Journalistic Role Performance around the Globe: Switzerland

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Méthodes

Méthode de collecte

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.

Modes de collecte

Univers de référence, unité de recherche

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

Sélection ou échantillonnage

two constructed news weeks per newspaper and per year

Autres précisions significatives

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

Univers de référence, unité de recherche

journalists having written at least 5 articles in the analyzed newspapers

Sélection ou échantillonnage

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

Autres précisions significatives

one-time collection research team at University of Fribourg