The contribution of online news consumption to critical-reflective journalism professionals

Likelihood patterns among Greek journalism students

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7477175
AutoresLia‐paschalia Spyridou (0000-0002-8905-6881, autor correspondente), Paschalia-Lia Spyridou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, spyridou@jour. auth.gr), Andreas Veglis (0000-0002-0286-2304, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Ano2007
Volume9
Fascículo1
Páginas52-75
Data de publicação2007-12-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884907084340
OpenAlexW2079616374
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas22

Evidence suggests that the internet is the medium with the most success in attracting young people to news, while traditional media have been facing increasing trouble since the 1980s. The emergence of cynical and sceptical attitudes about politics and the media has resulted in most young people becoming `news grazers' instead of regular news consumers. Journalism students, however, should be exposed to political information not only as part of their civic obligation, but also in order to be fully equipped to make essential contributions as future analysts and brokers of news. By proposing a conceptual approach on how online news consumption contributes to critical reflective journalism, and drawing upon informed citizenry theory, the knowledge gap hypothesis, the diffusion of innovations model and the uses and gratification perspective, this article attempts to investigate the determinants and consumption patterns of online news by journalists-to-be in Greece. It is argued that conventional predictors such as possession of substantial cultural capital and longer surfing hours have supremacy over the perceived utility of self-education, job experience and simulation

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