Organizing independence : negotiations between journalism and management in news organizations / Elena Raviola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raviola, Elena, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the press--Europe.

Freedom of the press.

Journalism--Objectivity.

Journalism.

Mass media--Political aspects.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

"This revealing book goes behind the scenes of normative principles of media independence to investigate how that independence is actually practiced and realized in everyday working life. Taking an ethnographically rich journey through European news organizations, Elena Raviola exposes the diverse and complex ways in which the ideal of independence is upheld, and at the same time inevitably betrayed, in the organizational life of media companies. Elena Raviola presents a distinct organizational analysis of media independence throughout the book, offering a close study of three news organizations in Europe - the largest Italian financial newspaper Il Sole-24 Ore, the largest Swedish regional newspaper company Stampen and the French pioneer online-only news website Rue89. In each of them, the implications of digitalization on their practices of independence is explored and analyzed. The book ultimately sheds light on how digital technologies are practically reshaping democratic principles such as media independence, while being embedded in the existing organizational and professional structures of democratic societies. Organizing Independence will enrich the reader's understanding of media independence in practice, beyond the normative principles, and so will be a key reference point for researchers in management and organization studies, media studies and anyone interested in the future of media"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Is media independence under threat?

2. Around the Chinese wall: Separating news and money

3. Independence through expansion: Making news for profit

4. Entrepreneurial journalism and the dream of a new independence: Making money for the news

5. Reframing the new independence: Making money for news?

6. Compromising in the name of independence

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Raviola, Elena Organizing Independence

ISBN:

9781802200379