Cite: Anderson. C.W. and Michael Schudson (2008). “News Production and Organizations: Professionalism, Objectivity, and Truth Seeking.” Handbook of Journalism Studies. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Thomas Hanitzsch, eds. (Lawrence Erlbaum, ICA Handbook Series)

Abstract: The field of journalism studies and the subfield of sociology that examines professionalization and professional systems—the sociology of the professions—have coexisted in a state of mutual indifference for decades. Few of the classic professional studies in the sociology of professions hazard even a guess as to journalism’s professional status. This chapter examines the overlapping histories of these two academic fields.

Objectivity, Professionalism, and Truth Seeking in Journalism