Marking journalistic independence

Official dominance and the rule of product substitution in Swedish press coverage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11485992
AutoresAdam Shehata (0000-0002-1983-393X, Mid Sweden University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume25
Fascículo2
Páginas123-137
Data de publicação2010-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0267-3231 • E-ISSN: 1460-3705
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267323110363654
OpenAlexW2036962303
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas35

Independence and autonomy from political power are core values among professional journalists in most western societies. At the same time, research has shown that news media organizations rely heavily on official actors for the construction of news. The purpose of this study is to analyse the nature of official dominance and manifestations of news media independence strategies in routine political press coverage in Sweden. Building upon past research on official dominance, objectivity rituals, indexing and the rule of product substitution — a set of hypotheses is derived and tested using a content analysis of 835 news stories published in Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet during a 15-week period in 2008. While official actors dominate news coverage both in terms of source use and story initiation, evidence for a rule of product substitution is found

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