ABSTRACT

This article investigates the way Swedish cultural journalists from press, radio and television perceive the core and boundaries of their sub-field at a time when digitalisation and “journalistification” blur them even more. It draws on 27 in-depth interviews with cultural journalists that have worked in the field since the 1980s. What is defined as cultural journalism has expanded since the inclusion of popular culture in its mandate in the early 1990s. Despite this, cultural journalists at different media share similar understandings of their remit, even if self-identification with current practices varies somewhat by generation. The study shows how cultural journalists defend and negotiate the boundaries towards debate and opinion, and news and entertainment journalism. Cultural journalists experience pressure by management to be relevant, newsworthy and “clickable”. Especially press respondents felt that cultural debates have become increasingly indistinguishable from societal debates, due to their visibility in the digital flow. How cultural journalists negotiate boundaries with entertainment and news desks varies somewhat depending on the media organisation. Boundary challenges appear through new genres related to liveness, personality-orientation and societal debate, all of which may conflict with the central task of cultural journalism—to provide in-depth reflection and expertise-based analysis.

抽象的

本文研究了瑞典新闻界，广播电台和电视台的文化记者在数字化和“新闻化”使他们变得更加模糊的时候，如何看待其子领域的核心和边界。自1980年代以来，该领域对在该领域工作的文化记者进行了27次深度访谈。自从1990年代初期将流行文化纳入其使命以来，定义为文化新闻业的文化已经扩展。尽管如此，即使不同时代的自我认同有所不同，不同媒体的文化记者也对其职权有着相似的理解。该研究表明，文化新闻工作者如何捍卫和谈判辩论和舆论以及新闻和娱乐新闻业的界限。文化新闻工作者在管理层的压力下必须与时俱进，具有新闻价值和“可点击”。尤其是新闻界的受访者认为，由于文化辩论在数字流中的知名度，它们与社会辩论变得越来越难以区分。文化记者如何与娱乐和新闻服务台谈判界限，具体取决于媒体组织。通过与生活，个性取向和社会辩论相关的新类型出现边界挑战，所有这些都可能与文化新闻的中心任务相冲突，以提供深入的反思和基于专业知识的分析。文化记者如何与娱乐和新闻服务台谈判界限，具体取决于媒体组织。通过与生活，个性取向和社会辩论相关的新类型出现边界挑战，所有这些都可能与文化新闻的中心任务相冲突，以提供深入的反思和基于专业知识的分析。文化记者如何与娱乐和新闻服务台谈判界限，具体取决于媒体组织。通过与生活，个性取向和社会辩论相关的新类型出现边界挑战，所有这些都可能与文化新闻的中心任务相冲突，以提供深入的反思和基于专业知识的分析。