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Community, Culture, and Change: Negotiating Identities in an Appalachian Newsroom

Zempter, Christina M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1534324628842816

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Communication Studies (Communication).
Newsrooms have long been communicative spaces in which journalists negotiate various roles and identities, define professional values, debate coverage practices, and interpret events. Such spaces are increasingly significant as journalists adapt to a changing media landscape and respond to public perceptions reflected in such narratives as the characterization of responsible journalism as “fake news.” But publishers are increasingly downsizing newsrooms and outsourcing critical functions to free-lancers or editing and design hubs. In an effort to explore the costs associated with shrinking newsrooms, I spent nearly three months observing journalists in the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail newsroom and interviewing them about their experiences. I found that newsroom interactions were central to journalists’ socialization into their shared professional, organizational, and geographic communities and to their negotiation of shifting demands related to digital technologies and audience expectations.
Devika Chawla, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Laura Black, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Benjamin Bates, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Hans Meyer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
294 p.
Communication; Journalism; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Organizational Behavior
Newsroom Ethnography; Community Journalism; Socialization; Newsroom Culture; Charleston Gazette-Mail

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  • Zempter, C. M. (2018). Community, Culture, and Change: Negotiating Identities in an Appalachian Newsroom [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1534324628842816

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zempter, Christina. Community, Culture, and Change: Negotiating Identities in an Appalachian Newsroom. 2018. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1534324628842816.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zempter, Christina. "Community, Culture, and Change: Negotiating Identities in an Appalachian Newsroom." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1534324628842816

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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