НОВИНАРИ КАО ПРОФЕСИОНАЛНА ГРУПА
JOURNALISTS AS A PROFESSIONAL GROUP

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines process of making and establishing of journalists as professional group in modern, informational society. Having in mind classical sociological difference between occupation and profession, this analysis examines such sharp dichotomy and suggests continuum and journalist as group having characteristics of both instead. Historically, journalists used to begin their occupational life as copyboys and learned their skill during everyday practice in editorial offices. So, it is not necessary to have university degree to be a journalist even now. This is a crucial distinction from profession stricto sensu such as physician and jurist deserving suitable academic degree. But journalists have one essential quality of such professions.

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