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Title	Radio leaks: Presenting and contesting leaks in radio news broadcasts
Authors	Jaworski, A2 Fitzgerald, R1 Morris, D2
Keywords	Discourse Leaks Radio news broadcasts Temporality
Issue Date	2004
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105704
Citation	Journalism, 2004, v. 5 n. 2, p. 183-202 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146488490452003
Abstract	This paper analyzes the discursive construction and contestation of 'leaked' stories in news broadcast programmes. Drawing on a sample of BBC Radio 4 news programmes recorded between May and June 2000, we analyze four items of news presented as leaks about upcoming events. We suggest that these examples highlight the leaking of information as a valuable newsworthy commodity in that it not only allows news organizations to report what is going to be news before it happens but also enables speculative discourse as to the meaning of the event yet to happen. However, in order for a story to be accepted as a leak it must be seen to fulfil a number of criteria. With this in mind, we identify four features accompanying the introduction of the news items as leaks in the process of authentification: secrecy, authorship/ownership and future orientation. The article then discusses how these features are used when contesting the status of a news story as a leak, and how temporal play contributes to downgrading the content of the leak and, hence, its relevance, immediacy and newsworthiness. Copyright © 2004 SAGE Publications.
ISSN	1464-8849 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146488490452003
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dc.contributor.author	Jaworski, A
dc.contributor.author	Fitzgerald, R
dc.contributor.author	Morris, D
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-29T03:24:20Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-29T03:24:20Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.description.abstract	This paper analyzes the discursive construction and contestation of 'leaked' stories in news broadcast programmes. Drawing on a sample of BBC Radio 4 news programmes recorded between May and June 2000, we analyze four items of news presented as leaks about upcoming events. We suggest that these examples highlight the leaking of information as a valuable newsworthy commodity in that it not only allows news organizations to report what is going to be news before it happens but also enables speculative discourse as to the meaning of the event yet to happen. However, in order for a story to be accepted as a leak it must be seen to fulfil a number of criteria. With this in mind, we identify four features accompanying the introduction of the news items as leaks in the process of authentification: secrecy, authorship/ownership and future orientation. The article then discusses how these features are used when contesting the status of a news story as a leak, and how temporal play contributes to downgrading the content of the leak and, hence, its relevance, immediacy and newsworthiness. Copyright © 2004 SAGE Publications.
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dc.identifier.citation	Journalism, 2004, v. 5 n. 2, p. 183-202 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146488490452003
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/146488490452003
dc.identifier.epage	202
dc.identifier.issn	1464-8849 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027
dc.identifier.issue	2
dc.identifier.scopus	eid_2-s2.0-56549125511
dc.identifier.spage	183
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10722/147158
dc.identifier.volume	5
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105704
dc.publisher.place	United Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartof	Journalism
dc.relation.references	References in Scopus
dc.subject	Discourse
dc.subject	Leaks
dc.subject	Radio news broadcasts
dc.subject	Temporality
dc.title	Radio leaks: Presenting and contesting leaks in radio news broadcasts
dc.type	Article

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