Conboy, M.D. and Tang, M. (2016) Core Blighty? How Journalists Define Themselves Through Metaphor. Journalism Studies, 17 (7). pp. 881-892. ISSN 1461-670X
Abstract
Journalism has long relied on certain core metaphors in order to express its claims to social and political usefulness. The deployment of metaphors to describe a practice that in contrast asserts its truth-telling and plain prose style is in itself interesting. Since metaphor acts as a powerful indicator of presuppositions it can be used to reify complex public discourses, reducing them to common-sense thinking. This paper will explore what metaphors have been used in association with journalism in the pages of the British Journalism Review since the closure of the News of the World. This publication was launched in 1989 in response to a previous crisis in public and professional confidence in journalism and has since then provided an intriguing insider dialogue on developments within the area. Do metaphorical articulations of the current role and image of journalism demonstrate an awareness among journalists of changes in its values or do they rather tend to reinforce more traditional attitudes to a practice under threat? Post-Leveson what can the patterning of such figurative language across articles by a wide range of prominent journalists in the UK tell us about the values and aspirations of journalists in a time when journalism is under intense scrutiny?
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 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: | metaphor; British Journalism Review; journalistic identity; hacks; Leveson |
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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: | 27 Jan 2016 14:30 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2017 12:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2016.1173521 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/1461670X.2016.1173521 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94300 |