Journalism Beyond the Nation-State: Multiscalar Fields and How to Navigate Them
Journal: International Journal of Politics Culture and Society
Year: 2024

Abstract Analysis of journalistic fields is dominated by approaches that take news media at the nation-state level as the major unit of analysis. More recently, sociologists have asked whether we can speak of global journalistic fields. Many scholars have concluded that global journalistic fields are weak at best, and news production remains bounded by nation-states. This paper offers a more fine-tuned understanding of the boundaries of journalistic fields. Drawing on an interview-based qualitat