The Enforcers

The Enforcers ◽

10.5622/illinois/9780252042942.003.0003 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 45-59

Author(s):

Rob Wells

Keyword(s):

Business Ethics ◽

Critical Function ◽

Normative Behavior ◽

Business Reporting ◽

Industry Trade ◽

Trade Press

This chapter examines the historical foundation of watchdog reporting in journalism and its application to business reporting; it argues that business journalists must watch over powerful corporations and alert society to potential threats. The press’s watchdog tradition should be examined through a new dimension for the trade press; it acts as an enforcer of normative behavior in a particular industry. Trade-press editors and reporters often are called the “conscience” of a given business as they report on people and companies that violate business ethics. In this fashion, trade journalists again serve a critical function in capitalism, helping markets self-regulate.

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The Specialized Business Press and Industry-Related Political Communication: A Comparative Study

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly ◽

10.1177/107769909707400407 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 74 (4) ◽

pp. 757-772 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

C. Ann Hollifield

Keyword(s):

Political Communication ◽

National Information Infrastructure ◽

Policy Proposal ◽

Communication Industry ◽

Industry Trade ◽

Business Press ◽

Media System ◽

And Performance ◽

Industry Policy ◽

Trade Press

Although trade publications produce half as many copies as consumer magazines and twice as many as daily newspapers, there has been little study of their role and performance in the U.S. media system. This study compared coverage of an industry-related policy proposal, the National Information Infrastructure, by the communication-industry trade press, non-communication-industry trade press, and newspapers. The study found that trade media appear to function as an insider channel of communication in the early stages of industry-related policy processes, but that they are less likely than nonindustry-related media to cover the social implications of industry policy proposals.

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Let the quiet ones in

Contemporary British Horror Cinema ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9780748689736.003.0006 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Johnny Walker

Keyword(s):

First Century ◽

Primary Sources ◽

Recent History ◽

Film Production ◽

Ghost Story ◽

Market Positioning ◽

Industry Trade ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

The Web ◽

Trade Press

Chapter 6 returns to industry, and charts the re-emergence of Hammer Films, which, after thirty years, finally went back into film production in the 2000s. Drawing from primary sources such as the industry trade press and interviews, the chapter reflects on Hammer’s recent history, considering briefly the tumultuous 1980s and 1990s, before assessing the company’s market positioning between its re-launch in 2007 with the web serial Beyond the Rave (Matthias Hoene, 2008), through its theatrical success with the blockbuster The Woman in Black in 2012, up until the release of its lower-budgeted ghost story, The Quiet Ones (John Pogue) in 2014. Ultimately, taking into account Hammer’s prominence in much discourse around classic British horror, I use its millennial incarnation to assess its relevance (or not) to the identity of British horror in the twenty-first century.

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