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The “Hierarchy of Credibility” among Economic Experts: Journalists’ Perceptions of Experts with Varying Institutional Affiliations
Journalism Practice ( IF 2.328 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-05 , DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2021.1910985
Timo Harjuniemi 1
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ABSTRACT

Economic journalism is dependent on journalists working closely with expert sources to produce factual and nonpartisan news and analyses about economic policy. Thus, the experts routinely used in economic journalism wield power when defining the economic reality and the possibilities for policy-making. Building on 19 semi-structured interviews with Finnish economic and political journalists and a questionnaire survey conducted among journalists (N = 42), this article contributes to the existing literature on journalism practice and economic expertise by analysing how journalists perceive the credibility of various economic experts. The article draws from literature on the “hierarchy of credibility” concept and argues that journalists regard experts working for government authorities and research institutes as more credible than economic experts employed by, for example, private banks. The article argues that while a “hierarchy of credibility” exists among economic expert groups, it is difficult to make clear-cut demarcations between objective expertise and advocacy in economic journalism. Such results highlight the need for nuanced analyses on the role of economic expertise in journalism practice and in public life.



中文翻译:

经济专家的“信誉等级”:记者对不同机构专家的看法

摘要

经济新闻依赖于记者与专家来源的密切合作,以产生真实的、无党派的新闻和关于经济政策的分析。因此,在定义经济现实和政策制定的可能性时,通常用于经济新闻的专家会发挥作用。基于对芬兰经济和政治记者的 19 次半结构化采访以及在记者中进行的问卷调查(N = 42),本文通过分析记者如何看待各种经济专家的可信度,为现有的新闻实践和经济专业文献做出了贡献。这篇文章借鉴了有关“可信度等级”概念的文献,并认为记者认为为政府机构和研究机构工作的专家比私人银行雇佣的经济专家更可信。文章认为,虽然经济专家组之间存在“可信度等级”,但很难在经济新闻中的客观专业知识和宣传之间做出明确的划分。这些结果强调了对经济专业知识在新闻实践和公共生活中的作用进行细致分析的必要性。

更新日期:2021-04-05
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