The journalistic structure of feeling

An exploration of career life histories of Israeli journalists

Bibliographic Data

ID7479118
AuthorsOren Meyers (0000-0002-4216-1203, University of Haifa, corresponding author), Roei Davidson (0000-0002-2038-7455, University of Haifa)
Year2013
Volume15
Issue8
Pages987-1005
Publication date2013-12-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884913512930
OpenAlexW1983337859
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited35

The study explores 33 occupational life histories of current and former Israeli journalists. By doing so, it enables us to better understand how the fundamental changes that the journalistic profession underwent during recent decades shaped and influenced the occupational progression of Israeli journalists. Our interviews validate previous work on the partial professional standing of journalism showing that individuals enter journalism in a protracted and uneven manner. In addition, the analysis of modes of reasoning for entering journalism charts the informal boundaries of overt journalistic political identification. Finally, an exploration of self-narrated occupational highs and lows shows that career highs are always identified as personal achievements while career lows are mostly narrated as outcomes of larger organizational or institutional constraints. The current chaotic nature of journalism organizations, as reflected in our life history corpus, illustrates an environment in which there is a clear disconnect between actions and rewards

Feeling · Identification (biology · Journalism · Media studies · Personal life · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Law · Social Psychology

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