Exploring the Normative Foundation of Journalism Education: Nordic Journalism Educators’ Conceptions of Future Journalism and Professional Qualifications
This article deals with Nordic journalism educators’ conceptions of journalism by placing the concept of normativity at the center. The values, norms and ideas concerning journalism and journalistic practice have previously been studied by journalists and journalism students around the world and in...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b95a0c4c33e047678165867da2ed6fb6 2023-05-15T16:50:34+02:00 Exploring the Normative Foundation of Journalism Education: Nordic Journalism Educators’ Conceptions of Future Journalism and Professional Qualifications Maarit Jaakkola Panu Uotila 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia3030031 https://doaj.org/article/b95a0c4c33e047678165867da2ed6fb6 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/3/3/31 https://doaj.org/toc/2673-5172 doi:10.3390/journalmedia3030031 2673-5172 https://doaj.org/article/b95a0c4c33e047678165867da2ed6fb6 Journalism and Media, Vol 3, Iss 31, Pp 436-452 (2022) journalism educators journalism education journalistic values professional identities normativity the Nordic countries Journalism. The periodical press etc PN4699-5650 Communication. Mass media P87-96 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia3030031 2022-12-31T00:33:35Z This article deals with Nordic journalism educators’ conceptions of journalism by placing the concept of normativity at the center. The values, norms and ideas concerning journalism and journalistic practice have previously been studied by journalists and journalism students around the world and in the Nordics, while the Nordic journalism educators’ conceptions have remained more or less without attention. Nevertheless, journalism educators play a crucial role in defining what journalism is and what it is not, and thus largely affect future practitioners’ ideas of journalism. Using a questionnaire that has been employed in previous studies, journalism educators within the academic journalism training in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden ( n = 115) were surveyed in terms of their conceptions. It was found that the journalism educators, of which 35 per cent had a doctoral degree, still largely subscribe to the ideas of the welfare state. In addition, the ideas of slow, investigative, constructive and solutions-based journalism have gained high popularity among the Nordic educators, which, we argue, dovetails well with the pedagogical aims of journalism education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Journalism and Media 3 3 436 452 |
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This article deals with Nordic journalism educators’ conceptions of journalism by placing the concept of normativity at the center. The values, norms and ideas concerning journalism and journalistic practice have previously been studied by journalists and journalism students around the world and in the Nordics, while the Nordic journalism educators’ conceptions have remained more or less without attention. Nevertheless, journalism educators play a crucial role in defining what journalism is and what it is not, and thus largely affect future practitioners’ ideas of journalism. Using a questionnaire that has been employed in previous studies, journalism educators within the academic journalism training in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden ( n = 115) were surveyed in terms of their conceptions. It was found that the journalism educators, of which 35 per cent had a doctoral degree, still largely subscribe to the ideas of the welfare state. In addition, the ideas of slow, investigative, constructive and solutions-based journalism have gained high popularity among the Nordic educators, which, we argue, dovetails well with the pedagogical aims of journalism education. |
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Exploring the Normative Foundation of Journalism Education: Nordic Journalism Educators’ Conceptions of Future Journalism and Professional Qualifications |
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