Beyond the four theories of the press: A new model of national media systems
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Article Title | Beyond the four theories of the press: A new model of national media systems |
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ERA Journal ID | 11029 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Ostini, Jennifer (Author) and Fung, Anthony Y.H. (Author) |
Journal Title | Mass Communication and Society |
Journal Citation | 5 (1), pp. 41-56 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2002 |
ISSN | 0193-7707 |
1520-5436 | |
1532-7825 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327825MCS0501_4 |
Abstract | Work on categorization of national press systems in the last 40 years has been grounded in the well-known Four Theories of the Press. Whereas this approach has been strongly criticized by international scholars for its idealism and its poverty of empiricism, it is still widely taught in introductory journalism courses across the country, and few theorists have engaged in grounding the theory with data in international settings. Although journalism is contextualized and constrained by press structure and state policies, it is also a relatively autonomous cultural production of journalists negotiating between their professionalism and state control. |
Keywords | media systems, media, journalism, international communication, press models, theory |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470101. Communication studies |
470107. Media studies | |
470104. International and development communication | |
Public Notes | Published online: 17 Nov 2009, but actually first published in print in 2002. |
Byline Affiliations | No affiliation |
City University of Hong Kong, China | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2865/beyond-the-four-theories-of-the-press-a-new-model-of-national-media-systems
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