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Thomas Hanitzsch
Researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Publications - 132
Citations - 5429
Thomas Hanitzsch is an academic researcher from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Journalism & Technical Journalism. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 129 publications receiving 4389 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas Hanitzsch include University of Zurich & Cardiff University.
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Explaining Journalists’ Trust in Public Institutions Across 20 Countries: Media Freedom, Corruption and Ownership Matter Most (Top 1 Faculty Paper, Also Featured in Virtual Conference)
Thomas Hanitzsch,Rosa Berganza +1 more
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Comparing Journalistic Cultures Across Nations
Folker Hanusch,Thomas Hanitzsch +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a range of methodological and logistical challenges persist in existing comparative studies of journalism, and a special introduction to the special i.i.d. problem is presented.
Mapping journalism cultures across nations : a comparative study of 18 countries
Thomas Hanitzsch,Folker Hanusch,Claudia Mellado,Maria Anikina,Rosa Berganza,Incilay Cangoz,Mihai Coman,Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada,María Elena Hernández,Christopher D. Karadjov,Sonia Virgínia Moreira,Peter G. Mwesige,Patrick Lee Plaisance,Zvi Reich,Josef Seethaler,Elizabeth A. Skewes,Dani Vardiansyah Noor,Edgar Kee Wang Yuen +17 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted a survey of 1800 journalists from 18 countries and found that detachment, non-involvement, providing political information and monitoring the government are considered essential journalistic functions around the globe.
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Setting the Agenda, Influencing Public Opinion, and Advocating for Social Change: Determinants of journalistic interventionism in 21 countries
TL;DR: This article found that journalists are more likely to embrace an interventionist role when they were more strongly motivated by the value of cultural and social values, and that journalists were more willing to intervene in society when they work in public media organizations and in countries with restricted political freedom.
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Journalism studies still needs to fix Western bias
TL;DR: The authors argue that despite successful efforts to internationalize the field in terms of quantity, journalism studies is still struggling with the consequences of a continued Western hegemony in the way we approach and understand journalism on a global scale.