ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines how from field theory people can understand the visions of what journalism is as the result of socialization and specific forces that have shaped journalists' ideas of belonging. Field theory helps describe the underlying forces that shape journalists' identity and their societal role. To connect the dominant ideas of journalism to field theory and the journalistic field, it introduces the concepts of doxa, habitus, and nomos to structure the theoretical focus on a shared sense of journalism's societal distinction. The chapter focuses on public articulations of journalistic identity, drawing on methodological successes from previous studies exploring changing notions of the journalistic field. It highlights the social construction of journalism, exploring how this contributes to the understanding of journalism as a field in society shaped by its own members' shared sense of belonging, shared sense of journalistic roles in society, and the ways these are demonstrated as the unique purview of the journalistic field, traditionally understood.
