The people have spoken (the bastards?) : finding a legitimate place for feedback in the journalistic field

• Main Authors: Duffy, Andrew, Ling, Rich, Tandoc Jr., Edson C.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Autonomy; Bourdieu; DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80897; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48149
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bourdieu’s field theory presents a distinction between the autonomy of a field and the heteronomity of the fields that surround and potentially encroach on it. Journalism is one such field which attempts to maintain its autonomy in the face of change imposed from beyond its boundaries. This paper lo...