Steel, J. (2016) Reappraising Journalism's Normative Foundations. In: Peters, C. and Broersma, M., (eds.) Rethinking Journalism Revisited. Routledge , London ISBN 9781138860858
Abstract
The claim that journalism provides important nourishment for democratic life is remarkably resilient, despite criticisms emanating from a range of perspectives which highlight just how problematic this claim is. The central argument of this chapter is that the key normative claim of journalism, that being journalism’s centrality to proper functioning democracy, is in need of significant re-consideration and reappraisal. In arguing for this, I suggest that we need to think more creatively about the very nature of democracy and democratic agency before we can hope to ‘re-think’ journalism.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Routledge. This is an author produced version of a chapter subsequently published in Rethinking Journalism Again Societal role and public relevance in a digital age. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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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: | 03 Mar 2016 13:20 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315716244 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9781315716244 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94334 |