When facts, truth, and reality are God‐terms: on journalism's uneasy place in cultural studies
2004; Routledge; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/1479142042000180953
ISSN1479-4233
Autores Tópico(s)Philippine History and Culture
ResumoAbstract This article tracks the uneasy coexistence of journalism and cultural studies, arguing that the tensions between the two fields have worked to mutual disadvantage. The article suggests that rethinking the ways in which journalism and its inquiry might be made a more integral part of cultural studies could constitute a litmus test of sorts for cultural studies. Figuring out how to embrace journalism's god‐terms of facts, truth, and reality alongside its own regard for subjectivity and construction could help move cultural studies into further degrees of maturation as a field. Keywords: JournalismCultural StudiesPolitics of InquiryNews Notes Barbie Zelizer, a former journalist, is the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. Correspondence to: Barbie Zelizer, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. 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