If Only They Knew: Audience Expectations and Actual Sourcing Practices in Online Journalism

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This article answers the question “Are the sourcing practices in Finnish online journalism trustworthy?” Here, trustworthiness is operationalized as the fulfillment of audience expectations towards sourcing practices. To this end, expectations of young Finnish adults (aged 18–28) were compared to the observed practices of Finnish online journalists. A total of 36 news items (from 12 journalists working in three newsrooms, published in 2013 and 2017) were analyzed. The analysis indicates that online journalists’ sourcing practices largely do not conform to this audience segment's expectations. Namely, the audience expects more comprehensive investigation and thorough verification than what is common practice in online journalism. The use of high-credibility sources is both expected and commonplace. The results imply that transparency may be harmful rather than beneficial to journalism's credibility, as the unveiled practices do not always meet audience expectations.     

Fantasy,Pragmatism and Journalistic Socialisation: UK Journalism Students’ Aspirations and Motivations

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Despite the sustained growth in journalism as a choice of degree path for young people, our understanding of students’ aspirations and motivations remains relatively underdeveloped. At the same time, journalism careers appear increasingly uncertain, as the industry responds to digitalisation and convergence. In this mixed-methods study – employing 35 interviews and a survey of 837 UK journalism students – we ask what areas of journalism do students aspire towards, how do they feel about their future career prospects, and what is motivating them to study journalism in the first place? We find that intrinsic motivations (calling and talent, dynamic job) prevail over public service ones, with students drawn to soft news beats over hard news. Aspirations are also strikingly gendered, opening up questions of journalism education in this process. We also find that while students articulate an aspirational career in respected media outlets, they are pragmatic about their immediate career prospects. Here, journalism education appears to play a significant role in socialising students towards careers beyond journalism. Findings are discussed in the light of ongoing debates around journalistic socialisation and the future of journalism.     

基于网络课件的标准应用及界定研究

现代远程教育标准对发展网络远程教育、教学起到了规范和指导的作用,但诸多标准尚处于雏形或发展之中,有许多有待研究和解决的问题。该文立足于网络课件制作、编列、播放的全过程,从功能上就相关的一系列标准应用及如何对其界定进行了探讨。     

浅析高校如何有效实施双语教学

双语教学在我国各高校纷纷展开,但实际收效不大。针对这种情况,本文探讨了高校有效实施双语教学面临的一些问题,并针对这些问题提出了解决对策。     

提升网络学术期刊传播能力的实践与思考

为提升网络学术期刊的传播能力,提高网络学术期刊的发行质量,针对网络学术期刊的特点,围绕其发行与传播环境,并结合对2015年我国SCI收录期刊的实证分析,提出提升网络学术期刊传播能力的对策。网络学术期刊传播能力的提升,需要编辑树立互联网思维,需要建立健全多渠道的发行途径,重视标识符的使用以及重视挖掘语义出版等新出版模式。学术期刊的发展应顺应时代潮流,新元素和新出版模式的使用将成为网络学术期刊发展的必然趋势。     

论章太炎的新闻思想

章太炎是近代著名报人,他的新闻思想深植于中国传统文化,同时融合西方报刊理论,提出很多独到的见解,如,利用报刊舆论,立足新闻事实,提出独立见解,中西合璧,提倡新闻自由,对当时的报界产生了巨大影响,推动了社会革命舆论的形成和发展,从而对当时社会进步起到巨大影响。     

Reflectors as online extraverts?

Increasingly, online learning is perceived as an effective method of instruction. Much recent educational research has focused on examining the purposes and situations for which online education is best suited. In this paper, students enrolled in two online courses are compared with their peers enrolled in equivalent classroom‐based courses to investigate aspects of the relationship between learning style and mode of delivery. Student satisfaction measures are taken from participants in both modes of delivery and compared with student learning style. Feedback from the ‘Reflector’ learning style demonstrates higher satisfaction levels with the online mode of delivery compared with their matched counterparts following equivalent classroom‐based courses. Therefore, whilst ‘Reflectors’ might be regarded as Introverts in the traditional classroom setting, the additional time for reflection offered by online delivery makes this group more likely to contribute to online discussion, report higher satisfaction levels and generally behave more like online Extraverts.     

略论"新闻关怀"主体应具有的意识

新闻工作者是新闻关怀活动的主体,应该具有一定的素质.这些素质表现为五种意识责任意识、亲近意识、细节意识、调控意识、换位意识.     

混合式学习环境下学生网上讨论的成效及影响因素研究

混合式学习能够整合课堂面授学习方式与在线学习方式的优势,被认为是高等教育机构应对未来挑战和实现教育创新的有效而风险较低的策略。以北京大学一门通选课作为研究案例,针对混合式教学环境下学生网上讨论的成效及影响因素进行的实证研究发现：混合式教学中的网上讨论确实可以为教学提供帮助,总体来看,学生在＂知识＂和＂理解＂这两个低阶思维能力方面获得了较大的提高,而在＂分析＂、＂综合＂、＂评价＂等高阶思维能力方面并没有得到普遍的提高;＂讨论话题设置＂和＂个体对网上讨论的态度＂是影响网上讨论成效的最显著因素,＂对讨论的激励机制＂对网上讨论成效也有较大影响。     

我国网络远程课程十年研究综述

网络远程课程,即网络课程与远程课程的合称。自2000年以来,我国网络远程课程研究已走过10年（2000—2009）历程,已有研究在课程内涵、课程设置、课程设计、课程开发、课程建设、课程实施和课程评价等方面都存在不同进展与不足。基于开放本质的整体设计和基于成人特色的学教设计,是课程设计的两大方向;课程开发中课程设计与课程理念、课程设置的研究存在脱节现象;目前课程建设的整体规划、教学设计水平有待提高,优秀资源共享程度较低;课程实施中缺乏实施机制和实效研究,不注重研究成果转化;课程评价则存在评价指标和量化标准上重复研究的情况,评价的目的多为评质定级而不是反馈改进。当前网络远程课程的发展需要具有全程、综合、以“学”为中心的研究视野,树立动态的、学科开放的、学习开放的网络远程课程观,建立专业化的团队,注重试验研究,注重研究成果的及时转化。