Crumbled autonomy : Czech journalists leaving the Prime
Minister's newspapers

J 2022

Crumbled autonomy : Czech journalists leaving the Prime Minister's newspapers

WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka a Johana KOTIŠOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Crumbled autonomy : Czech journalists leaving the Prime Minister's newspapers

Autoři

WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka a Johana KOTIŠOVÁ

Vydání

European Journal of Communication, London, SAGE Publications, 2022, 0267-3231

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50801 Journalism

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.400

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/22:00125542

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Press ownership; journalistic professional autonomy; workplace autonomy; post-socialist media system

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 9. 2. 2023 12:27, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

In 2013, the Czech-Slovak businessman Andrej Babiš decided to widen the scope of his activities by buying the Czech media house, Mafra. He was also pursuing a political career and in 2017 became Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Both the purchase and the political ascent of the new owner have contributed to the departure of many journalists from the two national newspapers in the Mafra Group. The journalists left in waves that corresponded to the stages of Babiš's takeover and the gradual tightening of his grip on the newsrooms, and their departure has done fatal damage to the reputation of Mafra newspapers. Through 10 in-depth interviews with some of the journalists who left, this case study charts the disintegration of the newsrooms to assess the decline of journalistic autonomy within the oligarchized media systems of central and eastern Europe. We aim to identify the point at which the erosion of workplace autonomy becomes unacceptable for media professionals and when the situation becomes inconsistent with their professional identities. The findings suggest that the gradual erosion of journalistic autonomy, caused mainly by changes in the organization's culture, led journalists first to accommodate to the changes and later to leave.

Přiložené soubory

Crumbled_autonomy.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka a Johana KOTIŠOVÁ. Crumbled autonomy : Czech journalists leaving the Prime Minister's newspapers. European Journal of Communication. London: SAGE Publications, 2022, roč. 37, č. 5, s. 529-544. ISSN 0267-3231. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221082242.

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WASCHKOVÁ CÍSAŘOVÁ, Lenka a Johana KOTIŠOVÁ. Crumbled autonomy : Czech journalists leaving the Prime Minister's newspapers. \textit{European Journal of Communication}. London: SAGE Publications, 2022, roč.~37, č.~5, s.~529-544. ISSN~0267-3231. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1177/02673231221082242.

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