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1 Media System Change and the Conditions for Journalistic Professionalism

2 Elements of Professionalization  Autonomy

3 Elements of Professionalization  Autonomy  Consensus on ethics and standards of practice

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5 Elements of Professionalization  Autonomy  Consensus on ethics and standards of practice distinct to the profession Similar to concept of “field autonomy” in Bourdieu’s sociology

6 Elements of Professionalization  Autonomy  Consensus on ethics and standards of practice distinct to the profession  Ideology of public service

7 Elements of Professionalization  Autonomy  Consensus on ethics and standards of practice distinct to the profession  Ideology of public service Shift from “Libertarian” to “Social Responsibility” Theory of the Press

8 Conditions for Professionalization: U.S. Case  Strong development of media markets

9 Conditions for Professionalization: U.S. Case  Strong development of media markets  Relative insulation from market mechanisms

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11 “Separation of Church and State” Separation of Business and Editorial Sides of Newspaper Separation of Opinion and News

12 Conditions for Professionalization: U.S. Case  Strong development of media markets  Relative insulation from market mechanisms  Consensus, “moderate pluralism”

13 Conditions for Professionalization: U.S. Case  Strong development of media markets  Relative insulation from market mechanisms  Consensus, “moderate pluralism”  Development of rational-legal authority

14 Conditions for Professionalization: U.S. Case  Strong development of media markets  Relative insulation from market mechanisms  Consensus, “moderate pluralism”  Development of rational-legal authority  Relative centralization of media

15 Other Contexts for The Development of Journalistic Professionalism  Northern European Press

16 Other Contexts for The Development of Journalistic Professionalism  Northern European Press Differences: Coexistence of Commercial and Party Press, less emphasis of “objectivity norm”

17 Other Contexts for The Development of Journalistic Professionalism  Northern European Press  Public Service Broadcasting

18 Other Contexts for The Development of Journalistic Professionalism  Northern European Press  Public Service Broadcasting Political structures connected with rational-legal authority are crucial

19 Other Contexts for The Development of Journalistic Professionalism  Northern European Press  Public Service Broadcasting  Communist systems?

20 Concluding Comments  Journalistic professionalism depends on structural conditions; it cannot be transferred or created in just any context

21 Concluding Comments  Journalistic professionalism depends on structural conditions  These contexts—and the forms of journalistic professionalism--vary

22 Concluding Comments  Journalistic professionalism depends on structural conditions  These contexts—and the forms of journalistic professionalism—vary  These contexts are historical—media systems change

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