Journal article
A Product of Their Culture: Using a Value Systems Approach to Understand the Work Practices of Journalists
International Communication Gazette, Vol.71(7), pp.613-626
2009
Abstract
Past approaches adopted by scholars in comparing international news have tended to concentrate on political and economic perspectives, while the role that culture plays in determining news has been somewhat neglected until recently. This article examines the role of culture in the development of journalistic practices and how a value systems approach can be applied to understanding journalism practices across cultures. Specifically, the article compares German and Anglo-American journalism practices with a view to locating differences between these traditions. The study demonstrates that using value systems as developed by Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede can be immensely useful in comparing the differences between the two traditions, as well as in understanding how journalists in these traditions report about the world.
Details
- Title
- A Product of Their Culture: Using a Value Systems Approach to Understand the Work Practices of Journalists
- Authors
- Folker Hanusch (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- International Communication Gazette, Vol.71(7), pp.613-626
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2009
- DOI
- 10.1177/1748048509341895
- ISSN
- 1748-0485
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449736502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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