ABSTRACT

This exploratory study examines the roles journalists rely on when covering social justice topics and what these role conceptions reveal about emotion and self expression values in news production. This article builds on Herbert Gans’ definition of what news is, discursive understandings of journalistic performance, and emotion in news to understand and operationalize journalists’ understandings of how their roles and reporting practices shape news coverage of social justice topics. Findings from qualitative interviews with journalists suggest that journalists that cover social justice topics seek to guide, motivate, and inspire audiences by utilizing emotion in the stories they choose to cover. Interview data shows that emotion and emotional labor are important components of the production of social justice news. This article adds to theoretical and practical understandings of how journalists who cover social justice topics discursively construct their professional roles, and how emotions contribute to a contemporary understanding of journalism and news.

摘要

这项探索性研究调查了记者在报道社会正义话题时所依赖的角色，以及这些角色概念揭示了新闻制作中的情感和自我表达价值。本文基于赫伯特·甘斯（Herbert Gans）对新闻是什么的定义，对新闻工作者表现的话语理解以及新闻中的情感，来理解和实施新闻工作者对他们的角色和报道方式如何影响社会正义主题的新闻报道的理解。从对记者进行的定性采访中发现，涉及社会正义主题的记者试图通过利用他们选择报道的故事中的情感来引导，激励和启发观众。访谈数据显示，情感和情感劳动是社会正义新闻产生的重要组成部分。