ABSTRACT
This book provides case studies, many incorporating in-depth interviews and surveys of journalists. It examines issues such as journalists’ attitudes toward their contributions to society; the impact of industry and technological changes; culture and minority issues in the newsroom and profession; the impact of censorship and self-censorship; and coping with psychological pressures and physical safety dilemmas. Its chapters also highlight journalists’ challenges in national and multinational contexts. International scholars, conducting research within a wide range of authoritarian, semi-democratic, and democratic systems, contributed to this examination of journalistic practices in the Arab World, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Denmark, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Samoa, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United States.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|10 pages
Introduction
part I|69 pages
Journalists’ Attitudes toward Their Jobs and the Profession
chapter 2|11 pages
Serving the People and the Party
chapter 3|11 pages
Australian Journalists at Work
part II|33 pages
Confronting Change
chapter 8|11 pages
Caste, Politics, Religion, and Region vs. Journalistic Profession
part III|34 pages
Ethics and Standards
chapter 12|10 pages
“When It Bleeds It Still Leads”
part IV|36 pages
Culture and Minority Issues
chapter 14|13 pages
Chasing Dreams in the United States
chapter 15|11 pages
When an Editor Decides to Listen to a City
chapter 16|12 pages
Fa’a Samoa and the Fourth Estate
part V|46 pages
Journalists and Press Freedom under Fire