The ideal of product placement has been used in TV news production since 2000 in Taiwan. This raises an ethical discussion about serious damage to professional autonomy. This study examines the impact of the autonomy of TV news journalists who are asked to report the product placement news, and how the journalists make strategies for reporting this kind of news . By using qualitative and quantitative methods, this study found most TV journalists admit their autonomy has been limited due to control from advertisers who paid for the news. They still perceive they can have different strategical models of autonomy: negotiation, domination, accommodation, and carelessness. This study concludes that autonomy is a dynamic process.Journalists will fight to get more space for reporting even this kind of paid-news.
中文關鍵詞
置入性行銷、新聞自主、新聞自主策略
英文關鍵詞
product placement, autonomy, strategical models of autonomy