TY - JOUR
T1 - Between language support and activism: A complementary journalistic function among European minority-language newspeople
AU - Zabaleta, Iñaki
AU - Xamardo, Nicolás
AU - Gutierrez, Arantza
AU - Urrutia, Santi
AU - Fernandez, Itxaso
AU - Ferré, Carme
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - This article outlines the extent to which journalists working in European minority-language media believe that their journalistic role within the community is strictly professional or alternatively should incorporate a complementary function as language supporters or activists. A weighted and reasonably representative survey of 230 journalists from 10 European minority-language communities (Basque, Catalan, Galician, Corsican, Breton, Frisian, Irish, Welsh, Scottish-Gaelic, and Sámi) indicates that journalists favour a journalistic professional activity which incorporates a role as language-backing actors. This may underlie the idea of a contextual approach to the concept of journalism. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
AB - This article outlines the extent to which journalists working in European minority-language media believe that their journalistic role within the community is strictly professional or alternatively should incorporate a complementary function as language supporters or activists. A weighted and reasonably representative survey of 230 journalists from 10 European minority-language communities (Basque, Catalan, Galician, Corsican, Breton, Frisian, Irish, Welsh, Scottish-Gaelic, and Sámi) indicates that journalists favour a journalistic professional activity which incorporates a role as language-backing actors. This may underlie the idea of a contextual approach to the concept of journalism. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
KW - European minority-language journalists
KW - Journalism functions
KW - Language support
U2 - 10.1080/14616700903290668
DO - 10.1080/14616700903290668
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 190
EP - 208
JO - Journalism Studies
JF - Journalism Studies
SN - 1461-670X
IS - 2
ER -