The creation of reality : a constructivist epistemology of journalism and journalism education / Bernhard Poerksen ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl Koeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pörksen, Bernhard.

Contributor:

Koeck, Alison Rosemary.

Koeck, Wolfram Karl.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constructivism (Philosophy).

Journalism--Philosophy.

Journalism.

Journalistic ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Die beobachtung des beobachters.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : Imprint Academic, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Constructivism has been traded as a new paradigm by its advocates, and criticised by its opponents as legitimating deceit and lies, as justifying a trendy post-modern ""Anything goes"".In this book, Bernhard Poerksen draws up a new rationale for constructivist thinking and charts out directions for the imaginative examination of personal certainties and the certainties of others, of ideologies great and small. The focus of the debate is on the author's thesis that our understanding of journal...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preliminary Note; Introduction; Body matter; A. Foundations; I: Premises and Postulates; B. Educational Objectives; II: Deepening Critical Awareness of Science; III: Deepening Critical Awareness of Language; IV: Deepening Awareness of Media-Epistemology; V: Deepening Ethical Awareness; C. Ways of Learning; VI: Deepening Awareness of Autonomy; VII: The Reality of the Study of Journalism; VIII: Summary in the Form of Theses; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available

Notes:

"The German original was first published under the title Die Beobachtung des Beobachters, Universitätsverlag Konstanz, 2006"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-84540-472-6

OCLC:

855504429