@article{e74504be7dd64e83af0bda1252d8ad87,
title = "Comparing journalistic role performance across thematic beats: A 37-country study",
abstract = "Studies suggest that, at the routine level, news beats function as unique “micro-cultures.” Exploring this “particularist” approach in news content, we compare how the interventionist, watchdog, loyal, service, infotainment, and civic roles materialize across 11 thematic news beats and analyze the moderating effect of platforms, ownership, and levels of political freedom on journalistic role performance in hard and soft news. Based on the second wave of the Journalistic Role Performance (JRP) project, this article reports the findings of a content analysis of 148,474 news items from 37 countries. Our results reveal the transversality of interventionism, the strong associations of some topics and roles, and the limited reach of news beat particularism in the face of moderating variables.",
keywords = "journalism, news beats, professional roles, role performance, soft and hard news",
author = "C Mellado and M M{\'a}rquez-Ram{\'i}rez and {Van Leuven}, S and D Jackson and C Mothes and C Arcila-Calder{\'o}n and J Berthaut and N Blanchett and S Boudana and Chen, {K Y N} and N Davydov and {De Maio}, M and N Fahmy and M Ferrero and M Garc{\'e}s and L Hagen and Hallin, {D C} and Humanes, {M L} and K Himma-Kadakas and G Keel and C Kozman and A Krsti{\'c} and S Lecheler and M Lee and Lin, {C I} and M Mazzoni and Kieran Mcguinness and K McIntyre and J Mick and C Navarro and D Olivera and M Pizarro and H Silke and T Skjerdal and A St{\c e}pi{\'n}ska and G Szab{\'o} and Aguilar, {D V}",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study has been funded in Chile by the Pontificia Universidad Cat{\'o}lica de Valpara{\'i}so; in Switzerland by the Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM) at the Zurich University of Applied Studies (ZHAW); in Spain by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness. Project “Journalism models in the multiplatform context” ref. CSO2017-82816-P; in Mexico by the Division of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Excepcional Standard Grant 2019–2022; in Brazil by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient{\'i}fico e Tecnol{\'o}gico (CNPq); in Qatar by Northwestern University in Qatar; in Hungary by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office under the grant agreement no. NKFIA FK 131990; in Rwanda by the VCU College of Humanities and Sciences SEED Award, and in Canada by Mitacs, Centre d{\textquoteright}{\'e}tudes sur les m{\'e}dias, The Journalism Research Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University, and Toronto Metropolitan University. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 AEJMC.",
year = "2024",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1177/10776990231173890",
language = "English",
volume = "101",
pages = "97--126",
journal = "Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly",
issn = "1077-6990",
publisher = "Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication",
number = "1",
}