The metaphors journalists live by

Journalists’ conceptualisation of newswork

Bibliographic Data

ID7477544
AuthorsGitte Gravengaard (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume13
Issue8
Pages1064-1082
Publication date2012-01-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884911433251
OpenAlexW2062517560
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited65

The aim of this article is to grasp professional journalists’ point of view: the journalists’ self-understanding and their conceptualisation of newswork. The article presents an analysis of journalists’ everyday language, in particular of their everyday metaphors, and what these metaphors show about the given suppositions behind the journalists’ conceptualisation of newswork. This analysis is an explication of an important part of these professional practitioners’ tacit expert knowledge and the conclusion is that several different metaphors – and thus different conceptualisations of newswork – coexist. These results provide an opportunity to nuance previous research as it demonstrates how the journalists’ multi-layered conceptions of newswork are not mutually exclusive but rather co-present in the journalists’ consciousness. Furthermore, the analysis creates an opportunity for journalists to gain a more nuanced insight into their routinised linguistic practice, and thereby makes it possible to discuss and reflect upon this knowledge

Consciousness · Epistemology · Explication · GRASP · Point (geometry · Sociology · Tacit knowledge · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Philosophy

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