Eldridge II, S.A. (2014) BOUNDARY MAINTENANCE AND INTERLOPER MEDIA REACTION Differentiating between journalism's discursive enforcement processes. Journalism Studies, 15 (1). 1 - 16. ISSN 1461-670X
Abstract
In his fictional story “The Interlopers”, Saki tells of two men fighting over the rights to a wooded hunting land. While both have long claimed the right to the land, one holds the legal right and the other—the interloper—claims to belong (Saki 1930). This story forms the allegorical locus of this paper, examining the way a self-defined in-group of traditional journalism protects its perceived professional identity against entities—Interloper Media—who claim belonging. This is achieved through distinct processes that echo but diverge from traditional boundary maintenance. This paper argues subtle and nuanced language in news texts referring to WikiLeaks serves to invalidate WikiLeaks' extant and persistent claims of “being” journalism. These processes differ from boundary maintenance processes related to phone hacking, which serve as inwardly focused self-policing of the profession.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journalism Studies. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | boundary maintenance; Interloper Media; phone hacking; professional identity; WikiLeaks |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Journalism Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2015 09:25 |
Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2015 20:18 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2013.791077 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/1461670X.2013.791077 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:88817 |