Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018
This article addresses the question of whether and how sourcing practices of journalistic news media have been transformed by online-first publishing and the hybridisation of the media system. Focusing on four Finnish news outlets from 1999 to 2018 (a daily newspaper, a news agency, a tabloid, and a...
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| description | This article addresses the question of whether and how sourcing practices of journalistic news media have been transformed by online-first publishing and the hybridisation of the media system. Focusing on four Finnish news outlets from 1999 to 2018 (a daily newspaper, a news agency, a tabloid, and a public broadcaster), we analyse the essential gatekeeping practice of giving voice to actors by quoting them directly or indirectly. According to our data, the hybrid media context does not lead to an increased diversification of sources. Instead, our analysis indicates a concentration and consolidation of sources across different news outlets: a continued elite source dominance in domestic political news. This development we term institutional alignment, suggesting that, by foregrounding elite sources, the news media seeks to maintain both its gatekeeping function and its key position in networks of power. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-62cdf310280e4a3cad9a61a3e1f829562025-02-02T15:48:50ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192024-03-0145s119321510.2478/nor-2024-0013Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018Seuri Olli0Koivunen Anu1Levola Henna2Mäkelä Eetu3Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, FinlandSchool of History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Turku, FinlandFaculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, FinlandDepartment of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki, FinlandThis article addresses the question of whether and how sourcing practices of journalistic news media have been transformed by online-first publishing and the hybridisation of the media system. Focusing on four Finnish news outlets from 1999 to 2018 (a daily newspaper, a news agency, a tabloid, and a public broadcaster), we analyse the essential gatekeeping practice of giving voice to actors by quoting them directly or indirectly. According to our data, the hybrid media context does not lead to an increased diversification of sources. Instead, our analysis indicates a concentration and consolidation of sources across different news outlets: a continued elite source dominance in domestic political news. This development we term institutional alignment, suggesting that, by foregrounding elite sources, the news media seeks to maintain both its gatekeeping function and its key position in networks of power.https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0013news mediasourcing practicesgiving voicegatekeepingnordic model |
| spellingShingle | Seuri Olli Koivunen Anu Levola Henna Mäkelä Eetu Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018 Nordicom Review news media sourcing practices giving voice gatekeeping nordic model |
| title | Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018 |
| title_full | Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018 |
| title_fullStr | Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018 |
| title_short | Enduring elites in quoted sources: Institutional alignment in Finnish media, 1999–2018 |
| title_sort | enduring elites in quoted sources institutional alignment in finnish media 1999 2018 |
| topic | news media sourcing practices giving voice gatekeeping nordic model |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0013 |
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