%0 Journal Article %1 reese_roots_2001 %A Reese, S. D. %A Ballinger, J. %D 2001 %J Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly %K 1950s classic-work-treatment externalist intellectual internalist journalism postwar powerful-to-limited-effects sociology united-states %N 4 %P 641--658 %T The Roots of a Sociology of News: Remembering Mr. Gates and Social Control in the Newsroom %V 78 %X The authors examine two classic research studies from the 1950s: David Manning White's analysis of the "gatekeeper" news editor and Warren Breed's explanation of social control in the newsroom. Although posing a potentially radical question- "What makes news?"-these efforts were largely absorbed into and reinforced the limited media effects paradigm of the time. Drawing from interviews with the authors, the authors of this article trace the origin, impact, and intellectual context of these forerunners of media sociology. The authors argue that although these two studies were exceptions to the field's preoccupation with audience and effects, they nevertheless accepted and implicitly reinforced the prevailing media framework built around the commercial publishing and broadcasting industries. As such, they resemble much of the field's research, grounded as it has been in the "limited effects" reinforcement perspective of Lazarsfeld and the broader functionalist tradition of Merton. By calling the news construction process into question, both studies presented potential challenges to the "taken for granted" nature of the media.

@article{reese_roots_2001, abstract = {The authors examine two classic research studies from the 1950s: David Manning White's analysis of the "gatekeeper" news editor and Warren Breed's explanation of social control in the newsroom. Although posing a potentially radical question- "What makes news?"-these efforts were largely absorbed into and reinforced the limited media effects paradigm of the time. Drawing from interviews with the authors, the authors of this article trace the origin, impact, and intellectual context of these forerunners of media sociology. The authors argue that although these two studies were exceptions to the field's preoccupation with audience and effects, they nevertheless accepted and implicitly reinforced the prevailing media framework built around the commercial publishing and broadcasting industries. As such, they resemble much of the field's research, grounded as it has been in the "limited effects" reinforcement perspective of Lazarsfeld and the broader functionalist tradition of Merton. By calling the news construction process into question, both studies presented potential challenges to the "taken for granted" nature of the media.}, added-at = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, author = {Reese, S. D. and Ballinger, J.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2697314bfad5101af7322f504c58684d2/jpooley}, interhash = {44cc31b67c4af5b9272ddfbdc7fc35ad}, intrahash = {697314bfad5101af7322f504c58684d2}, journal = {Journalism \& Mass Communication Quarterly}, keywords = {1950s classic-work-treatment externalist intellectual internalist journalism postwar powerful-to-limited-effects sociology united-states}, number = 4, pages = {641--658}, timestamp = {2019-08-29T01:56:31.000+0200}, title = {The {{Roots}} of a {{Sociology}} of {{News}}: {{Remembering Mr}}. {{Gates}} and {{Social Control}} in the {{Newsroom}}}, volume = 78, year = 2001 }