In search of critical engagement: a history of South African university based journalism

du Toit, Jeanne; de Beer, Arnold S

Title: In search of critical engagement: a history of South African university based journalism
Creator: du Toit, Jeanne
Creator: de Beer, Arnold S
Date Issued: 2010
Date: 2010
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/159453
Identifier: vital:40299
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC139372
Description: Historical discussions of South African journalism education (Tomaselli 1991: 167; De Beer and Tomaselli 2000; Steenveld 2006) refer to examples of teaching practice which have served as critical interventions into political process. They occur primarily in the late 1970s and 1980s and it is arguable that the social circumstances that existed during this period presented unique opportunities for critical education. The literature suggests, however, that these examples represent the exception rather than the rule. It would seem, in fact, that a critical approach to journalism education has never been realised in South Africa in any substantive way. It is with this argument in mind that I explore, in this paper, the historical construction of journalism as a subject of university education in South Africa.
Format: 3 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Rhodes Journalism Review
Relation: Du Toit, Jeanne and de Beer Arnold S. In search of critical engagement: a history of South African university based journalism. Rhodes Journalism Review, 2010. July (30), pp. 12-14
Relation: Rhodes Journalism Review volume 30 number 12 14 July 2010
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