Chi-Shu Ju || Shih-Fu Sung || Chi-Chang Chen
Volume: 13 Issue: 02, 2025
Abstract:
In the process of investigating criminal cases, the police have long released news reports about solving cases under the pressure of deadlines and the expectations of the general public. Immediately afterwards, you can see shots of the suspects themselves holding banners or being photographed by photographers in various news media. While the police are investigating the case, all electronic and print media report on it in great detail. In the digital age, live broadcasts on social media platforms are accompanied by instant comments from netizens, which not only shortens the distance between news sources and audiences but also changes the form of interaction between journalists and news sources. Live broadcasts convey situations with the characteristics of a power struggle among journalists, netizens, and news sources. The front desk of the press conference uses various props to highlight the government's epidemic prevention achievements. Journalists become objects of viewing. If they ask sharp questions, they are easily attacked by netizens, causing journalists to have disciplined and restrained behavior and adopt a passive avoidance strategy. In the background, outsiders invade the closed dialogue groups where journalists and officials interact. The dialogue between the two parties is spread to social media, causing journalists to bear the pressure of online harassment. Journalists under double pressure are still practicing media accountability with different strategies in their dilemma [1]. Based on the literature review, this study constructs four dimensions: "personal internal and external control personality", "work autonomy", "cooperative and mutually beneficial experience", and "personal needs". Through questionnaire surveys, this study uses empirical research to understand the social journalists' cognition of "non-disclosure of investigations" and its influencing factors, and to understand the factors that shape the gatekeeper role of "non-disclosure of investigations" among today's front-line journalists in the process of handling social news.