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Radical Journalism à la française. Between Differenciation and Stigma

Résumé

Focusing on the case of French radical journalists, this chapter has several objec7ves. A:er recalling the specific context of repoli7ciza7on of the journalis7c field in France, under the influence of digital media, it focuses on the condi7ons that allow for certain journalists to break with the professional ideology of neutrality-objec7vity. In a second step, our analysis specifies why this break is par7al. Indeed, our interviewees remain aEached to the journalis7c deontology as the basis of their professional legi7macy. They specify the func7on of journalism against the compe7ng figures of the 'automedia' and the 'editorialist' Finally, they are aware that commiEed and radical journalism is a label or a s7gma that can reinforce the mistrust toward them by the poli7cal and media elites.

Introduc6on

In France, the dominant pole of the journalisJc field (Bourdieu, 1994) has been strongly impacted by neoliberal governmentality (Foucault, 2004). Indeed, from the 1980s onwards, the major newspapers, such as Le Monde and LibéraJon, underwent a process of depoliJcizaJon (Juhem, 2001). Neutrality became the normaJve horizon of the profession, in a country where journalism was historically engaged and poliJcized (Neveu, 2001). At the same Jme, journalists became increasingly precarious and were subjected to intense compeJJon for material but also symbolic resources such as the 'press card'. The aZribuJon of this card is supposed to disJnguish professional journalists, who are meant to respect deontological norms such as rigor, accuracy, integrity, fairness, imparJality and objecJvity, from other media workers, outsiders, radicals or militants. Thus, the press card funcJons as a mechanism of symbolic recogniJon of the profession -and therefore exclusion of media perceived as non-mainstream.

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hal-04702487 , version 1 (19-09-2024)

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Laurent Thiong-Kay, Nikos Smyrnaios. Radical Journalism à la française. Between Differenciation and Stigma. Radical Journalism Resurgence, Reform, Reaction, 2023, 9781032115672. ⟨hal-04702487⟩
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