The American Journalist in the Digital Age: How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States

Lars Willnat; David H. Weaver; G. Cleveland Wilhoit

doi:10.1080/1461670X.2017.1387071

The American Journalist in the Digital Age: How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States

Lars Willnat, David H. Weaver, G. Cleveland Wilhoit

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

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Abstract

This paper reports findings from a 2013 survey of 1080 US journalists and a 2014 survey of 1230 US citizens, focusing on their views of traditional journalism roles and the performance of journalism in the United States. The study finds significant differences in how journalists and the public evaluate news media performance and journalistic roles. It also finds that news consumption and social media use predict stronger support for traditional journalistic roles among journalists and citizens.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-19
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journalism Studies
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1387071
State	Accepted/In press - Oct 27 2017

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Willnat, L., Weaver, D. H., & Wilhoit, G. C. (Accepted/In press). The American Journalist in the Digital Age: How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States. Journalism Studies, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1387071

The American Journalist in the Digital Age : How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States. / Willnat, Lars; Weaver, David H.; Wilhoit, G. Cleveland.

In: Journalism Studies, 27.10.2017, p. 1-19.

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Willnat, L, Weaver, DH & Wilhoit, GC 2017, 'The American Journalist in the Digital Age: How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States', Journalism Studies, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1387071

Willnat L, Weaver DH, Wilhoit GC. The American Journalist in the Digital Age: How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States. Journalism Studies. 2017 Oct 27;1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1387071

Willnat, Lars ; Weaver, David H. ; Wilhoit, G. Cleveland. / The American Journalist in the Digital Age : How journalists and the public think about journalism in the United States. In: Journalism Studies. 2017 ; pp. 1-19.

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