Audiences and Journalistic Capital: Roles of Journalism

• In Event: Putting Journalistic Roles Into Perspective

Abstract

Journalists have found themselves in a complex relationship with audiences as they help gather and distribute news. This survey-based study sets out to explore how ordinary Americans assess traditional and emergent normative journalists roles. The study also examines how citizens (N = 2058) and journalists (N = 414) compare in their assessment of this range of journalistic roles and finds that the two groups diverge significantly on most assessments of roles.

Authors

• Tim P. Vos, U of Missouri - Columbia

• Martin Eichholz, Kelton Global

• Tatsiana Karaliova, Butler University