“Det ligger inte riktigt i rollen att du pratar” : en kvalitativ intervjustudie om allmänreportrars erfarenheter av att bevaka olycksplatser
(2023) JOUK10 20222Journalism
- Abstract
- A reporter is often required to report from different types of accidents, and this could be traumatic experiences. At the same time, a journalist is the only person who operates at these scenes without professional training in meeting persons in a state of shock. In the field of crisis coverage, there is much to learn regarding what consequences this will bring to the individual reporting from various accidents.
This bachelor thesis includes eight in-depth interviews with reporters working at local newspapers. The aim is to examine the reporter's ability to justify their role in crisis coverage when working from scenes of accidents as a part of their working environment based on the theory of sensemaking.
The results of the... (More) - A reporter is often required to report from different types of accidents, and this could be traumatic experiences. At the same time, a journalist is the only person who operates at these scenes without professional training in meeting persons in a state of shock. In the field of crisis coverage, there is much to learn regarding what consequences this will bring to the individual reporting from various accidents.
This bachelor thesis includes eight in-depth interviews with reporters working at local newspapers. The aim is to examine the reporter's ability to justify their role in crisis coverage when working from scenes of accidents as a part of their working environment based on the theory of sensemaking.
The results of the interviews show that experiences differ between the reporters, but all share similar norms on how a reporter is expected to act. A reporter is, as shown in previous studies, not expected to express emotions while reporting about emotions. However, the interviews showed that talking to others about experiences from scenes of accidents was important for all the reporters interviewed, although the type of person talked to varied. This means that if reporters are not given the opportunity to debrief experiences, it could, in the long term, lead to a situation where reporters are not able to justify for themselves their professional tasks during crisis coverage. (Less)
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- author
- Isaksson, Anna LU and Birgander, Olivia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- JOUK10 20222
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- crisis, reporter, journalism, sensemaking, working environment, crisis coverage, trauma coverage.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9105771
- date added to LUP
- 2023-01-24 08:58:55
- date last changed
- 2023-01-24 08:58:55
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abstract = {{A reporter is often required to report from different types of accidents, and this could be traumatic experiences. At the same time, a journalist is the only person who operates at these scenes without professional training in meeting persons in a state of shock. In the field of crisis coverage, there is much to learn regarding what consequences this will bring to the individual reporting from various accidents.
This bachelor thesis includes eight in-depth interviews with reporters working at local newspapers. The aim is to examine the reporter's ability to justify their role in crisis coverage when working from scenes of accidents as a part of their working environment based on the theory of sensemaking.
The results of the interviews show that experiences differ between the reporters, but all share similar norms on how a reporter is expected to act. A reporter is, as shown in previous studies, not expected to express emotions while reporting about emotions. However, the interviews showed that talking to others about experiences from scenes of accidents was important for all the reporters interviewed, although the type of person talked to varied. This means that if reporters are not given the opportunity to debrief experiences, it could, in the long term, lead to a situation where reporters are not able to justify for themselves their professional tasks during crisis coverage.}},
author = {{Isaksson, Anna and Birgander, Olivia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{“Det ligger inte riktigt i rollen att du pratar” : en kvalitativ intervjustudie om allmänreportrars erfarenheter av att bevaka olycksplatser}},
year = {{2023}},
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