Socio-critical proposal to investigate journalistic cultures from the analysis of "Worlds of Journalism Study" (2012-2015)

Abstract

We introduce some methodological proposals to study journalistic cultures, and we analyze the questions asked to the journalists in the Worlds of Journalism Study (2012-2015); to articulate a socio-critical perspective to investigate journalistic cultures. From the levels proposed by Hanitzsch (2007): cognitive, performative and evaluative; and with the intention of transcending the perspective they provide and which limits the study of journalistic cultures to the search for previously defined professional profiles, instead of deepening the factors that define journalistic cultures (Martínez Nicolás, 2015); we propose five dimensions of analysis to investigate journalistic cultures: 1) Sociolabor conditions of journalists; 2) Modes of production and work methodologies; 3) The relationship between the media with companies and government; 4) Functions of journalistic information in the life of citizens; 5) Use of the journalistic information by citinzery.