La presse de hard news connaît les prémices d’un changement institutionnel qui se traduit en particulier par un processus de managérialisation des modes de gestion des rédactions et des pratiques professionnelles journalistiques. En mobilisant la théorie néo-institutionnelle, nous appréhendons ce phénomène à travers l’analyse de conflits entre logiques institutionnelles définies par des sous-logiques institutionnelles. On peut ainsi constater une érosion de la robustesse de la logique éditoriale dominante (depuis 1944) dans la gestion des rédactions et des activités journalistiques au profit de la logique business ou d’une nouvelle logique hybride managériale (qui combine des éléments des logiques éditoriale et business). A travers principalement des études ethnographiques menées au sein des rédactions de La Croix, de 20 Minutes et du Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France (entre 2007 et 2009), nous proposons une description des profils des journalistes-managers et une analyse de leur pratiques quotidiennes pour montrer le rôle substantiel rempli par ces JM dans ce processus de managérialisation. Par ailleurs, nous identifions les trois situations majeures dans lesquelles se trouvent aujourd’hui les groupes de PQN relativement à ce processus de managérialisation : des rédactions gouvernées par la logique éditoriale qui reste dominante, des rédactions qui connaissent un changement de logique dominante – passant de la logique éditoriale à la logique business – et des rédactions engagées dans une voie médiane caractérisée par la recherche d’une logique institutionnelle hybride en voie de pré-institutionnalisation. Notre analyse socio-historique de ce changement institutionnel de la presse de hard news (entre 1944 et 2010) conduit enfin à proposer une lecture prospective de la lutte sous-jacente pour la détention du pouvoir de direction des groupes de presse que se livrent actionnaires, managers et journalistes et au sein de laquelle nous identifions le rôle central rempli par les JM dans la définition et l’orientation à donner au processus de managérialisation / Hard news press faces the early beginnings of a deep institutional change through a managerialization process of newsrooms’ and journalistic practices management. Using the new institutionalism theory we assume to scrutinize this change through studying emerging conflicts between institutional logics – and underlying institutional logics – Inside newsrooms. We particularly notice that the strength of the dominant logic (since 1944 in France) – the editorial logic – that traditionally shapes and governs the newsroom and journalistic practices’ management is eroding; thus sometimes the competitive logic – the business logic –appears dominant or a new hybrid logic – combining elements from editorial and business logics – comes up. We have done extensive ethnographic studies inside newsrooms of three French major national newspapers, La Croix, 20 Minutes, and Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France (from 2007 to 2009). As a result we offer a first deep description of the characteristics of journalist-managers and analysis of their daily practices, and we show the major role played by these journalist-managers in the managerialization process. We also identify the three major situations that face the French Press groups regarded to managerialization: some newsrooms are still ruled and shaped by the editorial dominant logic; some that face a shift in the dominant logic – from the editorial to the business one; some that experience the attempt to define a hybrid institutional logic that only appears at a proto-institutionalization stage. Our socio-historical analysis of this deep institutional change process that affect the hard news press (from 1944 to 2010) finally invites to consider the evolution of the underlying struggle for power to run the Press firms involving shareholders, managers, and journalists; we assume journalist-managers play and will play the major role in shaping the orientation and content of managerialization process

This diploma thesis deals with the so-called advocacy journalism, which is in the Czech media environment trying to explain on the example of a journalist, sociologist, former environmental activist and member of two political parties - ČSSD and Green Party - Jakub Patočka. The thesis puts journalism in context with other types of journalistic roles and the concept of journalism in liberal democratic societies. The research method of the work is an in-depth semi-structured interview, which examines primarily Patočka's perception of journalism and politics and their blending. The text focuses primarily on the period since 2003 when Patočka joined the Green Party until 2017, when the Brno Social Democrats decided to exclude him from the party. The work is divided into Patočka's journalistic and political career. Journalistic chapters are devoted to his work in the magazine Last (later Seven) generation, Literární noviny and Deník Referendum. One chapter describes his role in the so-called Kuřim case. In the section dedicated to Patočka's political engagement there are mentioned European Parliament elections 2004, in which Patočka stood as a leader of the Green Party, his attempt to reform the Green Party together with Jan Beránek or Patočka's expulsion from the ČSSD due to his organization of a...

The Representation of Journalists in Videogames aims to find out how do videogame developers represent journalists in the mainstream videogames. The analysis is based on five case studies of various videogames but it also includes sequels and prequels of the selected games. The author of this thesis analyzes nine videogame journalists which can be differentiated into several categories: investigative reporters, photojournalists, paparazzis, radio and TV reporters and hosts of various television shows. Their behavior is not the only aspect this thesis analyzes because their visual appearance is also fully in the hands of the game developers. This thesis proves that the videogame journalists are sometimes depicted stereotypically but if so, it is always for a reason. Videogame developers do not always use this sort of depictions and can even accurately describe journalistic practice and behavior. Journalism is always better described if the journalist is a heroic protagonist of their videogame. If they are villains, it is often described using various negative stereotypes.

This study examines whether the breakthrough of push notifications has affected journalism, and what characterizes the editorial content of push notifications. The study focuses specifically on the two Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter. Qualitative interviews have been conducted where two people from each newspaper, who in various ways encounter push notifications in their daily work, had the opportunity to share their experiences in the area. These interviews have then been supplemented with a quantitative content analysis, where the two newspapers push notifications are categorized based on specific variables and variable values. The study's theoretical framework is based on theories of news evaluation, news selection and editorial routines. Combined with previous research on what makes news, differences between morning and evening press as well as the consequences of the push notifications, the results of the study is discussed. The conclusions are that the work with push notifications is demanding, competitive and keeps a high tempo. The goal of being first with the push notification can lead to the verification process being down prioritized. There is also a connection that shows that too many push notifications increase the number of news application-uninstallations. In addition, it is concluded that the newsworthiness behind Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheters push notifications to some extent follows the same pattern as when it comes to news in general. Based on theory and previous research, push notifications seem to be an extension of what characterizes morning and evening press. Both Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter focuses on the news that is typical for respective newspapers. However, the push notifications place higher demands when it comes to befit the whole audience. / Denna studie undersöker huruvida pushnotisernas genombrott påverkat journalistiken, samt vad som karaktäriserar det redaktionella innehåll som sänds ut via pushnotiser. Studien fokuserar specifikt på de två svenska dagstidningarna Aftonbladet och Dagens Nyheter. Kvalitativa intervjuer har genomförts där två personer från respektive tidning, som på olika sätt kommer i kontakt med pushnotiser i sitt dagliga arbete, haft möjlighet att berätta om sina erfarenheter i området. Dessa intervjuer har sedan kompletterats med en kvantitativ innehållsanalys, där dagstidningarnas pushnotiser kategoriserats utifrån bestämda variabler och variabelvärden. Studiens teoretiska ramverk har utgångspunkt i teorier om nyhetsvärdering, nyhetsurval och redaktionella rutiner. Utifrån dessa teorier, samt tidigare forskning om vad som blir nyheter, skillnader mellan morgonpress och kvällspress samt notisernas konsekvenser, diskuteras studiens resultat. Slutsatsen som dras är att arbetet med pushnotiser är krävande, tävlingsinriktat och håller ett högt tempo. Målet att vara först ut med pushnotisen kan leda till att verifikationsprocessen nedprioriteras. Det finns även ett samband som visar på att för många pushnotiser ökar antalet avinstallationer av nyhetsapplikationen. Utöver detta dras slutsatsen att nyhetsvärderingen bakom Aftonbladets och Dagens Nyheters pushnotiser till viss del följer samma mönster som när det kommer till nyheter generellt. Utifrån teori och tidigare forskning har pushnotiserna visat sig vara en förlängning av vad som karaktäriserar morgonpress respektive kvällspress, där Aftonbladet respektive Dagens Nyheter fokuserar på de nyheter som följer deras profilering. Pushnotiserna ställer emellertid högrekrav på att lämpa sig för hela läsarkretsen.

L’objet de cette thèse est de comprendre comment travaille au jour le jour une catégorie spécifique de journalistes : ceux qui produisent la rubrique des faits-divers dans les journaux de presse quotidienne locale. Autant les articles de cette rubrique sont très lus, autant les lecteurs de quotidiens, les étudiants en journalisme et souvent même les collègues de ceux qui les écrivent ignorent tout ou presque de cette branche de la production du journal. Cette thèse envisage les articles de la rubrique comme des produits sortis d’une usine et se donne la mission de décrire la machine qui les fabrique. Elle s’intéresse à ses rouages que sont les différents acteurs du système, en les listant et en montrant comment ces différentes "pièces" s’associent et fonctionnent ensemble. Elle s’intéresse aux réglages de la machine, à ses ajustements, et aussi à ses dysfonctionnements. Elle s’intéresse aux différents modes de fonctionnement, qui ne sont pas les mêmes d’un journal à l’autre, ainsi qu’aux effets de ces modes de fonctionnement sur les produits qui sortent de l’usine : les articles de faits divers. L’enquête s’est déroulée par observation participante. L’auteur a occupé à plein temps, pendant un total de vingt mois, différents postes de journaliste dans les rédactions de trois quotidiens de presse locale, situés dans trois départements différents. Le travail d’investigation a été complété par une campagne d’entretiens, menée auprès d’une vingtaine d’autres journalistes employés dans treize autres quotidiens français, ainsi que par un dépouillement systématique du contenu de la rubrique dans un des quotidiens étudiés. Le principal apport théorique de cette thèse consiste en la description analytique d’un modèle spécifique de relations d’échanges entre les journalistes et les professionnels des institutions de police, de justice et de secours. Un modèle éventuellement susceptible de s’appliquer à d’autres relations de travail dans d’autres univers professionnels. / The goal of this thesis is to understand how works a specific category of journalists from day to day: those who produce the “fait-divers” section in daily local newspapers. Even if articles of this section are very popular, newspapers readers, journalism students and even those journalist’s co-workers are ignorant of the functioning of this section. This thesis presents the “fait-divers” articles as products coming out of a factory and has the purpose to describe the machine that manufactures them. It takes an interest in its inner workings that are the different actors in the system, by listing them and by showing how these different “pieces” combine and work together. It focuses on the adjustments but also the dysfunctions of the machine. It takes an interest in the different ways of functioning, which aren’t the same from one newspaper to the other, and in the effects these ways of functioning can cause on those products coming out of a factory: the “fait-divers” articles. The investigation was conducted by participant observation. The author worked full-time during twenty months at different positions as a journalist in three different daily local newspapers located in three different districts. A series of interviews of about twenty journalists working in thirteen other French daily local newspapers was conducted, along with a systematic counting of the content of the “fait-divers” section of one of the studied newspaper, to complete this investigative work. The main theoretical contribution of this thesis involves an analytical description of a specific model of exchange relationships between journalists and state institutions such as police, judiciary, and emergency services. A model that is likely to apply to other work relationships in different professional backgrounds.

Situées entre le biographique et le littéraire, les lettres de Camus jettent un éclairage nouveau sur sa personnalité, sur ses relations avec ses correspondants et sur la genèse de son style et de son œuvre. Sa correspondance éclaire son rapport avec la maladie ainsi que son attachement à la famille et à la beauté méditerranéenne de son pays natal. Son admiration pour Jean Grenier le pousse à suivre ses leçons et à les revendiquer dans ses missives, leur attribuant ainsi un aspect didactique. L’exploration de l’interface correspondance / œuvre trace un mouvement d’élargissement, un passage de l’intime au littéraire. Les lettres ouvertes de Camus empruntent à la littérature plusieurs caractéristiques. Certains correspondants de l’écrivain sont de véritables interlocuteurs qui évaluent ses œuvres et qui lui font des remarques, de manière à le conduire à les rectifier et même à les réécrire. Ses lettres constituent une précieuse mine d’informations susceptible de jeter une nouvelle lumière sur la réécriture de son premier recueil d’essais Les Voix du quartier pauvre et de Caligula. En accompagnant la plupart de ses textes depuis qu’il en conçoit le projet jusqu’à leur publication, ses missives élucident ses choix littéraires et infléchissent l’évolution de son œuvre. Elles révèlent les détours d’une production littéraire hétérogène. Sur les conseils de certains correspondants dont Grenier et Malraux, Camus abandonne la grandiloquence d’un style lyrique qui rend compte de sa passion de vivre dans ses premiers écrits. Le style dépouillé de L’Étranger ainsi que l’objectivité de la chronique de La Peste témoignent de l’influence des lettres sur l’évolution de l’œuvre. La persistance de quelques passages grandiloquents dans ces œuvres neutres, où le style dépouillé rejoint des soubassements poétiques, est le signe d’un combat entre le penchant originel de Camus à l’exaltation des sentiments et à l’emphase d’un côté, et les recommandations de son maître qui l’incite à la raideur et à l’écriture neutre. Camus dépasse cette dichotomie qui divise son œuvre en se mettant à la recherche d’un équilibre entre neutralité et emphase dans Les Justes. Il s’agit d’un équilibre entre l’objectivité d’une lucidité cartésienne et les excès d’un débordement sentimental. L’étude de l’ethos de l’épistolier qu’Aristote définit comme « la représentation de son caractère par l’orateur » révèle trois images de soi dans la correspondance de Camus : celle de l’écrivain émerveillé, celle de l’écrivain engagé et celle du journaliste honnête. Mais la question épineuse de la guerre d’Algérie condamne l’auteur de La Peste au silence et crée un décalage entre l’ethos préalable du journaliste et l’ethos discursif qu’il tient à mettre en place dans ses lettres. L’examen de l’ethos d’auteur, en particulier l’image de soi littéraire qui se construit dans L’Hôte, semble important dans la mesure où il est susceptible d’éclairer l’image de soi épistolaire d’un intellectuel indécis tiraillé entre son affection pour son pays natal, où il craint de perdre sa place et celle des siens, et sa foi en les valeurs de la liberté, de l’égalité et de la justice. Dans cette nouvelle, la conduite du héros et les choix de l’écrivain génèrent une image d’auteur placée sous le signe de l’inquiétude et de la perplexité d’un être tiraillé entre l’admiration des combattants et la condamnation de leur violence. / Partly biographical and partly literary, Albert Camus’ letters shed new light on his personality, his relationship with his correspondents, his style’s genesis and that of his writings. His correspondence gives more insight into his illness as well as his commitment to the family and the Mediterranean beauty of his native country. Being fond of Jean Grenier, Camus not only follows his instructions but also asks him for some advice in the letters, giving them a didactic dimension. Examining the interface between Camus’ letters and his writings is a shift from the intimate to the literary, widening the scope of my research. Camus’ open letters borrow many literary features. Some of his correspondents are real interlocutors evaluating his books and providing him with insightful feedback and comments generating modification or even rewriting of some of them. Such letters are a valuable source of information shedding new light on the rewriting of his first collection of essays, Les Voix du quartier pauvre as well as Caligula. His letters, accompanying most of his writings from their conception to publication, elucidate his literary choices and affect the progress of writing, revealing turns of a heterogeneous literary production. On the advice of some of his correspondents including Grenier and Malraux, Camus abandons the bombast of a lyrical style reflecting his passion for life in his early writings. The stripped style of L’étranger along with the objectivity of the chronicle of La Peste are evidence of the letters’ impact on the evolution of Camus’ writing process. The persistence of some emphatic passages in these neutral writings, where the simple style joins the poetic underpinnings, reveals a struggle between Camus’ innate tendency for exalting feelings and emphatic style on the one hand, and the master’s recommendations inciting neutral writing on the other hand. Camus goes beyond this dichotomy dividing his writings by questioning equilibrium between neutrality and emphasis in Les Justes, an equilibrium between an objectivity of a Cartesian lucidity and excesses of a sentimental overflow. The study of the writer’s ethos defined by Aristotle as “the representation of his character by the orator” shows three self images in Camus’ letters : that of the marveled writer, that of the committed writer and that of the honest journalist. But the thorny issue of the war in Algeria silenced the author of La Peste, creating a gap between the journalist’s preexisting ethos and the discursive ethos set up in his letters. Studying the author’s ethos, especially the literary self image built in L’Hôte seems important as it is likely to illuminate the epistolary self image, that of an indecisive intellectual torn between his love for his homeland, where he is afraid of losing his place and that of his family, and his faith in the values ​​of freedom, equality and justice. In this novel, the hero's conduct and the writer’s choices create an image of an anxious and perplexed author torn between admiring the fighters and condemning their violence.

記者擁有自主權之重要性，對記者而言，是提升其專業性之指標；對社會而言，則可實踐新聞自由，維護民主政治。過去研究將自主權當作是衡量記者是否為專業人員之重要指標，當一個職業漸成專業時，其自主性則隨之提升。記者擁有充分之自主權之後，他們才能稟持專業意理，監督政府，保障人民之自由權，以維護民主政治。 　　本研究試圖從兩方面探討記者自主權：一、記者工作上的自主權；二、記者在新聞部門之決策參與權。記者工作之自主權，則從記者採訪、報導、寫稿之例行新聞工作中，探討記者在工作中所擁有的自主權。至於，決策參與權，則包括薪資、福利、人事、經費各項決策項目，記者所擁有之決策權。除了研究記者實際擁有的工作自主權及決策參與權之外，還試圖探討記者期望的工作自主權及決策參與權。 　　研究結果發現，在實際擁有工作自主權方面，記者在新聞採訪、寫作方面擁有相當高的自主權，只有在交稿方面，擁有自主權較低。而期望擁有的工作自主權方面，記者希望在採訪、寫作方面擁有較高的自主權。 　　在實際擁有決策參與權方面，結果發現記者在各項決策中，參與權皆相當低，只有在發生重大爭議事件決定報社立場時，記者參與權較高，大多數記者認為主管在這方面會徵詢記者之意見，再下決定。另外，在期望擁有決策參與權方面，大多數記者希望在決定報紙走向及員工福利之決策，有較高的參與權。 　　至於在影響工作自主權及決策參與權之因素，研究結果推論，比較重要之因素是記者採訪路線及報社型態。不同路線之記者會覺得實際擁有採訪寫作之自主權有差異；而報社型態會影響記者對實際擁有的工作自主權之評估，及影響記者期望擁有報紙走向參與權之評估。

本文旨在瞭解新聞工作者所遭遇的職業災害種類，以及發生職災的成因，並探討媒體組織在事前是否提供良好的安全衛生環境，最後檢視現行的職災法制能否有效達到事前預防與事後補償的效果。 研究結果發現，近年來的媒體不景氣，組織人事精簡帶來的高工時和高勞動強度，導致原本就有許多外在採訪風險的新聞工作者，心理壓力更是影響健康的一環。透過資料收集與訪談顯示，記者常見的外在職災包含「蓄意襲擊」、「意外傷害」、「通勤災害」、「天災」、「腕穴道症候群」及「椎間盤突出、脊椎側彎等攝影記者常見職災」等六種；而內在健康的損害包含「過勞（死）」、「精神官能症」、「類PTSD症候群」及「腫瘤、癌症」等四類。 而媒體組織大多缺乏事前預防的機制，包括外勤採訪時的安全裝備，或是事前安全訓練等均無，導致新聞工作者普遍缺乏安全意識，卻又在搶快、搶畫面的前提下，以肉身抵擋各種意外，造成各種嚴重的職災；而法規方面，事前安全衛生法規偏重工業環境安全，不適用於記者的工作環境，而發生職災後，則有法律上認定的困難，包括過勞死與精神官能症的判定基準都過於嚴苛，造成新聞工作者對於法律提供的金錢補償往往是「看得到、吃不到」。 然而綜觀上述，可以發現新聞工作者容易發生職災的最根源，來自於媒體結構性的改變，近年來因著不景氣裁員，記者的工作量一人當三人用；同時間各種置入性行銷、拉廣告業務等違反新聞倫理的生態，更容易讓新聞工作者身心俱疲。媒體主管若不改善新聞工作者的勞動條件，便難以避免內在和外在各種職業災害的發生。 / The study aims to investigate different types of occupational accidents encountered by journalists, and to explore whether or not media organizations provide a safe and healthy work environment for their employees, and to finally review the current legal system that regulates the workers’ compensation in the labor force of media and journalism. Recently, the global economic recession has highly increased the unemployment rates in Taiwan. As a result, the labor condition of journalists has been negatively influenced. Apart from external risks caused at work, mental pressure has greater affected their overall health. According to the interviews of 19 journalists and 5 related personnel, the 6 most occurred occupational accidents encountered by journalists are: “deliberately attack”, “unexpected accident”, “commuter accident”, “natural disaster”, “carpal tunnel syndrome”, and “intervertebral disk herniation and scoliosis”, and “other common occupational accidents for photographers”. As well, there are 4 other types of internal occupational accidents: “karoshi”, “psychoneurosis”, “post-traumatic stress disorder”, and “tumors and cancer”. In addition, the occupational accidents preventing system for this particular career is not completely developed, thus, only few journalists own safety awareness. In terms of the related regulations, workers’ compensation in Taiwan is mainly made for the blue collars, which is not yet suitable for journalists. Unfortunately, the standard criteria for “karoshi” and “psychoneurosis” are so rigorous that almost no one could receive the subsidies after accidents. Draw a conclusion of “occupational accidents encountered by journalists”, journalists in Taiwan carry heavy workloads and being demanded to work overtime due to mass layoffs in the industry. It is still difficult to avoid both external and internal occupational accidents if the chiefs of the media organizations do not make necessary changes to ameliorate the structure. Above all, the inadequate labor condition of the media workers should be first improved, so that many occupational accidents can be prevented as the result.

新聞記者的日常工作可視為一資訊蒐集行為，在資訊蒐集的過程中需要運用許多資源，其中，人脈扮演重要角色，然而目前從社會網絡角度出發，關照記者如何運用網絡中所蘊含的資源以協助記者日常新聞資訊蒐集活動的研究卻不多，因此，本研究企圖了解新聞記者在資訊蒐集場域中的人脈網絡樣貌，存在哪些資源類型及如何採取交換策略。 在研究方法與研究對象的選擇上，本研究從個案著手，以一位報社地方記者作為研究對象，藉由參與觀察法及深度訪談蒐集田野資料三十天。 本研究將蒐集而來的資料以量化及質化方法續作分析，繪製兩種網絡圖像，展現新聞中顯見的消息來源以及在蒐集過程中運用的人脈，結果發現許多在過程中取得資源的對象其實隱沒於新聞稿中。 本研究進一步發現，人脈可以提供不同類型的資源，包括一般資訊、珍稀資訊、知識經驗、中介資源、引薦資源以及權力資源，皆有助於記者的新聞資訊蒐集活動，除此之外，強連帶與弱連帶各有其資源優勢，強連帶較常提供珍稀資訊與引薦資源，而弱連帶則最常提供一般性的資訊以及中介性資源。 總括而言，新聞記者的新聞資訊蒐集活動倚靠人脈，但只有少數的人脈會被展現在新聞報導之中，許多人脈的運作隱藏於幕後，且不同連帶關係的人脈對象在過程中提供不同類型的資源與幫助，新聞記者必須辨識並活用之。而為了和不同連帶關係的人脈取得資源，記者會採取不同的社會交換策略。和強連帶的資源交換策略包括給予資訊資源、版面資源、知識資源、中介性資源、服務性資源以及信任性資源，特別的是，平常便會交換情感性資源以維持雙方關係；而面對弱連帶對象，當一般報酬無法滿足對方時，可藉由人脈中當作橋樑影響弱連帶以達成資訊蒐集目的。 / Information gathering is one of the major tasks in journalistic work. Among the resources that journalists employ to gather news, social ties is an important factor that contributes to journalistic work. However, it is rarely known how social network was used as journalistic resources in daily news-gathering activities. This thesis aims to explore the above issues by employing a field study. This field study is based on a case of newspaper reporter who is assigned to local beat in Central Taiwan. The researcher made participatory observation and intensive interviews in a period of 30 days. Data was collected and kept in field journals. The data gathered were analyzed by both quantitative and qualitative methods. Two social graphs were plotted to show how the news sources distributed in both news reported and daily journals. This paper further found that journalist benefits of social ties are quite diverse; social ties not only facilitates gathering of routine information, but also exclusive news, knowledge, experience, referral resources, power and trust. Strong and weak ties also provide different types of resources. In conclusion, journalists contact many social ties in their daily information gathering tasks. Only very few appear on news reporting, while many were hidden behind the scene. These social ties provide reliable aid in news gathering activities. And a journalist has to identify, activate the connections, and make exchanges to get help according to the types of ties and resources needed.

The last ten years two major movies about journalists have been made in Sweden; Sprängaren and Män som hatar kvinnor. This study has looked closer at the heroine Annika Bengtsson and the hero Mikael Blomkvist from these two movies. Since movies do have great influence on how we see the world it is important to find out how these characters are being portrayed. Also, in a time when journalism is about to become a female dominant occupation it is relevant to see how the female journalist compares to the male. It is important to ensure that the films do not give a wrongful picture of male and female journalists. Women should not only be an inferior object, and the man should not be a dominant and macho-man. In our study we found that these movies have come a long way from the stereotypes of men and women that the audience has become used to. The male hero has a soft side and needs help from a strong female character to manage while the female hero is a strong woman who can manage on her own. And it is their ability to step away from the stereotypes that in the end helps them get the scoop and defeat their antagonists.