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Competing Discourses On Journalism Education, Nora French
Competing Discourses On Journalism Education, Nora French
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This paper is concerned with the lack of an agreed framework for the curriculum for journalism education. The paper reports on research into the beliefs and values underlying the two main undergraduate degree programmes in journalism in Ireland, with the aim of gaining a better understanding of the concepts of journalism and journalism education on which the curricula were based. Critical discourse analysis was used in the research. The discrepancies found in the two concepts within and between different texts make clear that the problems within journalism education reflect the wider problems of lack of closure in the discourses of …
Promoting Values As West Meets East, Michael Foley
Promoting Values As West Meets East, Michael Foley
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As Western training agencies increasingly promote ‘democratic journalistic values’ in the former communist countries, Michael Foley argues that progress will only occur if the West ceases to see in journalism a way of strengthening the marketplace and helps local experts develop their own models
Cbc.Ca - Broadcast Sovereignity In A Digital Environment, Brian O'Neill
Cbc.Ca - Broadcast Sovereignity In A Digital Environment, Brian O'Neill
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), like many public broadcasters, has identified the value of branding their services on the world wide web as a crucial element in the strategy to bring radio into the digital era. Their approach highlights a number of strategically important issues facing broadcasters in the current environment. The internet, in Canadian terms, is an unregulated space and a not particularly Canadian space. Just as in the terrestrial environment, broadcasters like CBC have to operate in an environment dominated by United States-based interests. The regulatory solutions that Canada has previously pursued in order to preserve cultural sovereignty may …