What journalism feels like: Considering the body of the journalist

Authors

Mark Deuze
Laura Glitsos, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Author Identifier

Laura Glitsos: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2576-6371

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Journalism and Media

Volume

5

Issue

4

First Page

1851

Last Page

1865

Publisher

MDPI

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

76533

Comments

Deuze, M., & Glitsos, L. (2024). What journalism feels like: Considering the body of the journalist. Journalism and Media, 5(4), 1851-1865. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia5040112

Abstract

All journalists have bodies. This commonsensical fact acquires more currency every day as the work of reporters and editors becomes automated, robotized, and taken over by (generative) artificial intelligence. The embodied nature of news work matters, not in the least because of the personal attachment practitioners have to what journalism is, or should be. However, in the rich history of journalism studies, bodily perspectives are remarkably absent—beyond descriptions of journalists as sociodemographic profiles. In this essay, we explore various theoretical frameworks to bring the body back into the study and practice of journalism. In our argument, we apply the insights gained from this exercise to address the well-documented gap between what journalists feel their work should be—and the reality of what their work is actually like.

DOI

10.3390/journalmedia5040112

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