News sources in the sociology of the media : a critical re-examination

Amon Prodnik, Jernej (avtor), Vobič, Igor (avtor)

Sourcing practices are among the central research topics within the sociology of the media. Empirical studies have analysed what and who are the major journalistic sources, demonstrating that the selections journalists make not only depend on their subjective choices, but are connected to the norms and routines established in the profession. While invaluable, these studies are primarily media-centric and focused on small-scale investigations, meaning they regularly ignore the social totality in which sourcing is inevitably embedded. Such studies hence also pay too little attention to the external actors that provide ‘information subsidies’ to journalists. By employing the framework of the public sphere, we show that news sources should be viewed as a topic of central social relevance that touches on wider power relations within society. Sociological approaches should thus be complemented with other critical traditions, for instance the political economy of communication. The latter approach’s value is revealed in brief sketches that point to the possibilities of achieving deeper understanding of the topic.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: sociology of news, news sources, sourcing practices, journalism, political economy of communication, information subsidies, communication inequalities, public relations
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FDV - Fakulteta za družbene vede
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 795–812
• Številčenje: Vol. 50, iss. 4/5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-156199
• UDK: 070:316
• ISSN pri članku: 1569-1632
• DOI: 10.1177/08969205231217306
• COBISS.SI-ID: 195305731
• Datum objave v RUL: 14.05.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Critical sociology
• Založnik: SAGE, Association for Critical Sociology
• ISSN: 1569-1632
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518245657

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: novinarstvo, mediji, sociologija

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0051
• Naslov: Množični mediji, javna sfera in družbene spremembe

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: J5-3110
• Naslov: Rekonfiguracija novinarstva sredi vzpona ekonomije pozornosti in zatona javne sfere