MODELING PERCEIVED INFLUENCES ON JOURNALISM: EVIDENCE FROM A CROSS-NATIONAL SURVEY OF JOURNALISTS


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Hanitzsch T., Anikina M., Berganza R., CANGÖZ İ., Coman M., Hamada B., ...More

JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY, vol.87, no.1, pp.5-22, 2010 (SSCI) identifier identifier

Abstract

Surveying 1,700 journalists from seventeen countries, this study investigates perceived influences on news work. Analysis reveals a dimensional structure of six distinct domains political, economic, organizational, professional, and procedural influences, as well as reference groups. Across countries, these six dimensions build up a hierarchical structure where organizational, professional, and procedural influences are perceived as more powerful limits to journalists' work than political and economic influences.