Chapter 7
Case studies
Collective decision-making and evaluation
Article outline
- 7.1The editorial conference
- 7.1.1
Deliberative argumentative discussions in editorial conferences
- 7.1.2Evaluative argumentative discussions in editorial conferences
- 7.1.3Differences related to the medium
- 7.1.4Broadcasting an item on a possible snowfall: The SNOW case
- 7.1.4.1
Should we broadcast an item on snow?
- 7.1.4.2Subordinated issues
- 7.1.4.2.1Should we interview a weather expert?
- 7.1.4.2.2When should we broadcast the item on today’s snowfall?
- 7.1.5Choosing the front-page picture news: the LITF case
- 7.1.6Evaluating choices in a previous issue: the MALI case
- 7.1.7Criticizing an established practice: the FORM case
- 7.2The cutter-journalist discussion
- 7.2.1
Plane crash in Indonesia: the YOGI case
- 7.2.1.1Who filmed the accident?
- 7.2.1.2Are we allowed to say that this video was shot by a passenger?
- 7.2.1.3Is the text “at risk of his life he switched on the camera” a journalistically adequate account of the event?
- 7.2.1.4Is this video allowed by Téléjournal?
- 7.3Collective decision-making and evaluation: What did we find out?