This article proposes the concept of ‘cultures of accountability’ as a way to think about the intersection between media, accountability and popular reality. Noting concerns regarding the emergence of accountability as a cultural keyword, I identify schisms in the deliberation of accountability between an ‘administrative’ and ‘redactive’ formation and explore their interaction and coexistence. Building a bridge between the public administration, journalism studies, media studies and cultural studies literatures, the article posits a more complicated picture of the operation of the ‘media’ in accountability debates and invites analysis and discussion of the communicative and discursive conditions of accountability. Journalistic discourse and practice forms not only a site of encounter between different cultures of accountability but also a forum for discussion of cultural expectations surrounding accountability. Critically revisiting the ‘watchdog’ conception of the news media, the article argues for approaches to journalism open to the yoking of public administration, media accountability and cultural studies approaches and greater awareness of different cultures of accountability.
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Defining who is a journalist is now fraught with difficulty and may well be impossible. The digital revolution has made it possible for anyone with a smart phone to create journalism-like content without necessarily adhering to any of the accepted formal conventions of journalism. Any legal definition that uses that approach is fraught with difficulty, and risks including people who should probably not be covered by the law, or ruling out those who should. This article proposes a novel approach, by considering journalism as a formalized process for gathering, organizing and presenting information according to recognized standards and ethics. Such an approach could form the centrepiece of a Media Freedom Act, and give the industry incentive to respond with a system of voluntary certification that could identify those people who understand and apply those standards and ethics, and whose work would thus deserve the protection of the law.
{"title":"Defining journalism: How a new approach to a definition could revolutionize media freedom","authors":"P. Greste","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00116_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00116_7","url":null,"abstract":"Defining who is a journalist is now fraught with difficulty and may well be impossible. The digital revolution has made it possible for anyone with a smart phone to create journalism-like content without necessarily adhering to any of the accepted formal conventions of journalism. Any legal definition that uses that approach is fraught with difficulty, and risks including people who should probably not be covered by the law, or ruling out those who should. This article proposes a novel approach, by considering journalism as a formalized process for gathering, organizing and presenting information according to recognized standards and ethics. Such an approach could form the centrepiece of a Media Freedom Act, and give the industry incentive to respond with a system of voluntary certification that could identify those people who understand and apply those standards and ethics, and whose work would thus deserve the protection of the law.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44135475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
There is a conflict between the general principle of the Australian Press Council concerning the separation of news from comment and the editorial policy of News Corporation (News Corp) which allows its journalists to mix the two so that readers might see what the newspaper’s view is on the matter being reported. This article argues that this policy is a crucial part of the machinery that enables the Murdoch press to prosecute feuds, intimidate politicians and engage in hyper-partisan campaigning without regard for truth or consequences. It further argues that the Press Council is compromised in dealing with it by its reliance on News Corp as the single biggest provider of its funding. The argument is reinforced by the Council’s incapacity to answer straightforward questions about how it accommodates the conflict between its principle and News Corp’s policy.
{"title":"News Corp’s policy on the separation of news and comment contradicts a core Press Council principle","authors":"D. Muller","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00114_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00114_7","url":null,"abstract":"There is a conflict between the general principle of the Australian Press Council concerning the separation of news from comment and the editorial policy of News Corporation (News Corp) which allows its journalists to mix the two so that readers might see what the newspaper’s view is on the matter being reported. This article argues that this policy is a crucial part of the machinery that enables the Murdoch press to prosecute feuds, intimidate politicians and engage in hyper-partisan campaigning without regard for truth or consequences. It further argues that the Press Council is compromised in dealing with it by its reliance on News Corp as the single biggest provider of its funding. The argument is reinforced by the Council’s incapacity to answer straightforward questions about how it accommodates the conflict between its principle and News Corp’s policy.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45227304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Review of: Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era, Andrea Baker and Usha Manchanda Rodrigues (eds) (2022) London: Taylor & Francis Group, 224 pp., ISBN 978-1-03211-552-8, h/bk, USD 252 ISBN 978-1-00322-041-1, p/bk, USD 73.99 ISBN 978-1-00077-104-6, e-book, USD 60.29
{"title":"Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era, Andrea Baker and Usha Manchanda Rodrigues (eds) (2022)","authors":"J. Gleave","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00124_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00124_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era, Andrea Baker and Usha Manchanda Rodrigues (eds) (2022)\u0000 London: Taylor & Francis Group, 224 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-1-03211-552-8, h/bk, USD 252\u0000 ISBN 978-1-00322-041-1, p/bk, USD 73.99\u0000 ISBN 978-1-00077-104-6, e-book, USD 60.29","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45437244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Review of: The Journalism Manifesto, Barbie Zelizer, Pablo J. Boczkowski and Christopher W. Anderson (2022) Cambridge: Polity Press, 122 pp., ISBN 978-1-50954-263-5, h/bk, AUD 72.95 ISBN 978-1-50954-264-2, p/bk, AUD 20.95 ISBN 978-1-50954-265-9, e-book, AUD 16.99
{"title":"The Journalism Manifesto, Barbie Zelizer, Pablo J. Boczkowski and Christopher W. Anderson (2022)","authors":"C. Fisher","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00122_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00122_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: The Journalism Manifesto, Barbie Zelizer, Pablo J. Boczkowski and Christopher W. Anderson (2022)\u0000 Cambridge: Polity Press, 122 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-1-50954-263-5, h/bk, AUD 72.95\u0000 ISBN 978-1-50954-264-2, p/bk, AUD 20.95\u0000 ISBN 978-1-50954-265-9, e-book, AUD 16.99","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49029028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Review of: Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War, Chrisanthi Giotis (2022) New York: Oxford University Press, 296 pp., ISBN 978-0-19756-579-7, h/bk, GBP 64.00 ISBN 978-0-19756-580-3, p/bk, GBP 19.99 ISBN 978-0-19756-582-7, e-book, AUD 31.75
{"title":"Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War, Chrisanthi Giotis (2022)","authors":"C. Murrell","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00126_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00126_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Borderland: Decolonizing the Words of War, Chrisanthi Giotis (2022)\u0000 New York: Oxford University Press, 296 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-19756-579-7, h/bk, GBP 64.00\u0000 ISBN 978-0-19756-580-3, p/bk, GBP 19.99\u0000 ISBN 978-0-19756-582-7, e-book, AUD 31.75","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42253577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This research project deployed one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with news editors in Perth, Western Australia, to evaluate journalism courses and student employability across the five Perth-based universities that teach journalism (Edith Cowan, Murdoch, Curtin, University of Western Australia [UWA] and Notre Dame universities). The 2022 interviews were undertaken with a view to compare and contrast the results to similar interviews published in 2014. The findings indicate that industry practitioners still think universities are typically the best place to teach journalism, and that students are highly competent in digital technologies. However, there is concern about the current state of graduate general and civil knowledge. Other trends include a growing sense that journalism students should be given training in public relations foundations and, additionally, that most editors would like to be involved with university curriculums. A major difference was an awareness during interviews in 2022 that tertiary staff cuts and financial pressures complicate the maintenance of high standards.
{"title":"Revisiting news editors’ evaluation of journalism courses and graduate employability","authors":"T. Cullen, Laura Glitsos, Andrea Burns","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00119_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00119_1","url":null,"abstract":"This research project deployed one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with news editors in Perth, Western Australia, to evaluate journalism courses and student employability across the five Perth-based universities that teach journalism (Edith Cowan, Murdoch, Curtin, University of Western Australia [UWA] and Notre Dame universities). The 2022 interviews were undertaken with a view to compare and contrast the results to similar interviews published in 2014. The findings indicate that industry practitioners still think universities are typically the best place to teach journalism, and that students are highly competent in digital technologies. However, there is concern about the current state of graduate general and civil knowledge. Other trends include a growing sense that journalism students should be given training in public relations foundations and, additionally, that most editors would like to be involved with university curriculums. A major difference was an awareness during interviews in 2022 that tertiary staff cuts and financial pressures complicate the maintenance of high standards.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47772517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article illustrates how news podcasts are playing a productive role in animating democracy in Australia. Drawing on findings from an exploratory online survey, it highlights how audiences view news podcasts as an important enabler of their participation in democratic life, and that news podcast listeners are likely to engage in both latent and manifest forms of political action. It also indicates that news podcast listeners are discerning media consumers, and that news podcasts are valued for reasons of both convenience and content. With limited prior research into the relationship between podcast listening and civic engagement, this article provides evidence for how this relatively new podcast genre is prized for its ability to enhance democratic life in Australia. It also problematizes the notion of trust in audio news, signalling a key avenue for further research examining the interplay between traditional markers of journalistic authority and more emotional styles of podcast journalism storytelling.
{"title":"Democratic listening: News podcasts, trust and political participation in Australia","authors":"Dylan Bird","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00120_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00120_7","url":null,"abstract":"This article illustrates how news podcasts are playing a productive role in animating democracy in Australia. Drawing on findings from an exploratory online survey, it highlights how audiences view news podcasts as an important enabler of their participation in democratic life, and that news podcast listeners are likely to engage in both latent and manifest forms of political action. It also indicates that news podcast listeners are discerning media consumers, and that news podcasts are valued for reasons of both convenience and content. With limited prior research into the relationship between podcast listening and civic engagement, this article provides evidence for how this relatively new podcast genre is prized for its ability to enhance democratic life in Australia. It also problematizes the notion of trust in audio news, signalling a key avenue for further research examining the interplay between traditional markers of journalistic authority and more emotional styles of podcast journalism storytelling.","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43868358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Review of: Newsroom–Classroom Hybrids at Universities: Student Labor and the Journalism Crisis, Gunhild Ring Olsen (2022) New York: Routledge, 197 pp., ISBN 978-0-36736-316-1, h/bk, AUD 218.40 ISBN 978-0-36751-756-4, p/bk, AUD 65.59 ISBN 978-0-42934-526-5, e-book, AUD 59.19
评论：《新闻室-大学课堂混合：学生劳动与新闻危机》，Gunhild Ring Olsen（2022），纽约：Routledge，197页，ISBN 978-0-36736-316-1，h/bk，218.40 AUD，ISBN 78-0-36751-756-4，p/bk，65.59 AUD，978-0-42934-526-5，电子书，59.19 AUD
{"title":"Newsroom–Classroom Hybrids at Universities: Student Labor and the Journalism Crisis, Gunhild Ring Olsen (2022)","authors":"M. Newman","doi":"10.1386/ajr_00127_5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ajr_00127_5","url":null,"abstract":"Review of: Newsroom–Classroom Hybrids at Universities: Student Labor and the Journalism Crisis, Gunhild Ring Olsen (2022)\u0000 New York: Routledge, 197 pp.,\u0000 ISBN 978-0-36736-316-1, h/bk, AUD 218.40\u0000 ISBN 978-0-36751-756-4, p/bk, AUD 65.59\u0000 ISBN 978-0-42934-526-5, e-book, AUD 59.19","PeriodicalId":36614,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journalism Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45203956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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