Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Keywords
Editorial Endorsements, Boundary Work, Paradigm Repair, Political Journalism, Media Sociology, Interviews
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221084609
Abstract
Through a lens of boundary work and role conception, this study seeks to understand how political journalists discursively construct the role of the newspaper editorial endorsement. Researchers conducted long-form interviews with political journalists in the United States (n = 64) to understand how journalists conducted boundary work relative to endorsements. Journalists argued that the 2016 election was a decisive event in which political news endorsements lost their original objective. Political journalists described laboring to discursively distance themselves from the endorsement process and viewed political endorsements not only as ineffective, but also as jeopardizing their news organizations’ independence.
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Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, v. 100, issue 2, p. 354-372
Perreault, G., Kananovich, V., & Hackett, E., Guarding The Firewall: How Political Journalists Distance Themselves From The Editorial Endorsement Process, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 100(2), pp. 354-372. Copyright © 2023 by SAGE Publications.
The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221084609.
Scholar Commons Citation
Perreault, Gregory P.; Kananovich, Volha; and Hackett, Ella, "Guarding The Firewall: How Political Journalists Distance Themselves From The Editorial Endorsement Process" (2023). School of Advertising & Mass Communications Faculty Publications. 63.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/com_facpub/63
