazzoni, Marco
AU - McGuinness, Kieran
AU - Mcintyre, Karen
AU - Jacques, Mick
AU - Navarro, Christina
AU - Olivera, Dasniel
AU - Pizarro, Marcela
AU - Silke, Henry
AU - Skjerdal, Terje
AU - Stępińska, Agnieszka
AU - Szabó, Gabriella
AU - Viveros Aguilar, Diana
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) project, this article reports the findings of a content analysis of 148,474 news items from 37 countries. Our results reveal the transversality of interventionism, the strong associations of some topics and roles, and the limited reach of news beat particularism in the face of moderating variables.
AB - Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) project, this article reports the findings of a content analysis of 148,474 news items from 37 countries. Our results reveal the transversality of interventionism, the strong associations of some topics and roles, and the limited reach of news beat particularism in the face of moderating variables.
KW - journalism
KW - news beats
KW - professional roles
KW - role performance
KW - soft and hard news
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164132947&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10776990231173890
DO - 10.1177/10776990231173890
M3 - Article
SN - 1077-6990
VL - 101
SP - 97
EP - 126
JO - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
JF - Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -