When Journalists are Voiceless: How Lifestyle Journalists Cover Hate and Mitigate Harassment

Authors

Gregory P. Perreault, Appalachian State UniversityFollow
Kaitlin Miller, University of Alabama

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

Keywords

Lifestyle Journalism, Harassment, Hate, Emotionallabor, Interviews, Hostility

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2135583

Abstract

Often trivialized within the broader journalistic field, lifestyle journalists would seem to have the dream job: the opportunity to get paid to do what they love. The present study explores an under-discussed but material aspect of the job; namely, how lifestyle journalists undertake issues of hostility. Through the lens of the theory of hostility towards the press and in-depth interviews with lifestyle journalists (n = 24), this study argues that journalists tend to cover issues of hate against their audience members but seek to ignore harassment when directed at them.

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Was this content written or created while at USF?

No

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Journalism Studies, v. 23, issue 15, p. 1997-1993

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journalism Studies on 20 Oct 2022, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1461670X.2022.2135583.

Scholar Commons Citation

Perreault, Gregory P. and Miller, Kaitlin, "When Journalists are Voiceless: How Lifestyle Journalists Cover Hate and Mitigate Harassment" (2022). School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications. 61.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/com_facpub/61