Creative Cycling of News Professionals

The theory of creative cycling emerged from my PhD study of news professionals in Norway. The study was carried out according to classic grounded theory principles (Glaser and Strauss 1967, Glaser 1978, 1998, 2001, 2005), and the area of interest was the performance of news journalism in the multim...

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Main Author: Astrid Gynnild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociology Press 2007-03-01
Series:Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal
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Online Access:https://groundedtheoryreview.org/index.php/gtr/article/view/357
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description The theory of creative cycling emerged from my PhD study of news professionals in Norway. The study was carried out according to classic grounded theory principles (Glaser and Strauss 1967, Glaser 1978, 1998, 2001, 2005), and the area of interest was the performance of news journalism in the multimedia age. The theory runs counter to widespread tendencies of industrial age thinking in news media. It emphasizes news professionals’ search for meaning in their daily work, and suggests that their main concern is self-fulfillment through original contribution. The dilemma and resolution, creative cycling, is a basic social process continuously going within inner and outer framings. It consists of three interrelated dimensions: productive processing, breaks and shifts and inspirational looping.
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Creative Cycling of News Professionals
Grounded Theory Review: An International Journal
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news journalism
productive processing
inspirational looping
knowledge workers
title Creative Cycling of News Professionals
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topic Classic Grounded Theory
multimedia
news journalism
productive processing
inspirational looping
knowledge workers
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