Anger and the investigative journalist

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7477265
AutoresRichard Stupart (0000-0002-5936-2730, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume24
Fascículo11
Páginas2341-2358
Data de publicação2022-09-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14648849221125980
OpenAlexW4295074010
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas24

What is the place of anger in the work of journalism? Based on a discourse analysis of investigative journalists’ reflections on the role of anger in their work, this paper explores common understandings of the utility and ‘proper place’ of anger in journalism. I argue that anger can be usefully theorised by drawing on P.F. Strawson’s account of anger as a reactive attitude and Amia Srinivsasan’s account of anger having dimensions of aptness and prudence. In contrast to existing work arguing for a norm proscribing emotion in journalistic texts, anger forms a valued component in the work of investigative journalists, albeit one with important norms around its control and management

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