Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

List of Contributors.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Field Theory as a work in Progress - Rodney Benson and Erik Neveu.

PART I: THEORETICAL ORIENTATIONS.

Chapter 2 The Political Field, The Social Science Field, and the Journalistic Field - Pierre Bourdieu.

Chapter 3 The Double Dependency: The Journalistic Field Between Politics and Markets - Patrick Champagne.

Chapter 4 Sub-Fields of Specialized Journalism - Dominique Marchetti.

PART II: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES.

Chapter 5 Mapping Field Variation: Journalism in France and the United States - Rodney Benson.

Chapter 6 The Contaminated Blood Scandal: Reframing Medical News - Patrick Champagne and Dominique Marchetti.

Chapter 7 Economic Journalism in France - Julien Duval.

Chapter 8 Media Consercration of the Political Order - Eric Durras.

Chapter 9 Channeling into the Journalistic Field: Youth Activism and the Media Justice Movement - Eric Klinenberg.

PART III : CRITICAL REFLECTIONS.

Chapter 10 Bourdieu, the Frankfurt School and Cultural Studies: On Some Misunderstandings - Erik Neveu.

Chapter 11 Autonomy from What? - Michael Schudson.

Chapter 12 Two Approaches to Comparative Media Research: Field Theory and Differentiation Theory - Daniel C. Hallin.

Select Bibliography.

Index

About the Author

Rodney Benson teaches at New York University.

Erik Neveu is affiliated with the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Rennes.

Reviews

"The French sociologist is already making a significant impact in media studies and his approach, as illustrated in this volume, represents one of the most sophisticated sociological approaches to journalism research."
British Journal of Sociology

"These excellent detailed studies, when combined with a very clear introductory essay by Benson and Neveu, and an accessible, previously untranslated 1995 lecture by Bourdieu himself make this without question an important and useful volume."
Theory and Society "A concise and thought-provoking starting point for the further scholarly and public discussion of the structural limitations as well as potential for change inherent in contemporary journalism."
Social Anthropology "Bourdieu and the Journalistic Field places journalism squarely back in the sociological imagination. Deftly examining the intersections journalism cohabits with politics, economics, education, and activism, it uses the work of Bourdieu to consider journalism as a sociological phenomenon. Required reading for those who want to better understand modern journalism in complex societies."
Barbie Zelizer, University of Pennsylvania "Timely and informative, this book builds a valuable bridge between social theory and journalism. Bourdieu opens up analysis of the journalistic field, but the contributors to this volume also improve our understanding of how to put Bourdieu’s sociological approach to work."
Craig Calhoun, New York University "The book is a valuable contribution to the formation and development of the field theory of journalism."
Anna Horolets, Warsaw School of Social Psychology