Routine Reliance Revisited

Exploring Media Importance for German Political Journalists

Bibliographic Data

ID7499302
AuthorsCarsten Reinemann (0000-0001-9715-8434, Institut für Publizistik, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume81
Issue4
Pages857-876
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-6990 • E-ISSN: 2161-430X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/107769900408100409
OpenAlexW2090025037
LanguageEN
Citations received24

Although routine reliance on other media is regarded as a major factor in journalists' news decisions, it gets little scholarly attention. This study investigates the importance of media use for journalistic work. Taking German political journalists as an example, the study shows that media use is a major part of everyday journalistic work, as indicated by the amount of time journalists spend using other media and by the importance they assign to other media for different stages of news production. However, the importance of other media differs among journalists working for different types of media and among journalists of different ages and political views

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