Autoethnographic journalism: Subjectivity and emotionality in audio storytelling

Mia Kersti Maria Lindgren

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-58427-0_9

Autoethnographic journalism: Subjectivity and emotionality in audio storytelling

Mia Kersti Maria Lindgren

School of Media, Film and Journalism

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Abstract

There is a growing trend in journalism to focus on personal storytelling. Interviewees and journalists alike are sharing their real-life experiences, especially suited for the more intimate environments of online media. The audience’s appetite for everyday life stories is driving this mode of journalism, which Rosalind Coward (Journal Pract 4(2): 224–233, 2010) argues can be described as a “new cultural form, a media of personal revelation”. In this chapter, Lindgren examines the role of personal journalism, with a focus on audio storytelling as part of articulating identity. Using a case study, this chapter considers the many pitfalls of autobiographical storytelling, focusing on the need for carefully considered production practices as well as examining the benefits and challenges of journalists putting themselves in the frame.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reconstructing Identity
Subtitle of host publication	A Transdisciplinary Approach
Editors	Nicholas Monk, Mia Lindgren, Sarah McDonald , Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	183-206
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319584270
ISBN (Print)	9783319584263
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58427-0_9
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2017

Keywords

Emotion
Journalism
Radio
Subjectivity
documentary

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Reconstructing Identity: A Transdisciplinary Approach. ed. / Nicholas Monk; Mia Lindgren; Sarah McDonald; Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou. Cham Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. p. 183-206.

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