摘要：This study examines the two dominant U.S. journalism models—the wat - chdog and civic-oriented professional performance—in the aftermath of the economic crises. The study, based on a content analysis of 1,421 news stories published by five national U.S. dailies, measures journalists’ role conception through a content analysis of newspaper articles, examining the concept of journalistic role performance . The findings indicate different contextualizations of the two roles: The civic journalism performance was mostly found in stories dealing with issues such as human rights, demons - trations, and religion. The watchdog model was found in stories dealing with religion as well, but was found more frequently than the civic model in sto - ries covering the government, police and crime. While the overall results indicate shifting roles of journalists toward a more civic approach, the tradi - tional watchdog role remains important in covering politics. The roles jour - nalists perform and their implications for U.S. news coverage are discussed.
关键词：Professional roles; role performance; gatekeeping theory; watchdog; civicoriented journalism; content analysis. Roles profesionales; desempeño de roles; teor...
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