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<p>This article examines the changes in cultural journalism in newspapers with regard to its dual field structure. The influence of media organizations’ policies on professionalist dualism is discussed based on the results of a quantitative content analysis over the period 1978–2008 and semi-structured theme interviews with the heads of the culture departments of major Finnish dailies. The results indicate that culture departments have developed their own news production, with increased managerial control and the strengthening of the journalistic paradigm, whereas opinionated journalism, including criticism, is increasingly outsourced. The culture departments thus aspire to sustain a balance between the professional paradigms related to field-hybridity, which creates a distinct structural formalism in this specialized type of journalism and makes its evolution over time relatively stable.</p>
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This article examines the changes in cultural journalism in newspapers with regard to its dual field structure. The influence of media organizations’ policies on professionalist dualism is discussed based on the results of a quantitative content analysis over the period 1978–2008 and semi-structured theme interviews with the heads of the culture departments of major Finnish dailies. The results indicate that culture departments have developed their own news production, with increased managerial control and the strengthening of the journalistic paradigm, whereas opinionated journalism, including criticism, is increasingly outsourced. The culture departments thus aspire to sustain a balance between the professional paradigms related to field-hybridity, which creates a distinct structural formalism in this specialized type of journalism and makes its evolution over time relatively stable.

Diversity through Dualism: The Balancing Principle as an Organizational Strategy in Culture Departments of Newspapers

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This article examines the changes in cultural journalism in newspapers with regard to its dual field structure. The influence of media organizations’ policies...

Diversity through Dualism: The Balancing Principle as an Organizational Strategy in Culture Departments of Newspapers

Published Online: Mar 13, 2020

Page range: 89 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0106

Keywords
cultural journalism, art criticism, reviews, professionalism, specialization, newspapers

© 2013 Maarit Jaakkola, published by Sciendo

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

Diversity through Dualism: The Balancing Principle as an Organizational Strategy in Culture Departments of Newspapers

Published Online: Mar 13, 2020

Page range: 89 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0106

Keywordscultural journalism, art criticism, reviews, professionalism, specialization, newspapers

© 2013 Maarit Jaakkola, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
cultural journalism, art criticism, reviews, professionalism, specialization, newspapers