Journalistic Role Performance Project

the journalistic role performance project (jrp) is a cross-national, theory-driven endeavor established in 2013 to systematically analyze the state of journalistic cultures in the new media landscape across the world. the main goals of our project are twofold. on the one hand, we aim to explain how different dimensions of professional roles materialize in the news in different organizational, institutional and social settings. on the other hand, our study aims to deeply address the disconnection between professional and/or normative ideals and journalistic practices, explaining the gap between the importance that journalists and the media give to different professional roles, and journalistic role performance. under that umbrella, our project will provide scientific knowledge and empirical information to researchers, students, practitioners, the media as well as international institutions, to understand the complexities of the profession, as well as the influence that different interna