News cultures or “epistemic cultures”? Theoretical considerations and empirical data from 62 countries

Yigal Godler, Zvi Reich

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Abstract

In order to gain an understanding of journalists’ conceptions of what being factual means, the present work supplements the existing insights of journalism studies and the sociology of knowledge and philosophy with data about journalists’ beliefs regarding the importance of detached observation and reporting things as they are, spanning 62 countries (N = 18,248). In essence, our goal is to contribute to a future theoretical account of why journalists possess the beliefs that they do vis-à-vis truth-seeking and knowledge-acquisition. Data point to a significant relationship between reporters’ level of freedom and their conceptions of knowledge and reality. We discuss the implications of these findings for the debate about the possibilities of universality and context-dependence of journalistic fact-finding.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationComparing Journalistic Cultures
EditorsFolker Hanusch
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter8
Pages206-227
ISBN (Electronic)9780429344930
ISBN (Print)9780367362584, 9781032087122
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2019

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