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Attributing responsibility: The case of young journalists working in Romania

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  • Nicoleta-Elena APOSTOL

    (University of Bucharest)

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In the midst of the unpredictability affecting the journalistic field, journalists and academics alike advance explanations for the current state of affairs and, in a more direct or indirect manner, attribute responsibilities. The aim of this article is to examine how responsibility is assigned when young journalists are brought into discourse. The data is extracted from 22 semi-structured interviews with women journalists that had been active in the Romanian national press, and the analysis is structured by the principles of the Discursive Action Model (DAM). The framework is suitable for determining the discursive devices through which factuality is constructed and, thus, how responsibility is allocated. The results show how in some instances young journalists are made responsible for some of the troubles in the journalistic field, while other actors are absolved or there is a concealment of responsibility altogether.

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  • Nicoleta-Elena APOSTOL, 2016. "Attributing responsibility: The case of young journalists working in Romania," Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies – Universitatea din Bucuresti, Facultatea de Jurnalism si Stiintele Comunicarii, issue 2-3, pages 22-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:foj:journl:y:2016:i:2-3:p:22-30
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    Keywords

    Young journalists; responsibility attribution; discourse.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination

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