Book contents
- Fixing Stories
- Reviews
- The Global Middle East
- Fixing Stories
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures & Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II Fitting In
- Part III Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias
- A Fragmented World
- Noah
- Burcu
- Elif
- Nur
- Elif
- José and Zeynep
- Nur
- Aziz
- Karim
- Habib
- Unifying Worlds
- Part IV Translations
- Part V From Local to Global
- Appendix: Sociological Fiction
- Bibliography
- Index
Burcu
from Part III - Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 March 2022
- Fixing Stories
- Reviews
- The Global Middle East
- Fixing Stories
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures & Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Tale of Two Fixers
- Part I Beginnings
- Part II Fitting In
- Part III Moral Worlds of Ambivalence and Bias
- A Fragmented World
- Noah
- Burcu
- Elif
- Nur
- Elif
- José and Zeynep
- Nur
- Aziz
- Karim
- Habib
- Unifying Worlds
- Part IV Translations
- Part V From Local to Global
- Appendix: Sociological Fiction
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Fixers are not always ambivalent. Sometimes one side of the triad holds greater sway over the broker, who is accordingly biased in their favor. That sway may be strengthened by one brokered party’s threat of immediate sticks or promise of immediate carrots to the fixer. Or a fixer’s allegiance may be swayed because of the longer-term alignment of their dispositions with either reporter or source, based on the fixer’s socialization and aspirations for the future.
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- Fixing StoriesLocal Newsmaking and International Media in Turkey and Syria, pp. 119 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022