Journalism studies’ systematic pursuit of irrelevance: How research emphases sabotage critiques of corporate-run news media

Yigal Godler

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Abstract

A sociological truism is that institutional structure always has some social consequences. Consider the following examples of institutional structure: a kibbutz (or a collective) organises social life in some ways and not in others, as does a business enterprise. On the assumption that the social sciences seek to understand why society is organised in some ways and not in others, social scientists will have to at least consider the explanatory potential of some institutional structures. Since empirical questions cannot be prejudged, perhaps no institutional explanation will be up to the task of explaining this or that social phenomenon. However, assuming
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTHE PROPAGANDA MODEL TODAY: Filtering Perception and Awareness
EditorsJoan Pedro-Carañana, Daniel Broudy, Jeffery Klaehn
PublisherUniversity of Westminster Press
Pages37-52
Number of pages16
Volume8
ISBN (Print)9781912656165
StatePublished - 2018

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