Ranging from ‘distantly informing citizens’ to ‘cultivating fans’ to ‘coping with troublemakers’, the first presentation of this panel outlines 11 forms of audience relationships journalists can maintain, as well as ways in which emotion and different audiences influence journalistic role performance. The rest of the panel covers the role of infotainment journalism in the Arab world, the interconnection of local and international journalists in Nairobi, and how a rapidly changing media landscape impacted journalism in Iceland, resulting in greater emphasis on traditional journalistic roles.
Emotions play a role now, too: How affective relationship practices expand traditional role enactment in journalists’ audience-relationships: Presenter(s): Julius Reimer, Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI)
Exploring the factors associated with infotainment journalistic role performance: Evidence from five Arab countries’ news media: Presenter(s): Hossam Elhamy, College of Communication & Media Sciences, Zayed University Rasha El-Ibiary, Future University in Egypt
Feeding off each other: Journalistic role negotiations between local and foreign reporters in Nairobi: Presenter(s): Cecilia Arregui Olivera, Aarhus University
Icelandic journalists: Emphasizing classic journalistic roles but under increasing economic pressure: Presenter(s): Valgerður Jóhannsdóttir, University of Iceland, Jón Gunnar Ólafsson, University of Iceland. Additional Authors: Birgir Guðmundsson, professor University of Akureyri
