Step 1: Content analysis of newspapers, based on operationalization models recently developed in journalism studies, in order to reveal references to particular role conceptions in news content. Step 2: Standardized online survey among the authors of the analyzed articles, in order to investigate their own conceptions of their professional role and of their level of autonomy.

Method instrument

Analysis of content - standardized

five Swiss newspapers: Blick, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Matin, Le Temps, Corriere del Ticino

two constructed news weeks per newspaper and per year

14 issues per newspaper and per year x 5 newspapers x 2 years = 140 issues one-time collection research team at University of Fribourg

Method instrument

Standardised interviews - by mail

journalists having written at least 5 articles in the analyzed newspapers

All journalists meeting the criterium mentioned above will be invited by e-mail to participate in the survey.

one-time collection research team at University of Fribourg

Journalistic Role Performance around the Globe: Switzerland

Methods

Method description

Method (instruments)

Method instrument

Population, unit of observation

Participant selection or sampling method (census, random sampling, other sampling method (specify))

Other significant comments

Method instrument

Population, unit of observation

Participant selection or sampling method (census, random sampling, other sampling method (specify))

Other significant comments