Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Keywords
Gaming Journalism, Journalistic Ecology, Lifestyle Journalism, Metajournalistic Discourse, Qualitative Methods
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858695
Abstract
Gaming journalism, which finds its origins in public relations-oriented gaming magazines, discursively attached itself to traditional journalism in the wake of the 2014 GamerGate controversy. Yet it had remained unclear where gaming journalism fits within the ecology of journalism. This study examines metajournalistic discourse regarding gaming journalism from 2010 to 2018 and analyzes 53 articles about gaming journalism from that period in order to understand how the broader journalistic field conceptualized gaming journalism’s place within it. This study argues that gaming journalism is discursively marked as a lower, marginal form of journalism based on perceived differences in professional values and journalistic savviness.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
New Media & Society, v. 22, issue 1, p. 159-176
Perreault, G., & Vos, T., Metajournalistic Discourse on The Rise of Gaming Journalism, New Media & Society, 22(1), pp. 159-176. Copyright © 2020 by SAGE Publications.
The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444819858695.
Scholar Commons Citation
Perreault, Gregory P. and Vos, Tim P., "Metajournalistic Discourse on The Rise of Gaming Journalism" (2020). School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications. 38.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/com_facpub/38
