Understanding Patriotic Journalism: Culture, Ideology and Professional Behavior

Patriotic journalism is a worldwide, cross-cultural, and well-documented phenomenon. It is most common in the coverage of military confrontations and terror attacks. However, most of the research literature on the issue is descriptive or normative, rather than analytical. This article suggests a framework aimed at facilitating a more systematic analysis. It consists of two main parts: variables related to the social environment in which journalists act, such as national settings and type of media system, and variables associated with journalism ideologies, such as conceptions of roles and priorities of values.