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Journalism Hits a Wall

Rhetorical construction of newspapers’ editorial and advertising relationship

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ID7501065
AuthorsKatie Artemas (Starcom Advertising Agency, New York, USA.), Tim P Vos (0000-0002-7174-5574, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Margaret Duffy (University of Missouri)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue7
Pages1004-1020
Publication date2016-11-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-670X • E-ISSN: 1469-9699
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1461670x.2016.1249006
OpenAlexW2547233157
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited34

This study analyzes how business and editorial staff members at US newspapers rhetorically construct or deconstruct the metaphoric norm of a wall or line of separation between news and advertising functions. The study is based on 18 in-depth interviews with news and advertising professionals at middle-market US newspapers and the subsequent analysis of their rhetoric about the relationship between the news and advertising sides of their organizations. The study seeks to understand the rhetorical construction of an institutional norm and our observations are focused on the organization level. This study aids understanding of two related phenomena: how institutional norms are rhetorically constructed and how norms are rhetorically renegotiated or deconstructed

Advertising · Art · Business · Construct (python library · Journalism · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Newspaper · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Public relations · Rhetoric · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Computer Science · Management and Organizational Studies · Media Studies and Communication · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Law

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Unique citing works37
Citations per year4,11
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 37

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