Prioritizing journalistic norms or humanitarian values? A multistage computational analysis of journalistic role performance in humanitarian news.

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Xu, Zhe, Scott, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6744-443X, Madrid-Morales, Dani, Wright, Kate and Wang, Shuai (2026) Prioritizing journalistic norms or humanitarian values? A multistage computational analysis of journalistic role performance in humanitarian news. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. ISSN 1077-6990 (In Press)

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Abstract

This study examines how journalistic roles are performed in humanitarian news. Using a multistage computational approach applied to news data from 46 international news organizations across 21 countries, we find that role performance varies systematically across topics, political systems, and organizational types. Our findings complicate the predominant tendency in humanitarian journalism scholarship to frame roles in terms of professional norms or humanitarian values. Instead, we show that role performance is multidimensional and contextually contingent. Improving humanitarian coverage therefore requires attention not only to professional practices but also to the institutional conditions that enable diverse forms of journalism.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Media Equality
Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media
Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > The State, Governance and Conflict
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 30 Sep 2026 11:06
Last Modified: 30 Sep 2026 11:06
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/104656
DOI: issn:1077-6990

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