Trends and transformations within cultural journalism: a case study of newsmagazine Visão.

Authors

  • Marisa Torres da Silva CIMJ; FCSH/NOVA
  • Dora Santos Silva FCSH/NOVA/UT Austin; CIMJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS842014811

Keywords:

Cultural journalism, lifestyle journalism, newsmagazine, case study

Abstract

In the last ten years, the configuration of cultural journalism, regarding editorial and business models, has undergone profound changes. Nowadays, it cannot be separable from the context of cultural and creative industries, which requires a redefinition and expansion of the field, reinforcing its complexity, broadness and heterogeneity (Rivera, 2003). The emergence of more consumer-driven formats within journalism broadly speaking (Fürsich, 2012) is thus transforming cultural journalism into a continuum between culture, lifestyle and consumption (Kristensen, 2010), challenging existing definitions of cultural journalism as a distinct journalistic object (Kristensen & From, 2012). In this article, we intended to verify whether the identified trends are present in the Portuguese press media environment, using a newsmagazine (Visão) and its supplement (Visão Sete) as a case study. Combining quantitative (content analysis) and qualitative methodological approaches (interviews and discourse analysis), we stated that while Visão Sete is the clear example of the contemporary approach to culture as a service and a consumer good related to lifestyle, the culture section of the newsmagazine conveys a classic (and somewhat reductive) approach to culture, primarily related to artistic manifestations – which lead us to infer that nowadays newspapers and magazines are still looking for its position regarding cultural journalism.

Author Biographies

Marisa Torres da Silva, CIMJ; FCSH/NOVA

Postdoctoral researcher in Communication Sciences/Journalism (CIMJ/FCSH/NOVA) and guest lecturer at New University of Lisbon, Portugal (FCSH/NOVA).

Dora Santos Silva, FCSH/NOVA/UT Austin; CIMJ

PhD Fellow in Digital Media at Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa / University of Texas in Austin (UT Austin | Portugal CoLab) and invited lecturer at Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade Nova de Lisboa. CIMJ researcher.

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Published

2014-11-12

How to Cite

Torres da Silva, M., & Santos Silva, D. (2014). Trends and transformations within cultural journalism: a case study of newsmagazine Visão. Observatorio (OBS*), 8(4). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS842014811

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Articles

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