新闻教育“四纵三横”实践教学模式探究——以湖北第二师范学院为例

新闻专业技能训练不足已成为我国新闻教育中一个十分突出问题;“来了就能用”,是当下新闻人才招聘的共同需求。注重多维度实践教学,让学生在专业学习过程中提高业务技能,既是新闻教育义不容辞的责任,也是其“对症”的良方。湖北第二师范学院实施的“四纵三横”实践教学模式,算是其中的一个尝试。     

双语教学与专业英语教学的衔接研究——以新闻学为例

新闻专业英语和新闻传播学课程的双语教学,二者都是我国高校新闻院(系)积极应对改革开放、经济全球化、传播全球化而进行的教学创新实践。新闻传播视域和英语语境的结合是两类课程的共有特质,这也使得二者容易被混淆和误解。结合对两类课程的教学实践,通过对其内容和特点进行比较,从而探讨如何才能发挥其课程特性,并对新闻传播教学培养起到应有作用。     

浅析新闻工作中需要处理好的几个关系

“把好关,把好度”,是新闻工作的一项基本原则.要做到这一点,新闻工作者必须要处理好大众化与媚俗化、时效性与严谨性、客观性与倾向性等三个方面的关系,使新闻更多地展现社会风貌,贴近社会生活.同时做到,在快速传达新闻信息的同时,牢牢把握对所获得信息的考证过程,在追求时效性的同时,追求严谨性.并且,最大限度减少新闻传播中的偏差,保证新闻的客观真实性,进而将新闻工作提高到一个新台阶.     

论现代高等新闻传播教育的理念建构

理念指导方向,引领行动。教育理念的建构和推广应在教育改革中处于优先地位,但当前大学新闻传播教育改革的探讨却大多聚集于现实问题的当下解决,对教育理念建构的意义与价值关注不足。面对媒介技术快速发展,以及诸多倡导强化技术教育的探讨,本文另拓新思,探讨现代高等新闻传播教育理念建构的价值和意义。     

Historians and the Writing of Press History

Research into Greek press history has not yet gone through all the necessary stages, including cataloguing, content analysis, synthesis and comparative study of the data. Only recently have researchers attempted to utilize information obtained from the press as an authentic source of information leading to better understanding of political and cultural phenomena and attitudes, and the reactions of public opinion—aspects of historical research that were not previously considered. The revitalized thinking that allowed the linear narrative presentation of previous years to evolve into more complex interdisciplinary approaches has helped broaden the thematic focus and brought the study of the press into the research limelight.     

Journalism,Moral Panic and the Public Interest

The public interest is commonly presumed to be fundamental to the practice of journalism. Journalists and the media organizations for which they work routinely assume that they are able to identify what is in the public interest, and act accordingly. This article explores notions of the public interest in the context of a particular case study, that of Sharleen Spiteri, an HIV-positive sex worker who appeared on the Australian national current affairs television programme 60 Minutes in 1989 and admitted that she sometimes had unprotected sex with clients. As a consequence of the ensuing wave of moral panic, she was forcibly detained in a locked AIDS ward and a mental asylum. After she was released she was kept under 24-hour surveillance for the remaining 15 years of her life. In 2010, the authors of this article produced a radio documentary for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation about Sharleen Spiteri's case. The authors argue that her story raises some important and difficult questions for the ethical practice of journalism. They analyse the role of journalists and politicians involved in Sharleen's case, and show that their belief that they were acting in the public interest played into well-established historical narratives linking sex workers with disease and dissolution, with disastrous consequences for Sharleen herself. The authors argue that a more reflexive and responsible conception of the public interest for journalists requires them to pay more careful attention to the voices and perspectives of people who are excluded from participation in the public sphere.     

Asking the Readers

Alternative forms of journalism are said to challenge the passive role of audience members as receivers and to foster active citizenship among alternative journalists and audiences. Yet the scholarly literature on alternative journalism contains more assertions about than evidence from the audience. Downing has described the audience for alternative media as “the virtually unknown”, prompting him to urge journalism scholars to undertake more audience research to help increase our understanding of this allegedly active and civic-minded public. This exploratory study of the people who regularly read a contemporary example of alternative journalism—an investigative local blog covering one UK city—is intended to contribute towards filling the gap identified by Downing. Audience views are explored by means of questionnaires and focus groups, providing some evidence that individuals are attracted to alternative journalism by their dissatisfaction with mainstream media; that they see alternative media as helping them make sense of the world; and that, to an extent, engaging with such media is both a prompt to, and a reflection of, readers’ democratic engagement as citizens. Recognising the limitations of this small study, the article concludes by reiterating Downing's call for further research.     

Investigating Journalism Students' Conceptions and Development of Critical Reflection through Teacher-Mediated Activities

This article offers a view of how journalism students in higher education conceptualize and develop critical reflection in the meeting between student and teacher. Critical reflection is seen as a key asset in journalism and a key process in bringing together practice and knowledge, thus closing the gap between theory and practice. In an attempt to understand how critical reflection is developed, a field study was conducted in a bachelor's programme in journalism, where one teacher and 12 students were observed and interviewed during two semesters in the students’ second year.     

When Routines are Not Enough

Interest in crisis management among journalism scholars grew in the wake of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. Yet, few studies explore journalists and their organizations from a newsroom and organizational crisis management perspective. In this study, we study journalists’ ability to conduct news work when faced with a frame-breaking news event—in this case, the July 22, 2011 attacks in Norway. Dividing the journalistic response to these events into three stages, each with its own particular challenges, we have been able to unpack how these Norwegian journalists were capable of reporting on the events despite the chaos and uncertainty that followed in their wake, including the fact that the newsroom itself suffered severe damage from the bomb blast. This study shows that coping mechanisms in times of organizational stress will range from the expected (routine, habit) to the unexpected (improvisation, bricolage). The individual must pick up where the organization leaves off, relying upon experience and professionalism as well as face-to-face interaction and the assistance of whatever technology survives.     

Audience Community as a Strategic Resource in Media Work

This article discusses the role of the online audience community as a strategic resource for media work. It opens up a current perspective on the audience community, which has received scarce attention in research both conceptually and empirically. The article provides an empirical analysis of the various ways in which the audience community can serve as a resource in the work of journalists. The conclusion is that the audience community can have wide-ranging strategic significance and implications for media work and media brands. In particular, observing and connecting with the audience community can help journalists acquire deeper knowledge and understanding of the audience, as well as strengthen commitment and engagement among the audience with the media brand. As a consequence of collaborating with the audience community, new journalistic roles and tasks are emerging.