Bourdieu and the journalistic field

[Lutfi M Hussein]

Dear John,

Thanks for the recommendation. It sounds like a good
book. I'll have to check it out.

Best wishes, Lutfi
--- John E Richardson <johnerichardson at CDS-WEB.NET>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I seem to remember a discussion on the subject of
> social theory, the
> habitus & 'the media' recently. Some of you may
> therefore find this book
> interesting:
> Benson, R. & Neveu, E. (2005) Bourdieu and the
> journalistic field.
> Polity Press: Cambridge (UK) & Malden, MA (USA)
>
> I only bought it today, but on first glance it looks
> very good. An
> excerpt from the introduction, for example, explains
> the concept of the
> habitus in an immensely straight forward way that I
> have not seen
> before. Quoting Bourdieu: "Habitus is a socialised
> subjectivity." Going
> on, they state "the notion of the habitus expresses
> a reasonable
> hypothesis: that individuals' predispositions,
> assumptions, judgments
> and behaviors are the result of a long-term process
> of socialisation,
> most importantly in the family, and secondarily, via
> primary, secondary
> and professional education. Habitus is not
> unchangable. In fact, it is
> constantly being modified. Nevertheless, early
> experiences and
> practices, shaped by one's location in the social
> class structure, shape
> those that follow" (p.3)
>
> They then go on to explain economic and cultural
> capital, their
> relations to habitus and the position of 'the
> journalistic field' in all
> this (not least the way that journalistic discourse
> affects the
> assumptions, judgments and behaviors of the general
> public). As I said,
> it looks like a good collection & one that seems to
> draw on the range of
> concepts that the list has been discussing over the
> past few weeks
> (perhaps with the exception of doctor-patient
> discourse...)
>
> best
> John
>
> John E Richardson
> Dept of Journalism Studies
> Sheffield University
>


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