REVIEW: Contradiction, paradox and ambiguity
The term ‘international news’ is illustrative of the conflicted nature of journalism. At one and the same time it is well understood and meaningful—and anachronistic in a global era. There is a tendency in many quarters to shy away from addressing an inherent instability in journalism, and instead b...
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| description | The term ‘international news’ is illustrative of the conflicted nature of journalism. At one and the same time it is well understood and meaningful—and anachronistic in a global era. There is a tendency in many quarters to shy away from addressing an inherent instability in journalism, and instead bemoan the demise of the foreign correspondent, the symbolic ‘man [invariably a man] in gray flannel’ (Cohen, 1963, p. 17) who determined what was worth knowing about the world: a highly-privileged élite among élites. The expiration of the legend can be posited as the demise of journalism writ large. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48b16bad48934dbcaedf83bb8c802ca22022-12-21T20:07:43ZengAsia Pacific NetworkPacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352012-10-0118210.24135/pjr.v18i2.276REVIEW: Contradiction, paradox and ambiguityMichael BromleyThe term ‘international news’ is illustrative of the conflicted nature of journalism. At one and the same time it is well understood and meaningful—and anachronistic in a global era. There is a tendency in many quarters to shy away from addressing an inherent instability in journalism, and instead bemoan the demise of the foreign correspondent, the symbolic ‘man [invariably a man] in gray flannel’ (Cohen, 1963, p. 17) who determined what was worth knowing about the world: a highly-privileged élite among élites. The expiration of the legend can be posited as the demise of journalism writ large.https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/276foreign correspondenceglobalisationinternational journalisminternational relations |
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