The influence of local culture on the ideology of Samoan journalism (2013)
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University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Media and Communication and Journalism
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Abstract
Much research implicitly suggests that journalism values arise from culturally removed organizational structures and shared occupational training. Further, few studies examine the perspective of journalism from both audiences and journalists. These omissions are important given the essentiality of mutually constructed and culturally embedded normative behaviours within journalism. This research examines audiences and journalists in Samoa, a country purposefully selected as a recently independent, post-colonial, country that relies upon a very traditional, shared national identity for it’s relatively nascent identificatory cohesion. This study aims to gain a better understanding of how local culture can set parameters and expectations for journalism; how journalists negotiate culture into their own professional ideology; and how audiences understand journalism within a cultural context.
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Kenix, L.J. (2013) The influence of local culture on the ideology of Samoan journalism. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Conference on Humanities, Culture and Sociality (ICSCH), 15-16 Jun 2013.This citation is automatically generated and may be unreliable. Use as a guide only.
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culture; journalism; audience; journalist; hierarchy of influences theoryANZSRC Fields of Research
19 - Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing::1903 - Journalism and Professional Writing::190399 - Journalism and Professional Writing not elsewhere classified47 - Language, communication and culture::4701 - Communication and media studies::470108 - Organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication
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