Pub Date : 2021-10-21DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197550342.003.0002
Matt Carlson, Sue Robinson, S. Lewis
This chapter examines the political and media environment during the presidency of Donald Trump. The first half considers how various political forces aligned to provide an opening for Trump. This includes the polarization of the voting public and a hardening of political identity. These conditions, in connection with global political trends, enabled a right-wing populist movement. The second half of the chapter considers the journalistic context, with an emphasis on how increasing media choice and new intermediaries like social media platforms altered how news circulates and who gets to speak. These structural shifts are coupled with long-running trends pointing to declining trust in journalism, a growing partisan divide in how journalists are viewed, and a questioning of how various communities are represented in the news. On top of all this, the news industry has struggled to develop sustainable digital business models, leading to fewer resources for reporting.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-21DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197550342.003.0007
Matt Carlson, Sue Robinson, S. Lewis
This chapter draws from across the book to make a case for how journalism can move forward. To rebuild its relevance, the journalistic community needs to adapt to a changed media culture in which its centrality is no longer guaranteed. When journalism becomes just one voice among others, it becomes necessary to question whether long-standing objectivity norms hamper its ability to make judgments and act morally. Journalists must turn toward relationship-building to establish the necessary trust and legitimacy to pursue the institutional production of news knowledge. However, fixing journalism cannot be done merely from within journalism; media consumers must support their news outlets. A serious appraisal of the systemic patterns that enabled this moment means looking more constructively at what journalism can become by confronting reporting patterns that turn people away from the news.
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