The Theoretical Perceived Transgressing Role and Identity of Contemporary Journalism: Revolution or Evolution?

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Journalism as a definition emerged more than two centuries ago and became actively promulgated in the study of media by core Western countries. Meanwhile, this term is often interpreted too freely, the term and practice are transgressing in the 21st century. This is a theoretical paper that seeks to understand how the role of journalism and mass media have mutated and why as interpreted by scholars. On the one hand, it is followed with a lack of its complex essence is hindered by contemporary political, social, economic and technological challenges that occur in the way of its development. It is caught between the utopian and idealistic theoretical and conceptual projections that are intended to be the basis of its social capital and legitimacy and the practical dilemmas and hardships (economic and political) of the contemporary era that shift the profession away from the aforementioned ideals.

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Greg Simons

Uppsala University; Ural Federal University

Author for correspondence.
Email: gregmons@yahoo.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6111-5325

Associate Professor, Humanitarian Institute of Ural Federal University (Russia); Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Uppsala University (Sweden).

P.O. Box 514, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden; 19 Mira St, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation

Dmitry Strovsky

Ariel University’s Research Centre for Defence and Communication; School of International Studies at Sichuan University

Email: strovsky@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1651-2484

Professor, Dr. of Political Science, Research Associate at Ariel University’s Research Center for Defense and Communication (Israel), Visiting Professor of the School of International Studies, Sichuan University (China).

65 Ramat HaGolan St, Ariel, Israel; No. 24, South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 610065, P.R. China

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