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<p>This article investigates the concept of autonomy within the journalistic institution. A review of the literature reveals that journalist autonomy is restricted at the political, economic and organisational levels of news production, negotiated at the editorial level, and exercised at the level of practice. The article addresses the limits of professional autonomy, aiming for a wider contextualisation of the question to analyse the factors that restrict and enable journalistic autonomy. By investigating journalistic autonomy within the duality of structure, the analysis finds that autonomy is attained when journalists engage in the recursive reproduction of the institution. The level of autonomy enjoyed by journalists therefore remains a fluid concept that is continually adjusted to manage the daily task of reporting the news.</p>
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This article investigates the concept of autonomy within the journalistic institution. A review of the literature reveals that journalist autonomy is restricted at the political, economic and organisational levels of news production, negotiated at the editorial level, and exercised at the level of practice. The article addresses the limits of professional autonomy, aiming for a wider contextualisation of the question to analyse the factors that restrict and enable journalistic autonomy. By investigating journalistic autonomy within the duality of structure, the analysis finds that autonomy is attained when journalists engage in the recursive reproduction of the institution. The level of autonomy enjoyed by journalists therefore remains a fluid concept that is continually adjusted to manage the daily task of reporting the news.

Journalistic Autonomy: Between Structure, Agency and Institution

Nordicom Review

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This article investigates the concept of autonomy within the journalistic institution. A review of the literature reveals that journalist autonomy is...

Journalistic Autonomy: Between Structure, Agency and Institution

Published Online: Mar 13, 2020

Page range: 155 - 166

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0111

Keywords
autonomy, institution, journalism, professionalism, structuration

© 2013 Helle Sjøvaag, published by Sciendo

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

Journalistic Autonomy: Between Structure, Agency and Institution

Published Online: Mar 13, 2020

Page range: 155 - 166

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2013-0111

Keywordsautonomy, institution, journalism, professionalism, structuration

© 2013 Helle Sjøvaag, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
autonomy, institution, journalism, professionalism, structuration