Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap - Volume 41, Issue 3, 2013

De journalistiek wordt sinds de eeuwwisseling in toenemende mate blootgesteld aan kritiek. De oorzaken daarvan lijken zowel maatschappelijk (meer mondigheid van de burger, opmars van het populisme, mediatisering) als technologisch (meer interactie- en reactiemogelijkheden) en economisch (concurrentie en commercialisering).In dit themanummer wordt onderzocht hoe journalistiek en media omgaan met deze k Read More

Ten years after Pim Fortuyn: criticism and accountability at Dutch newsrooms Ten years after Pim Fortuyn: criticism and accountability at Dutch newsrooms Pressures from politicians and the public have led to greater demands for media accountability. Moreover, structural shifts such as media concentration, increasing competition and the advent of new technologies have obliged media to strengthen the relationship with Read More

The effectiveness of journalistic codes of conduct: a review of the literature The effectiveness of journalistic codes of conduct: a review of the literature Journalistic codes of conduct are regularly mentioned as instrument to secure journalistic quality. But do they really work? To answer this question, we reviewed all academic studies on journalistic codes that are mentioned in the Social Science Citation Index or in EBSCO’s C Read More

Reporting on victims. Journalism praxis according to Flemish journalists Reporting on victims. Journalism praxis according to Flemish journalists Newspaper reporting of a tragic bus crash in Switzerland (Sierre, 2012) in which 22 Belgian and Dutch primary school children and 6 adults were killed, severely shook society. The printing of the children’s pictures on the front pages of popular newspapers (i.e. photos plucked from Read More

Social media and old routines. The role of social media in the TV news coverage of the Arab Spring Social media and old routines. The role of social media in the TV news coverage of the Arab Spring This study investigates the use of social media as a source of information for Belgian broadcast journalists covering the Arab Spring in 2011. We conducted a content analysis of the 7 o’clock news on the Flemish public broadcasting c Read More

Copy paste or in-depth journalism? A study of the relationship between news factors in university press releases and news selection and editorial processing of press releases Copy paste or in-depth journalism? A study of the relationship between news factors in university press releases and news selection and editorial processing of press releases The leading question of this study is as follows: In what way do news factors in Read More

Journalism and self-regulation: results from a cross-country survey among journalists Journalism and self-regulation: results from a cross-country survey among journalists In light of the discussion on journalistic quality, the effectivity of self-regulation and proposals of other types of regulation in journalism, a consortium of twelve European and two Arabic countries (MediaAcT, as part of the Seventh EU Framework Programme) Read More