Papers by Angela Phillips
The landscape in which journalists now work is substantially different to that of the twentieth c... more The landscape in which journalists now work is substantially different to that of the twentieth century. The rise of digital and social media necessitates a new way of considering the ethical questions facing practicing journalists, and this volume aims to consider the various individual, cultural, and institutional influences that have an impact on journalistic ethics today. This book of essays is a useful provocation on a subject that has had far less consideration in the academy than it deserves, writes Angela Phillips.
Old Sources: New Bottles
New Media, Old News: Journalism & Democracy in the Digital Age
The question of who journalists speak to, how they obtain information, how they evaluate it and w... more The question of who journalists speak to, how they obtain information, how they evaluate it and whose stories they choose to repeat is critical to any examination of the changing role of the news media. The purpose of this chapter is to consider whether the existence of the internet with its proliferation of sources and criss-crossing inter-connected networks, is changing the way in which information is gathered and assessed, whether it is changing the power relationships between those who have always had privileged access to journalists and members of less authoritative organisations, or indeed members of the public, and how it is impacting on journalists themselves and their sense of their own public place.
The Agenda-Setting Role of Newspapers in the UK 2017 Elections
Political Communication in Britain, 2018
In the aftermath of the 2017 election there has been speculation about the likely impact of inter... more In the aftermath of the 2017 election there has been speculation about the likely impact of internet news sources and social media on the turn-out and the results. Headlines in the left-leaning Guardian and Independent both suggested that the election results, with an unexpected swing away from the Conservatives, demonstrated that the Conservative tabloid press had lost its power. However a closer examination of the media coverage, alongside the specific coverage of the campaign issues and the characteristics of the turn-out for the parties, suggests that, just a year after their successful referendum campaign, it is too soon to write off the power of the Tory press.
The British Right-Wing Mainstream and the European Referendum
News on the Right, 2019
This chapter examines the 2016 Brexit campaign as a window into how the right-wing establishment ... more This chapter examines the 2016 Brexit campaign as a window into how the right-wing establishment press in the United Kingdom influences the country’s broad political agenda. The chapter demonstrates how right-wing news cultures of the tabloid press played a crucial agenda-setting role in the European referendum debate. The right-wing press exploited the Remain/Leave dichotomy and the BBC’s notion of “strategic balance” to frame the debate within discursive limits set by the conservative elite. The result further undermined trust in British broadcasting, while largely excluding organized labor from the referendum debate. This chapter also provides comparative fodder for scholars of right-wing news in the US context, as the EU referendum in many ways replicated the structural conditions that underpin the two-party horse race coverage common in US mainstream political reporting.
Professional autonomy in an age of corporate interests
The Routledge Companion to Journalism Ethics, 2021
Communication, Culture & Critique, 2010
The end of trust in mainstream media
The Trouble With Boys: A Wise And Sympathetic Guide To The Risky Business Of Raising Sons
Introduction * The Trouble With Power Boys in Trouble * Whatever Happened To My Sweet Baby? In th... more Introduction * The Trouble With Power Boys in Trouble * Whatever Happened To My Sweet Baby? In the Beginning There Are Babies Mother, Its Hell Out There: Turning Boys into Men The Gateway to Adulthood: Freedom and Risk * All Men Of Woman Born Where Do Mothers Come From? The Making of Mother Power The Breaking of Mother Power * Fathers And Sons Where Do Fathers Come From? Good Enough Fathers Fathers Holding Cracked Mirrors * The Power of Peers Into the Madding Crowd Secondary Pecking Orders Taking Power
Our bodies ourselves : a health book by and for women
Should Journalists be Educated to Hold Power to Account or Simply Trained to Fulfill the Requirements of the Market
The Journal of International Communication, 2006
If audiences lose their trust in news then journalism will lose its place at the heart of cultura... more If audiences lose their trust in news then journalism will lose its place at the heart of cultural life.Already this trust is eroding.As sensationalism takes the place of reporting,audiences in the Western democracies are turning away from the news media.If trust is to be re-gained in the West,and fostered in the newly emerging markets,then journalism has to learn how to balance style with substance.That job has to start within journalism education and,if education is to have a role to play in producing journalists who see themselves as moral actors,rather than merely as mould fillers,this has to start with a project to educate the educators.
Futures of journalists: low paid piece workers or global brands?
Much of what journalism scholars thought they knew about gatekeeping―about how it is that news tu... more Much of what journalism scholars thought they knew about gatekeeping―about how it is that news turns out the way it does―has been called into question by the recent seismic economic and technological shifts in journalism. These shifts come with new kinds of gatekeepers, new routines of news production, new types of news organizations, new means for shaping the news, and new channels of news distribution. Given these changing realities, some might ask: does gatekeeping still matter? In this internationally-minded anthology of new gatekeeping research, contributors attempt to answer that question. Gatekeeping in Transition examines the role of gatekeeping in the twenty-first century from organizational, institutional, and social perspectives across digital and traditional media, and argues for its place in contemporary scholarship about news and journalism.
Boys Will Be Men
Self & Society
The case for media degrees
British Journalism Review
It is hard to imagine a convention of book publishers getting together to bemoan the very existen... more It is hard to imagine a convention of book publishers getting together to bemoan the very existence of degrees in English Literature on the grounds that they don't teach sub-editing skills and are therefore of no use to grad-uates wanting to enter publishing. Yet that seems to be the ...
Can Trust in Traditional News Media Explain Cross-National Differences in News Exposure of Young People Online?
Digital Journalism
An Ethical Deficit? Accountability, Norms, and the Material Conditions of Contemporary Journalism
Book Review: Peace Journalism
Global Media and Communication, 2006
'Could Peace Journalism have helped prevent the Rwandan genocide'? In a sense this is w... more 'Could Peace Journalism have helped prevent the Rwandan genocide'? In a sense this is what Peace Journalism sets out to explore. The book addresses issues that student journalists (and indeed professionals) need to consider if they are to be reflexive practitioners of their ...
Who Spoke and Who Was Heard in the Cartoons debate?
An analysis of the coverage of the Danish Muhammad cartoons affair provided a useful opportunity ... more An analysis of the coverage of the Danish Muhammad cartoons affair provided a useful opportunity to examine how editors made use of their right to publish and the degree to which they responded to the opportunity to invite the public to engage in rational discussion (Habermas 1996). ...
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Speed and quality used to be considered the twin pillars of ''good'' journalism. Now there is a t... more Speed and quality used to be considered the twin pillars of ''good'' journalism. Now there is a third pillar: sociability. It is no longer enough to be ''first with the news'', nor is it sufficient to be comprehensive and trustworthy. It is now increasingly considered necessary to ensure that news is produced in a form that is capable of spreading virally. This paper considers the way in which ''viral'' transmission is impacting on the work of news journalists and news organisations.
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