Quoting Practices, Path Dependency and the Birth of Modern Journalism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7499809
AutoresDavid Ryfe (0000-0003-2493-6519, autor de correspondencia), David M Ryfe, Markus Kemmelmeier (0000-0002-1612-5903)
Año2010
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas10-26
Fecha de publicación2010-09-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1461-670X • E-ISSN: 1469-9699
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1461670x.2010.511943
OpenAlexW2064807494
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas22

Using Hallin's (1994) analysis of soundbites in network television news coverage as a model, we track the quoting practices of five American newspapers during the transition to modern news (1876–1916). We find that despite variation in the size, geographic location, and partisan orientation of these newspapers, trends in their quoting practices moved in relative lockstep. Drawing on the institutionalist concept of path dependency, we argue that these patterns are not consistent with an economic explanation of the transition to modern news. Rather, we suggest that political change—specifically, the breakdown of the third party system in 1896, served as a “critical juncture” in the transition to modern news. Overall, we argue that detailed analysis of newsgathering practices coupled with an institutional approach may allow historians to trace the timing, sequence and explanation of historical change in journalism in finer detail

Dependency (UML · Economic geography · Economics · Journalism · Linguistics · Media studies · Newspaper · Path dependency · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transition (genetics · Variation (astronomy · Computer Science · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · History · Law