Abstract

Journalists’ perceptions are structured by their routines and their interactions with sources. Information is gathered through various means of communication, each contributing to the amount and content of information available in a news report. As discussed previously, foreign correspondents interact less frequently with US sources over the phone and instead tend to gather information from other media. Hence, the question remains how these structuring principles of the news-gathering process affect journalists’ perceptions of politicians. What is the quality distinction between personal contacts and information gathered from websites?

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