Despite attempts to reinvigorate studies of materiality in Journalism Studies, research has often failed to move beyond a narrow application of actor-network theory focused on the affordances of digital objects of journalism. As a result, journalism studies has missed a productive opportunity to consider the emotional, cultural and aesthetic potential of object-oriented study. This article makes the case for focusing on how objects of journalism are felt, experienced and are otherwise culturally situated. Drawing on cultural studies, we advocate for a rethinking of materialism to more expansively reckon with the affective and emotional dimensions of journalism. Further, we develop Schudson’s (2015) theory of ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ objects to include a third category: ‘unexpected objects’ of journalism. These objects, such as art on newsroom walls, news media merchandise, and daily ephemera, often have little directly to do with newsmaking processes, yet play an important affective role in journalism.

尽管试图重振新闻学研究中的重要性研究，但研究往往未能超越侧重于新闻数字对象提供者的参与者网络理论的狭窄应用。结果，新闻学研究错过了考虑面向对象研究的情感，文化和美学潜力的生产性机会。本文着重探讨新闻对象如何感觉，经历和如何定位文化氛围。在文化研究的基础上，我们主张重新思考唯物主义，以更广泛地考虑新闻的情感和情感层面。此外，我们发展了舒德森（2015）关于“硬”和“软”客体的理论，以包括第三类：新闻业的“意外客体”。这些对象，例如新闻编辑室墙上的艺术品，