Rethinking Constructive Journalism by Means of Service Journalism
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Rethinking Constructive Journalism by Means of Service Journalism. / From, Unni; Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard.
In: Journalism Practice, Vol. 12, No. 6, 10.05.2018, p. 714-729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Rethinking Constructive Journalism by Means of Service Journalism
AU - From, Unni
AU - Kristensen, Nete Nørgaard
PY - 2018/5/10
Y1 - 2018/5/10
N2 - This article argues that constructive journalism scholarship should look to service journalism and its subfields, cultural journalism and lifestyle journalism, to understand the key characteristics of this newer type of journalism. Though constructive journalism is typically associated with the reporting of political and social issues, it is also seen to challenge the traditional ways of writing about such hard news topics due to its positive and solution-oriented approach. In this respect, constructive journalism seems to reuse some of the approaches known from service journalism, especially in terms of audience address and an expanded social role for journalists. However, service journalism emerged in the increasingly commercialized and globalized media landscape of the post-World War II period, whereas constructive journalism has emerged in the digital media landscape of the 2010s. These historical contexts provide particular circumstances for both types of journalism.
AB - This article argues that constructive journalism scholarship should look to service journalism and its subfields, cultural journalism and lifestyle journalism, to understand the key characteristics of this newer type of journalism. Though constructive journalism is typically associated with the reporting of political and social issues, it is also seen to challenge the traditional ways of writing about such hard news topics due to its positive and solution-oriented approach. In this respect, constructive journalism seems to reuse some of the approaches known from service journalism, especially in terms of audience address and an expanded social role for journalists. However, service journalism emerged in the increasingly commercialized and globalized media landscape of the post-World War II period, whereas constructive journalism has emerged in the digital media landscape of the 2010s. These historical contexts provide particular circumstances for both types of journalism.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Constructive journalism
KW - cultural journalism
KW - hard news
KW - lifestyle journalism
KW - service journalism
KW - soft news
U2 - 10.1080/17512786.2018.1470475
DO - 10.1080/17512786.2018.1470475
M3 - Journal article
VL - 12
SP - 714
EP - 729
JO - Journalism Practice
JF - Journalism Practice
SN - 1751-2786
IS - 6
ER -
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