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Un « gouvernement des journalistes par le Pouvoir politique » par défaut ?

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  • Matthieu Lardeau

    (CRCGM - Centre de Recherche Clermontois en Gestion et Management - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - ESC Clermont-Ferrand - École Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) - Clermont-Ferrand)

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This paper aims to discuss the interactions between two concomitant phenomena that tagged the 1950s to 1970s French press: on the one hand, the movement initiated in 1951 at Le Monde and pursued by dailies' journalists to develop and implement journalists' associations ("Société de journalistes" or "Société de rédacteurs") inside the newsroom to run – on their own or in association with newspaper management – newsrooms and newspapers (editorial content, and business policy to some extent); and, on the other hand, the responses to this growing movement by public authorities (both political and administrative) who aimee to contain the demands for more independence and power by journalists. This exploratory study is based on the analysis of two kinds of literature too often neglected by academics despite their great richness: (1) professional literature mainly authored by journalists involved in management duties, and managers of printing presses (Perier Daville, Boegner, Pigasse, etc.), a flourishing literature since 1944, and more particularly during the 1960s and 1970s; (2) the grey literature that encompasses public reports like those produced by the Prime Minister's Office (Lindon (1970) and Serisé (1972) commissions), and the Conseil economique et social, etc. Our main results show that propositions and actions advanced by journalists and members of the news media: (1) remain largely unexploited by the profession and political authorities despite their innovation and effectiveness; (2) are regularly contained or blocked by political and public authorities who intend to maintain their ruling power over the press and journalism; (3) and that journalism-representative organizations and dominant journalists invariably uphold containment positions to limit journalists' empowerment in management and newspaper governance. Consequently, most journalistic representatives agree - politics govern their profession.

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  • Matthieu Lardeau, 2013. "Un « gouvernement des journalistes par le Pouvoir politique » par défaut ?," Post-Print halshs-01290901, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01290901
    DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2160.8325
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