Journalism and Politics

Abstract

Political journalism is an extensive outlet of journalism that includes coverage of all aspects of politics and political science, while the term usually refers specifically to coverage of civil governments and political power. It has been categorized by a tug of war between reporters and executives where top politicians have the upper hand in the coproduction of news through their ability to provide critical information subsides that most news media rely on. Political journalism aims to provide voters with the information to formulate their own opinion and participate in community, local or national matters that will affect them. It is provided through different mediums, in print, broadcast, or online reporting. To provide an overview of the special issue of political communication the introduction identifies a preliminary set of rules that journalists use for representing politics in news. These rules guide new decisions in keeping with underlying journalistic norms about the workings of politics and the role of the press in the political system. Such political norms must also be reconciled with professional journalism norms of fairness, and with the economic norms of efficiency and profit that increasingly drive the new business. Increasingly sensationalistic narratives and dramatic production values both bridge and reflect the tensions among the various norms and practical rules that guide journalists in their daily representations of the political world. This research indicates the relationship between the journalism and political news as well as explaining the principles of reporting also discussed about the role of media in politics and how the information is gathered and represented in newspapers.