Icelandic Journalists & the Question of Professionalism

• Main Authors: Birgir Guðmundsson, Sigurður Kristinsson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Akureyri 2015
• Subjects: journalism; professionalism; ethics; Iceland; lang; litt; Nygren
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/f992c1621231471ea726a325920fb69a

The question whether journalism constitutes a profession or not has been widely discussed in the literature in recent decades without a definite conclusion. Indeed some suggest that much of the contradictory views on professionalism and the professionalization of journalism may be traced to the uncl...