TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ranji,Banafsheh
TI  - Journalistic practices in restrictive contexts: a sociological approach to the case of Iran 
T2  - Routledge research in journalism
SN  - 9781003240839
U1  - 079.55 23/eng/20220623
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Iran
KW  - Press
KW  - Government and the press
KW  - Freedom of the press
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Journalists
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Mass media policy
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication
N2  - "Based on fieldwork conducted in Iran, this book discusses how it is possible for journalism to exist and function in a restrictive context. The book brings together a range of structural (macro), organizational (meso), and individual (micro) processes to analyse journalistic practice in a politically restrictive setting, a context thus far dominated by structural explanations. Using Pierre Bourdieu's work as a starting point, Banafsheh Ranji develops an explanatory framework for how Iranian journalists navigate the daily "minefield" of their professional environment. The analysis sheds light on the everyday reality of journalism in Iran, addressing factors that hinder journalists' work while also showing how journalists use a set of double game strategies to simultaneously circumvent constraints and avoid retaliation. Moving beyond notions of censorship and repression that accompany discussions of journalism in such settings, the book instead focuses on how we may think of critical journalism, professionalism, and journalistic power, agency, and autonomy, in restrictive contexts. Offering powerful insights into the realities of journalism in a tightly controlled environment, this book will be a key resource for scholars and students of journalism, media and communication studies, political science, sociology, Iranian studies, and Middle East studies"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003240839
ER  -