Making journalists : diverse models, global issues / edited by Hugo de Burgh ; foreword by James Curran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burgh, Hugo de, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Journalism.

Physical Description:

xv, 296 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

If journalists have power in the constructing of public discourses, how are they taught to use this power? "Making Journalists" examines journalism practices and professionalism in countries as varied as China, Cameroon, India and Italy, as well as the US and the UK. The contributors offer insights into models of journalism as they are taught and learnt across the globe. They look at what journalism is in different societies, the contradictions between national and professional cultures, how education "makes" the journalist and thus the news and what the ethical implications of these processes are. They offer a valuable corrective to simplistic assumptions about globalization of the media. When news reporting can lead to decisions on whether or not to go to war, we are all affected by the power of journalists and how they mediate our world.

Contents:

Introduction: journalism and the new cultural paradigm / Hugo De Burgh 1

Part I Journalism and journalists 23

1 What is journalism? / Brian Mcnair 25

2 Who are journalists? / David H. Weaver 44

3 Journalism and the making of a profession / Howard Tumber, Marina Prentoulis 58

Part II Journalism and location 75

4 Is there a European model of journalism? / Paolo Mancini 77

5 The US model of journalism: exception or exemplar? / Michael Schudson 94

6 The conception of Chinese journalists: ideological convergence and contestation / Chin-Chuan Lee 107

7 Adapting to globalisation: the changing contours of journalism in India / Daya Kishan Thussu 127

8 The changing dynamics of Arab journalism / Naomi Sakr 142

9 African journalism and the struggle for democratic media / Helge Ronning 157

10 From lapdog to watchdog: the role of the press in Latin America's democratization / Rosental Calmon Alves 181

Part III Journalism and the future 203

11 The evolution of journalism education in the United States / Betty Medsger 205

12 Who's to make journalists? / Angela Phillips 227

13 Running the technological gauntlet: journalism and new media / John V. Pavlik 245

14 Can we make journalists better? / Theodore L. Glasser, Lise Marken 264.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415315026

0415315018

OCLC:

56809806