Diversity through Dualism: The Balancing Principle as an Organizational Strategy in Culture Departments of Newspapers
| Mar 13, 2020
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Published Online: Mar 13, 2020
Page range: 89 - 98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0106
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Average Length of Texts 1978–2008
| 1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average story length (in characters) | 2360 | 2394 | 2279 | 2148 | 2167 | 2097 | 1691 |
| Average length of reviews (in characters) | 3596 | 3213 | 2916 | 2686 | 2620 | 2689 | 2005 |
| Average length of news (in characters) | 2389 | 2310 | 1982 | 1498 | 1749 | 1598 | 1542 |
Coverage of Artistic Disciplines 1978–2008 (N=texts)
| 1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | Mean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | % | |
| Literature | 105 | 15.2 | 161 | 21.3 | 133 | 16.3 | 107 | 14.4 | 128 | 15.3 | 180 | 18.7 | 251 | 25.3 | 18.1 |
| Classical music | 138 | 20.0 | 147 | 19.4 | 158 | 19.4 | 141 | 19.0 | 147 | 17.6 | 121 | 12.6 | 100 | 10.1 | 16.9 |
| Theatre | 85 | 12.3 | 91 | 12.0 | 91 | 11.2 | 91 | 12.2 | 95 | 11.4 | 97 | 10.1 | 93 | 9.4 | 11.2 |
| Fine arts | 74 | 10.7 | 82 | 10.8 | 101 | 12.4 | 98 | 13.2 | 97 | 11.6 | 99 | 10.3 | 90 | 9.1 | 11.2 |
| Film | 56 | 8.1 | 45 | 6.0 | 49 | 6.0 | 49 | 6.6 | 81 | 9.7 | 90 | 9.3 | 132 | 13.3 | 8.4 |
| Popular music | 24 | 3.5 | 32 | 4.2 | 36 | 4.4 | 21 | 2.8 | 45 | 5.4 | 80 | 8.3 | 97 | 9.8 | 5.5 |
| Cultural politics | 53 | 7.7 | 76 | 10.1 | 57 | 7.0 | 63 | 8.5 | 36 | 4.3 | 53 | 5.5 | 52 | 5.2 | 6.9 |
| Other | 155 | 22.5 | 122 | 16.1 | 191 | 23.4 | 173 | 23.3 | 207 | 24.8 | 243 | 25.2 | 178 | 17.9 | 21.9 |
Coverage of Articles (%) Written by the Various Types of Journalists by Genres 1978–2008
| 1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | Mean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelancers | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Cultural journalists | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 16.1 | 6.7 |
| Journalists from other departments | 8.8 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 6.6 |
| No signature | 86.6 | 88.0 | 89.5 | 87.3 | 69.4 | 82.4 | 76.2 | 82.2 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Freelancers | 56.0 | 53.7 | 61.1 | 60.5 | 79.1 | 66.5 | 69.9 | 63.8 |
| Cultural journalists | 35.3 | 31.2 | 30.9 | 29.1 | 14.5 | 26.0 | 23.9 | 27.3 |
| Journalists from other departments | 8.2 | 15.2 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 5.4 | 8.7 |
| No signature | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Freelancers | 21.4 | 23.1 | 27.6 | 31.4 | 34.7 | 28.8 | 26.5 | 27.6 |
| Cultural journalists | 14.3 | 17.5 | 18.3 | 20.6 | 19.1 | 20.8 | 24.7 | 19.3 |
| Journalists from other departments | 9.0 | 10.4 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 7.3 | 5.2 | 8.0 |
| No signature | 55.3 | 49.0 | 48.1 | 39.3 | 36.8 | 43.1 | 43.6 | 45.0 |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Coverage of Genres 1978–2008 (N=texts)
| 1978 | 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | Mean | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | % | |
| Review | 184 | 26.7 | 230 | 30.4 | 262 | 32.1 | 258 | 34.8 | 235 | 28.3 | 266 | 27.7 | 259 | 26.1 | 29.4 |
| News | 320 | 46.4 | 309 | 40.8 | 345 | 42.3 | 305 | 41.1 | 340 | 40.9 | 421 | 43.8 | 403 | 40.7 | 42.3 |
| Other commentary |
49 | 7.1 | 62 | 8.2 | 70 | 8.6 | 65 | 8.8 | 76 | 9.1 | 80 | 8.3 | 95 | 9.6 | 8.5 |
| Person feature | 20 | 2.9 | 31 | 4.1 | 30 | 3.7 | 44 | 5.9 | 47 | 5.7 | 52 | 5.4 | 65 | 6.6 | 4.9 |
| Feature | 87 | 12.6 | 96 | 12.7 | 82 | 10.1 | 58 | 7.8 | 95 | 11.4 | 117 | 12.2 | 86 | 8.6 | 10.8 |
| Other | 30 | 4.3 | 29 | 3.8 | 26 | 3.2 | 12 | 1.6 | 38 | 4.6 | 25 | 2.6 | 83 | 8.4 | 4.1 |