World-ready: A Journalism Capstone Unit Model with International Focus in a Pandemic and Post-pandemic Landscape

Asia Pacific Media Educator ◽

10.1177/1326365x211003743 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1326365X2110037

Author(s):

Laura Glitsos

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Geographical Isolation ◽

International Networks ◽

Communications Network ◽

Unit Model ◽

Travel Restrictions ◽

Global Vision ◽

Journalism Students

In assessing the literature to date, in the field of journalism capstone units, there is an absence of research on the potential of Australian journalism capstone units that help cultivate journalism students’ international networks through new media platforms. I argue that there is a need for an Australian journalism capstone unit that focuses on a global vision for post-programme work opportunities in a radically changed and digitally driven global landscape, which does not rely on physical travel. This is especially pertinent for students in the Australian communications network, which has a legacy tradition of insularity that is cultivated by geographical isolation. This factor has also become more pertinent in the wake of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

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Television from Digital Generation’s Perspective: Concerning the Problem of Media Consumption

10.35853/ufh-rmp-2019-j09 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 374-385

Author(s):

Marina Myasnikova

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Mass Communication ◽

Survey Method ◽

Media Consumption ◽

Qualitative Properties ◽

Communication Processes ◽

Digital Generation ◽

The Media ◽

Journalism Students ◽

Media Audience

The paper focuses on the problem of new digital generation’s participation in the media consumption process and first of all in television watching under conditions when the contemporary television audience transforms due to the emergence of mobile digital technologies. The digital generation is the most vivid segment of the society in terms of diverse interests and active media consumption; it possesses new selection opportunities and influences the elder generation. This article aims to define the digital generation’s role in contemporary media processes; identify its current functions and current attitude to traditional media, particularly television, as well as Russian telecontent. Methods of researching the media audience also change. The main object of mediametry measurements is now the process, not the result of media consumption. In practice, however, the audience is still viewed as a homogenous mass, not a dynamic system. That is why “mass” calculations cannot be used to judge specific audience needs. It is important not simply to measure views but also to study the audience, taking into account the content and formats of media texts consumed by it within the telecommunication process. The research applies the expert survey method within homogenous groups of young people and focuses on qualitative properties of media consumption, specifically its motivation structure and audience needs. Results of three expert surveys conducted among 17–27 years old journalism students of the Ural Federal University at various times are presented. The motives of telecontent consumption are defined. The paper reveals that the new digital generation relies on the telecontent posted on various online platforms. The youth have a critical attitude towards broadcast television not only because of competition from the new media but also due to low quality of professional media products. Additionally, representatives of the young media audience participate in mass communication processes not only as consumers but also as creators of their own video content.

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Media skills for daily life: Designing a journalism programme for graduates of all disciplines

Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa ◽

10.24135/pjr.v17i1.376 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 141-156

Author(s):

Lee Duffield

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Community Of Practice ◽

Academic Discipline ◽

Journalism Education ◽

Preliminary Conclusion ◽

Media Audiences ◽

The Subject ◽

The Common ◽

Media Work ◽

Journalism Students

This article in the journalism education field reports on the construction of a new subject as part of a postgraduate coursework degree. The subject, or unit will offer both Journalism students and other students an introductory experience of creating media, using common ‘new media’ tools, with exercises that will model the learning of communication principles through practice. It has been named ‘Fundamental Media Skills for the Workplace’. The conceptualisation and teaching of it will be characteristic of the Journalism academic discipline that uses the ‘inside perspective’—understanding mass media by observing from within. Proposers for the unit within the Journalism discipline have sought to extend the common teaching approach, based on training to produce start-ready recruits for media jobs, backed by a study of contexts, e.g. journalistic ethics, or media audiences. In this proposal, students would then examine the process to elicit additional knowledge about their learning. The article draws on literature of journalism and its pedagogy, and on communication generally. It also documents a ‘community of practice’ exercise conducted among practitioners as teachers for the subject, developing exercises and models of media work. A preliminary conclusion from that exercise is that it has taken a step towards enhancing skills-based learning for media work.

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Scattered voices, global vision: indigenous peoples and the new media nation

The Media of Diaspora ◽

10.4324/9780203380642-11 ◽

2003 ◽

pp. 49-63

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Global Vision

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New Media Usage among School Children of Bangalore

Artha - Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.12724/ajss.34.3 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 14

Author(s):

Suparna Naresh

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

The United States ◽

Educational Background ◽

School Students ◽

Kaiser Family Foundation ◽

Urban Indians ◽

Media Usage ◽

Urban India ◽

Global Vision ◽

The University

A study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in the United States during the turn of the millennium showed that children in America spent almost five hours watching television and two hours in front of the computer. As recently as June 2010, the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth held in Karlstad, Sweden held sway on the topic- ‘Towards the new global vision for children, youth and media’. Alberto Pellai, the Summit keynote speaker (representing the department of Public Health at the University Degli Studi Di Milano, Italy) touched upon the need for media education emphasizing on media content that had to educate and help in the growth and development of children rather than mislead the beliefs and value system of children. Statistics reveal new media as being a strong contender for top spot of favoured past time among children. It no longer surprises people that the time spent by children on new media usage has tripled in the last ten years in the US (Kaiser Family Foundation report). Children in urban India from all accounts are no different from their American counterparts. This trend needs to be pondered, debated and questioned. The researcher would like to explore the different issues related to children and new media usage from an urban perspective since new media is more accessible to urban Indians for obvious reasons- finance, socio-cultural readiness towards new, innovative medium of communication (new media) and educational background. Through interactive sessions with school students, parents and teachers the researcher would like to find out- why children use new media, the content used by children, parent perception of new media usage by their children, teacher’s view on new media usage by students. According to Bagman, a popular blogger, there are two kinds of people, “Whenever there is a question of a new medium, there are those who are excited because of it and those who are wary of it.” The researcher too, through this paper, would like to know which way people in urban India are inclined.

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What is Needed versus What is Taught

Asia Pacific Media Educator ◽

10.1177/1326365x14555285 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 225-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ying Roselyn Du

Keyword(s):

New Media ◽

Classroom Instruction ◽

Journalism Education ◽

Media Industry ◽

Online Journalism ◽

Crucial Difference ◽

Journalism Students ◽

People Skills

This article reports on a survey of journalism students’ perception of what is taught in online journalism classrooms and what instructors perceive to be important for students to be work-ready for online newsrooms. The results show that online journalism education is still defined by traditional journalism, for instance, in tasks specialization, when future journalists are required to be well versed in multiple aspects of journalism and technology. The survey finds that people skills and communication abilities have become a must in this new media age, and that instructors’ previous online journalism experience may make a crucial difference in classroom instruction. For online journalism educators and programme administrators, this article may help in developing the appropriate curriculum to prepare students to work in the changing media industry.

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