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Newsrooms and Transparency in the Digital Age

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ID12909262
AuthorsKalyani Chadha (0009-0007-3130-3660, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Michael Koliska (0000-0003-2098-2630, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume9
Issue2
Pages215-229
Publication date2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2014.924737
OpenAlexW2060118227
LanguageEN
Citations received51
References cited30

Facing a decline in public credibility, news organizations have been encouraged to embrace transparency to combat rising public distrust. In this paper, we examine how journalists at six leading news outlets in the United States grapple with the concept of transparency and its implementation in their newsrooms. Our data indicate that news outlets engage in a limited and strategic form of transparency that enable them to appear transparent without offering substantive insights into the journalistic process

Business · Credibility · Distrust · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Transparency (behavior · Trustworthiness · Computer Science · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics

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Unique citing works51
Citations per year5,1
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 51

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