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<p>In this article, we comparatively explore Nordic journalists’ perceived roles and influences on their work using survey data from the Worlds of Journalism project (2012–2016). In a European context, a principal component analysis of 18 Western and Southern European countries (<italic>N</italic> = 10,254) finds that Nordic journalists generally resemble journalists in other democratic corporatist countries, particularly by their relatively low experience of political and economic influences. Restricting the analysis to the Nordic countries (<italic>N</italic> = 3,246) finds that Swedish and Danish journalists stand out by their stronger adherence to monitorial roles. By their weaker attachment to political roles and weaker experience of political influences, Icelanders differ from Finns, with Norwegians in an intermediate position. The large intranational variation in both analyses suggests that in addition to media systems and national contexts, the role of different beats and positions within news organisations is crucial for understanding journalists’ perceived roles and felt influences.</p>
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In this article, we comparatively explore Nordic journalists’ perceived roles and influences on their work using survey data from the Worlds of Journalism project (2012–2016). In a European context, a principal component analysis of 18 Western and Southern European countries (N = 10,254) finds that Nordic journalists generally resemble journalists in other democratic corporatist countries, particularly by their relatively low experience of political and economic influences. Restricting the analysis to the Nordic countries (N = 3,246) finds that Swedish and Danish journalists stand out by their stronger adherence to monitorial roles. By their weaker attachment to political roles and weaker experience of political influences, Icelanders differ from Finns, with Norwegians in an intermediate position. The large intranational variation in both analyses suggests that in addition to media systems and national contexts, the role of different beats and positions within news organisations is crucial for understanding journalists’ perceived roles and felt influences.

Nordic journalists’ conceptual roles and perceived influences<break/><italic>A European and inter-Nordic comparison</italic>

Department of Information Science and Media Studies

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences

Nordicom Review

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Nordic journalists’ conceptual roles and perceived influences

In this article, we comparatively explore Nordic journalists’ perceived roles and influences on their work using survey data from the Worlds of Journalism...

Nordic journalists’ conceptual roles and perceived influencesA European and inter-Nordic comparison

Publié en ligne: 13 mai 2021

Pages: 141 - 161

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0034

Mots clés
Nordic journalists, journalistic roles, perceived influences, media systems, comparative analysis

© 2021 Jan Fredrik Hovden et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Nordic journalists’ conceptual roles and perceived influencesA European and inter-Nordic comparison

Publié en ligne: 13 mai 2021

Pages: 141 - 161

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2021-0034

Mots clésNordic journalists, journalistic roles, perceived influences, media systems, comparative analysis

© 2021 Jan Fredrik Hovden et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
Nordic journalists, journalistic roles, perceived influences, media systems, comparative analysis