Digitization of Journalism Education: A Comparative Analysis on Developed and Developing Countries
Articles > Article · 2019
Authors: İlknur AYDOĞDU KARAASLAN
ERCİYES İLETİŞİM DERGİSİ, International Refereed University Journal, International, Business Source Corporate, 2019, pp 105-124
Summary
<p><span class="fontstyle0">In the digital age, the content of journalism education needs to be reviewed to meet<br>the demands of the sector. The digitalization and increase in the technologies used<br>in the sector reflects on the education of journalism. Depending on the evolution of<br>journalism, the process requires the redefinition of professional skills and changes in<br>the curriculum of education. The technological change in the field of journalism and<br>its practices have pushed professional skills into a rapid transformation. However,<br>the process of digitization of journalism maintains its differences among countries.<br>There is a digital transformation in the production distribution and consumption<br>of the news makes it necessary for countries to make changes in their journalism<br>education curricula, which are appropriate with the new technologies of the field.<br>This study is a comparative case study in which it is investigated how appropriate the<br>course contents and internship opportunities in the curriculum of five universities,<br>which provide the best journalism education in developed (West) and developing<br>countries and the features of “new period journalist” created by the professional<br>skills which are given to students differ from country to country is also revealed.<br>The period of change of journalism education will be studied by interpreting the<br>development stages of sector dwelling on the journalism education of the countries.</span> <br style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p>