An Ethnomethodological Perspective on the Conflict between Magistrates and Journalists in Cameroon

Thomas  Essono; Jean-François  Nguegan

doi:10.4236/ajc.2015.34013

Jean-François Nguegan, Thomas Essono

Abstract: The report of the magistrate profession to that of a journalist in Cameroon can be studied from the perspective both of the sociology of professions and sociology of the conflict; the actors, who belong to different territories, are usually against the quality, legitimacy and competence required to deal with media information, and judicial control, individual freedom. This relationship is mainly studied in this research in terms of symbolic interactionism, to emphasize first of all on the importance that judges and journalists themselves give to their profession and secondly on the rationality of their game in the construction and the demarcation of their respective territories. This article is a contribution to the study of the discourse of these two groups of professionals who compete with each other.

Keywords: Logic of Actors, Media Power, Conflict, Ethnomethodology, Territories

Cite this paper: Nguegan, J.-F., & Essono, T. (2015) An Ethnomethodological Perspective on the Conflict between Magistrates and Journalists in Cameroon. Advances in Journalism and Communication, 3, 115-122. doi: 10.4236/ajc.2015.34013.

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