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Economic Double Censorship

Jérôme Berthaut

subject

self-censorshipdocumenta- riesdocumentaires[SHS.SOCIO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociologysociologie économiquejournalismfactual formatstelevisionreportagesagences de presse[SHS.INFO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciencessociétés de productioncensure structuraleautocensurepress agenciestélévisionjournalismeproduction companiesstructural censorship[SHS.SCIPO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Political scienceeconomics sociology

description

This chapter explores the censorship impact generated by economic logic on the selection and coverage of topics in factual formats and current affairs documentaries on French television. This prelimina- ry research studies more specifically the subcontracting relationships between TV channels and production companies from semi- structured interviews with various categories of professionals (managers of TV press agencies, journalists, directors, Commissioning Editor). The analysis distinguishes two types of censorship ef- fects. The competitive relationships and the business models of the broadcasters condition their positions in the media field and thus exercise a structural censorship on the programs commissioning. Producers draw up an editorial offer that complies with profitability imperatives leading to a kind of self-censorship.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-01
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03498149