The media provocateur

A rhetorical framework for studying an emerging persona in journalism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7477147
AutoresRasmus Rønlev (0000-0001-7014-2141, University of Southern Denmark), Mette Bengtsson (0000-0002-0019-9182, Roskilde University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen23
Número6
Páginas1233-1249
Fecha de publicación2020-09-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884920957166
OpenAlexW3067024977
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas32

With the proliferation of digital and social media in particular, non-traditional actors are entering journalism based on their personal rhetorical competencies, rather than their formal journalistic credentials. Among such actors are public debaters who establish themselves as professional opinion-makers and media personalities via ‘media provocations’. In this article, we develop a conceptual framework for studying how these media provocateurs emerge as influential personas in journalism. Whereas previous research has provided important insights into how similar non-traditional actors have challenged journalism from a sociological perspective, we adopt a rhetorical perspective on the phenomenon and describe how the provocateurs’ public persona constructions evolve in a sequential, cumulative, and transformative communicative process that cuts across different rhetorical situations in a hybrid media system. The proposed framework points to several future avenues of research into how non-traditional actors, such as media provocateurs, (micro-)bloggers, and social media influencers, may reflect the current state and direction of journalism

Influencer marketing · Journalism · Linguistics · Media studies · Persona · Political science · Public relations · Rhetorical question · Social media · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics