“It’s complicated” : cognitive dissonance and the evolving relationship between editorial and advertising in US newsrooms

• Main Authors: Duffy, Andrew, Cheng, Lydia
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Journalism; Advertising
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155227
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Editorial and commercial functions in news organizations operate under conflicting values which dictate their separation lest commercial interests influence editorial decision-making. Yet this historic partition is challenged by the deterioration of the old advertiser-sponsored business model. The r...