Politics of Crisis: Threatening and Defending Journalistic Expertise—A Processual Account
Antony A, Steets S, Pfadenhauer M (2022)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2022
Journal
Book Volume: 45
Pages Range: 541-569
Journal Issue: 4
DOI: 10.1002/symb.598
Open Access Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.598
Abstract
In this article, we argue for making the frequently invoked notion of “crises of journalism” itself the proper subject of sociological analysis. Based on a case study of a public controversy over an adversarial TV interview with a well-known politician on Austria's public service broadcaster ORF, we provide an analysis of the practical use of crisis claims in metajournalistic discourse. Drawing on ethnomethodology, interactionism, and situational analysis and suggesting the discursive trajectory as an analytic tool, we show that crisis accounts serve as an instrument of politicizing journalistic expertise, i.e., as a discursive strategy of mobilizing heterogeneous actors to impose interpretations of how journalism ought to be.
Authors with CRIS profile
Alexander Antony
Institut für Soziologie
Silke Steets
Lehrstuhl für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Soziologische Theorie
Involved external institutions
Austria (AT)How to cite
APA:
Antony, A., Steets, S., & Pfadenhauer, M. (2022). Politics of Crisis: Threatening and Defending Journalistic Expertise—A Processual Account. Symbolic Interaction, 45(4), 541-569. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/symb.598
MLA:
Antony, Alexander, Silke Steets, and Michaela Pfadenhauer. "Politics of Crisis: Threatening and Defending Journalistic Expertise—A Processual Account." Symbolic Interaction 45.4 (2022): 541-569.
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