Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2022
Keywords
Boundary Work, Field Theory, Influencers, Instagram, Lifestyle Journalism
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221104233
Abstract
While Facebook and Twitter have received significant scholarly attention for their role in shaping the journalistic field, Instagram has received sparse attention in comparison. The present study examines how lifestyle journalists (n = 63) from Austria and the United States perceive Instagram influencers operating in relation to the journalistic field. Instagram influencers, empowered by the digital medium, would seem to be in direct competition with lifestyle journalists in terms of content. Through the theoretical lenses of boundary work and field, this study argues that lifestyle journalists—long relegated to the periphery of the journalistic field—discursively leverage the presence of influencers to protect their autonomy within the field while pushing influencers to its boundaries.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
New Media & Society, v. 26, issue 7, p. 3767-3785
Perreault, G., & Hanusch, F., Field Insurgency in Lifestyle Journalism: How Lifestyle Journalists Marginalize Instagram Influencers and Protect Their Autonomy, New Media & Society, in press. Copyright © 2022 by SAGE Publications.
The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221104233.
Scholar Commons Citation
Perreault, Gregory P. and Hanusch, Folker, "Field Insurgency in Lifestyle Journalism: How Lifestyle Journalists Marginalize Instagram Influencers and Protect Their Autonomy" (2022). School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications. 59.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/com_facpub/59
