Annenberg Professor Barbie Zelizer Publishes Article for Critical Studies in Media Communication

Monday, January 07, 2008

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Barbie Zelizer, Ph.D., the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, published an article titled On “Having Been There”: as a Journalistic Key Word in the publication Critical Studies in Media Communication, Vol. 24, No. 5, December 2007, pp. 408 – 428.

Abstract

This article tracks the evolution of “eyewitnessing” as a journalistic key word. It argues that three dimensions have helped establish eyewitnessing as a way to understand journalism – the eyewitness as report, eyewitness as role, and eyewitness as technology. These dimensions have functioned as different carriers of meaning about journalism over time, establishing a seemingly consensual understanding of journalism and journalistic practice while strengthening journalism’s claim to authority in questionable circumstances.