The dark side of journalism

Understanding the phenomenology of conflicts in the newsroom and the mechanisms intended to solve them

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7477223
AutoresManuel Goyanes (0000-0001-8329-0610, Carlos III University, Spain, autor correspondente), Azahara Cañedo (0000-0003-2308-5900, University of Castilla-La Mancha)
Ano2021
Volume24
Fascículo2
Páginas380-397
Data de publicação2021-05-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14648849211014765
OpenAlexW3167608831
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas45

The practice and structural conditions of the journalism craft provide fertile grounds for facilitating the emergence of conflicts in the newsroom. However, extant research on journalism studies have largely neglected the boundary conditions for their emergence and the individual and organizational mechanisms displayed to unravel them. Based on in-depth interviews with 40 Spanish journalists, we conceptualize newsrooms’ conflicts as the dark side of journalism and examine the structural and individual factors that nurtures their appearance. We also clarify the main strategies for conflict management, arguing that conflict resolution is typically based on informal mediation strategies, rather than institutionalized plans directly implemented by news organizations

Citizen journalism · Craft · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Geography · Great Rift · Journalism · Media studies · Mediation · Phenomenology (philosophy · Phenomenon · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Law