Gregory Perreault
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View article: The Problem of Pain: How Journalism Turns to Altruism to Manage Suffering
The Problem of Pain: How Journalism Turns to Altruism to Manage Suffering Open
Journalists are on the front lines in managing the most difficult experiences of this world: loss and loneliness, sorrow and sadness. As a part of their professional practice in the field, journalists often end up taking on their share of …
View article: Correction: Perreault et al. (2024). “Part of the Team”: In-House Sports Reporters Navigating the Journalistic Periphery. Journalism and Media, 5(1), 203–218
Correction: Perreault et al. (2024). “Part of the Team”: In-House Sports Reporters Navigating the Journalistic Periphery. Journalism and Media, 5(1), 203–218 Open
In the published paper Perreault et al [...]
View article: “We all need each other”: Rural journalists, collaboration, and the journalistic field
“We all need each other”: Rural journalists, collaboration, and the journalistic field Open
An emerging body of literature has documented a recent collaborative turn across the journalism industry. Given the current economic circumstances plaguing the field — conditions that are heightened in rural newsrooms — journalistic collab…
View article: Mitigating Hostility in Digital Journalism: Digital Hostility as Ossifier of Field Boundaries
Mitigating Hostility in Digital Journalism: Digital Hostility as Ossifier of Field Boundaries Open
The rising prevalence of white nationalism necessitates an evaluationof the tactics of journalists employ to manage digital hostility.Through the lens of Bourdieu’s field theory, the present studyreflects a two-step interview procedure wit…
View article: Resilient Joy: How Journalists Use Humor to Cope with Working Expectations
Resilient Joy: How Journalists Use Humor to Cope with Working Expectations Open
This study explores the concept of resilient joy, particularly humor, as a coping mechanism for journalists facing challenging work environments. Amidst the ongoing journalism crisis—marked by newspaper closures, job insecurity, and high e…
View article: Gleaning Rural Journalism: Rural Journalists' Agricultural and Environmental Reporting Utilizing Community Storytelling Networks <sup>☆</sup>
Gleaning Rural Journalism: Rural Journalists' Agricultural and Environmental Reporting Utilizing Community Storytelling Networks <sup>☆</sup> Open
Environmental concerns are growing in parts of the rural United States as drinking water wells become contaminated with agrichemicals, and climate change impacts such as drought and extreme rain events disrupt farming practices. Analyzing …
View article: Surprised by Joy: Professional Roles as Emotional Facets of News Production
Surprised by Joy: Professional Roles as Emotional Facets of News Production Open
Research in the field often reflects the serious, labor-intensive nature of journalism; findings that would seem to reflect the understandable exodus from the profession. Equally profound however is that so many journalists stay. Building …
View article: Appalachian Social Cohesion: Interviewing, Engagement and Participant Observation in Rural Appalachian Media Markets
Appalachian Social Cohesion: Interviewing, Engagement and Participant Observation in Rural Appalachian Media Markets Open
Appalachia is a region in the eastern United States which stretches from northern Mississippi to New York and into Canada. According to the Appalachian Regional Commission, it includes 13 states and more than 206,000 square miles (Appalach…
View article: Scooped by the town drunk”: COVID-19 as an actor in the rural journalist’s network
Scooped by the town drunk”: COVID-19 as an actor in the rural journalist’s network Open
Journalists serving rural communities are crucial sources of information across the U.S.; they also face challenges and opportunities unlike those of their peers at large urban outlets. In this study, we take the COVID-19 pandemic as an op…
View article: “Survival and Salvation:” Religious Situational Crisis Communication Strategies
“Survival and Salvation:” Religious Situational Crisis Communication Strategies Open
Religious crisis communication stretches back across history with crisis communication reflected in large-scale moments tied to institutions, for example, through the Inquisition and the Catholic Counter-Reformation and through responses f…
View article: No More Market-Driven Than Hard News: Lifestyle Journalists’ Market Drive and Perceived Audience Obligations
No More Market-Driven Than Hard News: Lifestyle Journalists’ Market Drive and Perceived Audience Obligations Open
Throughout journalism studies scholarship, the market orientation of lifestyle journalism has been associated with its diminished place within the journalistic field. Specifically, because lifestyle journalists are often thought to enterta…
View article: “Part of the Team”: In-House Sports Reporters Navigating the Journalistic Periphery
“Part of the Team”: In-House Sports Reporters Navigating the Journalistic Periphery Open
In recent years, the sports communication landscape has seen changes in terms of who occupies the role of sports reporter. In-house reporters, or sports communicators employed by specific clubs, teams, or leagues, now contribute content to…
View article: “Part of the Team”: In-House Sports Reporters Navigating the Journalistic Periphery
“Part of the Team”: In-House Sports Reporters Navigating the Journalistic Periphery Open
In recent years, the sports communication landscape has seen changes in terms of who occupies the role of sports reporter. In-house reporters, or sports communicators employed by specific clubs, teams, or leagues, now contribute content to…
View article: What is Rural Journalism? Occupational Precarity and Social Cohesion in US Rural Journalism Epistemology
What is Rural Journalism? Occupational Precarity and Social Cohesion in US Rural Journalism Epistemology Open
Given the recent focus on news poverty and gaps in local journalism, rural journalists would seem to have a challenging job. This study seeks to understand the novel experiences and challenges of journalists who cover rural communities and…
View article: Effective Leadership in Journalism: Field Theory in how journalists evaluate newsroom leadership
Effective Leadership in Journalism: Field Theory in how journalists evaluate newsroom leadership Open
This study considers an aspect of the work experience material to an individual employee’s happiness—their relationship with their supervisor— through the lens of expanding journalism studies scholarship on personal wellbeing. Considered t…
View article: The Effect of Shame in Moderating the Gamer Identity: The Communication Ecology on Identity and Involvement
The Effect of Shame in Moderating the Gamer Identity: The Communication Ecology on Identity and Involvement Open
The present study seeks to assess the determinants of gaming identity through the lens of the communication ecology model through a survey of U.S. video game players (n=184). Shame was found to moderate almost all variables, erasing the ge…
View article: Discursive (re)construction of a journalistic source: A case study of paradigm repair in reporting on the Southern Poverty Law Center
Discursive (re)construction of a journalistic source: A case study of paradigm repair in reporting on the Southern Poverty Law Center Open
In US journalism, the case of the Southern Poverty Law Center represents an especially pivotal source as it has traditionally operated as a classificatory authority on defining hate groups, yet has come under fire for charges of discrimina…
View article: “Everything else is public relations:” How rural journalists draw the boundary between journalism and public relations in rural communities
“Everything else is public relations:” How rural journalists draw the boundary between journalism and public relations in rural communities Open
Rural journalists are news professionals, but also citizens engaged in their communities.The function and purpose of local journalism and public relations have become interdependent as media and communication has become more digital. These…
View article: TRUE CRIME PODCASTING: JOURNALISTIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND BOUNDARY MARKING
TRUE CRIME PODCASTING: JOURNALISTIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND BOUNDARY MARKING Open
Non-fictional true crime reporting has always enjoyed a somewhat deviant position within the journalistic field and has been rejected as sensationalist and not considered ‘good’ journalism by journalistic discourse. This study investigates…
View article: Disturbing the Balance? How team media position themselves in the digital communication ecology of sports
Disturbing the Balance? How team media position themselves in the digital communication ecology of sports Open
As journalism has suffered financial and institutional setbacks globally, this has given rise to so-called peripheral actors in numerous subfields of journalism. In sports journalism, this is reflected by team media. Professionals in this …
View article: The Problem of Hate
The Problem of Hate Open
The expansion of hostility against journalists and the mainstreaming of white nationalist ideologies globally necessitate a much-needed elaboration of the problem of hate. In particular, this chapter aims to expose a vulnerability in the p…
View article: (Digital) Journalism
(Digital) Journalism Open
What is digital journalism? Journalists have often emphasised technology to form the definition when considering what counts as digital. That said, journalists use their technology in a wide variety of ways depending on their news organiza…
View article: Journalism After Life: Obituaries as Metajournalistic Discourse
Journalism After Life: Obituaries as Metajournalistic Discourse Open
Metajournalistic discourse offers a valuable lens for understanding how journalists think about their work, delineate the boundaries of the field and stabilize the field amidst crisis. By considering the obituary as an artifact of metajour…
View article: What if you hate your boss? How journalists evaluate newsroom leaders
What if you hate your boss? How journalists evaluate newsroom leaders Open
This study considers an aspect of the work experience material to an individual employee’s happiness—their relationship with their supervisor— through the lens of expanding journalism studies scholarship on personal wellbeing. Considered t…
View article: Threat and Enhancement: Strength of Gamer Identity Moderates Affective Response to Messages about Gaming
Threat and Enhancement: Strength of Gamer Identity Moderates Affective Response to Messages about Gaming Open
Advancing hypotheses derived from social identity theory, we investigated the influence of gamer identity affiliation on affective responses to identity threats and enhancements. Participants viewed a message that either devalued (i.e., th…
View article: Resisting Protestant hegemony: Privileging coverage in religion reporting
Resisting Protestant hegemony: Privileging coverage in religion reporting Open
The present study explores how religion reporters in the United States (n=20) define religion and privilege religious identities, at times also working to combat dominant hegemonic narratives about some of these religious groups. We find t…
View article: Covering Religion: Field Insurgency in U.S. religion reporting
Covering Religion: Field Insurgency in U.S. religion reporting Open
The present study analyzes the role of religion reporting with the journalistic field. Personnel cuts within newsrooms and the development of “religion reporters” operating from religious institutions necessitate a re-exploration of the ch…