Riding the Waves

Journalism Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7497543
AutoresAnthea Garman (0000-0002-8715-8542, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, autor correspondente), Mia Van Der Merwe (Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa)
Ano2017
Volume72
Fascículo3
Páginas306-318
Data de publicação2017-08-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournalism & Mass Communication Educator (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1077-6958 • E-ISSN: 2161-4326
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077695817720679
OpenAlexW2749767245
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas10

Since 1994, South African journalism education has undergone waves of introspection about curricula and methods of teaching as educators respond to the challenging realities of the post-apartheid environment. The most recent challenge to journalism educators is the student protests which started at the end of 2015, questioning the high costs of education and demanding “decolonization” of curricula. The traditional alignment with media companies has also been upended as the drastic contraction of newsrooms removes the promise of jobs upon graduation and the swiftly shifting digital terrain rearranges the financial basis of all journalism. These factors introduce a dynamism and uncertainty into South African journalism that educators are compelled to respond to with imagination and principle

Curriculum · Dynamism · Introspection · Journalism · Media studies · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Technical Journalism · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Literacy, Media, and Education · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology