Changes in Professionalism of U.S. Journalists in the Turbulent Twenty-First Century

Bibliographic Data

ID7500845
AuthorsRandal A Beam (Department of Communication at the University of Washington), David H Weaver (School of Journalism at Indiana University), Bonnie J Brownlee (School of Journalism at Indiana University.)
Year2009
Volume86
Issue2
Pages277-298
Publication date2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-6990 • E-ISSN: 2161-430X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/107769900908600202
OpenAlexW2131602214
LanguageEN
Citations received56

A panel study of 400 U.S. journalists assessed changes in indicators of professionalism between 2002 and 2007, a period of significant economic and technological turmoil for news organizations. Findings show that professional organization membership declined among journalists, and staff cutbacks and higher workloads posed threats to the autonomy of some news workers. Beliefs about professional roles shifted slightly, with more emphasis on analyzing problems and being adversaries of public officials. Finally, journalists became more ethically cautious during the five-year span of the study, a period in which ethical lapses were disclosed by several high-profile news organizations

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