Emotions in Journalism

The entry provides an overview of the fast-growing body of research on emotions in journalism practice and outcomes, an issue that currently forms one of the essential debates within journalism studies. First, the entry links the debate to political communication. Second, it provides an overview of two broad approaches to emotions and subjectivity in journalism practice: its rejection by the dominant understanding of journalistic professionalism, valuing objectivity, detachment, and neutrality; and its embrace by historical forms and recent trends in journalism. Finally, I outline a few directions of current research on emotions in journalism linked to the field of political communication.