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Article: National news cultures: A comparison of Dutch, German, British, Australian, and U.S. journalists
- Article from:
- Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Spring 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This paper compares the main data findings of a survey among Dutch journalists with results from recent projects in more or less similar countries: Germany, Great Britain, Australia, and the United States. The paper critically discusses existing published cross-national research. The cross-national comparison is used as a means to describe and interpret a national news culture of journalists using The Netherlands as a case study.
Introduction
Studies about journalists have been a core feature of the social sciences, especially in the latter half of the twentieth century.2 These have offered insights into and theories of the profession and the place it claims in society.2 Although such ...