A structural analysis of economic journalism

Abstract

This text revisits sociological research conducted on economic journalism in France around 2000. First, the main conclusions and findings of the research are presented. Second, a reflective review of the perspective that led to these conclusions is offered. While indicating how this perspective owes much to approaches taken by other researchers at the same time, we then set out to characterise this perspective on a theoretical level. We also discuss the methodological choices made during the survey, which reflect both the theoretical orientations of the perspective developed and the difficulties encountered in researching economic journalism.