A reality check: How journalists' role perceptions impact their implementation of the objectivity norm

Journalism

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-42

  Skovsgaard, Morten ^a   Albæk, Erik ^a   Bro, Peter ^a   De Vreese, Claes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

journalism; journalists; objectivity; professionalism; public service; role perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874482306     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884912442286     Document Type: Review

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