Journalism· 2026Q1
Anchored in capital: A Bourdieusian analysis of journalistic identity and resilience in the Portuguese field
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Portuguese journalists actively reinforced symbolic capital, particularly watchdog roles and ethical norms, to preserve field autonomy amidst economic precarity and digital disruption between 2013-2023.
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Key points
- Journalists reinforced symbolic capital (watchdog roles, ethical norms) to maintain field autonomy.
- This resilience strategy was observed between 2013-2023 amid economic precarity and digital disruption.
- Value stability in journalism is an active process of identity work, not passive inertia.
- Capital conversion across macro, meso, and micro levels underpins this defensive consolidation.
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Abstract
This repeated cross-sectional study (2013-2023) examines the resilience of professional values in Portuguese journalism amid economic precarity and digital disruption. Integrating Bourdieu’s field theory with Raemy’s multi-level identity model, we show how journalists reinforce symbolic capital—intensifying watchdog roles and ethical norms—to preserve field autonomy. Using data from two waves of the Worlds of Journalism Study-Portugal, we analyze how this defensive consolidation operates through capital conversion across macro, meso, and micro levels. The findings reframe value stability not as inertia but as active identity work, offering insights into how peripheral media systems sustain professional coherence under duress.
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