Revers, M orcid.org/0000-0002-6266-4967 (2014) The Twitterization of News Making: Transparency and Journalistic Professionalism. Journal of Communication, 64 (5). pp. 806-826. ISSN 0021-9916
Abstract
Twitter makes visible some of the most fundamental divides in professional journalism today. It reveals tensions about what constitutes news, the norms guiding journalists providing it, professional identity, and public service. This article argues that these tensions result from a clash between the institutional logic of professional control (Lewis, 2012)) and an ethic of transparency. Drawing from extensive research on a political press corps, involving observation, interviews, and analysis of tweets, this study witnesses the adoption of Twitter in the everyday working practices of reporters. It thereby also provides reasons why Twitter has been so successful in journalism. Tensions between professional control and transparency in journalism may, furthermore, be emblematic for divides in other professions today.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 International Communication Association. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Communication. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2018 13:15 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2018 13:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jcom.12111 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:132765 |