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Just Who Do Canadian Journalists Think They Are? Political Role Conceptions in Global and Historical Perspective

In view of the robust link often inferred between autonomous journalism and the strength of a society's democratic institutions, and against the background of current challenges to journalists’ traditional roles as purveyors of timely and independent information, we interviewed 352 Canadian jou...

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Published in:Canadian journal of political science 2019-09, Vol.52 (3), p.461-477
Main Authors: Rollwagen, Heather, Shapiro, Ivor, Bonin-Labelle, Geneviève, Fitzgerald, Lindsay, Tremblay, Lauriane
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Audiences
Autonomy
Business
Canadians
Democracy
English language
French language
Influence
Investigations
Journalism
Journalists
Neutrality
News
News media
Politics
Public interest
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Social networks
State role
Surveillance
Tolerance
Trade
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