Contents Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ 7 Introduction: Journalism professionalization and journalistic culture as a matter of research ............................................................... 9 Gunnar Nygren and Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska 1. Professionalization, media development, and comparative journalism studies................................................................................19 Gunnar Nygren 2. Professional journalistic cultures.Design and methods in the research ........41 Gunnar Nygren, Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska and Elena Johansson 3. Who is a journalist today? Mapping selected dimensions for comparative study on journalism .............................................................................63 Michał Głowacki 4. Changing working conditions .............................................................................97 Jöran Hök 5. Media development and professional autonomy ........................................... 119 Gunnar Nygren 6. Ideals and values of modern journalists: the search for balance.................. 153 Maria Anikina 7. Journalism and politics...................................................................................... 179 Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska 8. Journalism and commercialization.................................................................. 211 Bogusława Dobek-Ostrowska 9. New tools for old practices? he journalistic profession in the context of interactive participation ....................................................................... 233 Elena Johansson