Modelling Perceived Influences on Journalism: Evidence from a Cross-National Survey of Journalist

AUTHOR(S)
Hanitzsch, Thomas; Anikina, Maria; Berganza, Rosa; Cangoz, Incilay; Coman, Mihai; Hamada, Basyouni; Hanusch, Folker; Karadjov, Christopher D.; Mellado, Claudia; Moreira, Sonia Virginia; Mwesige, Peter G.; Plaisance, Patrick Lee; Reich, Zvi; Seethaler, Josef; Skewes, Elizabeth A.; Noor, Dani Vardiansyah; Kee Wang Yuen

PUB. DATE: March 2010

SOURCE: Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly;Spring2010, Vol. 87 Issue 1, p5

SOURCE TYPE Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE Article

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.

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