Riding the waves: Journalism education in post-apartheid South Africa

Garman, Anthea; van der Merwe, Mia

Title: Riding the waves: Journalism education in post-apartheid South Africa
Creator: Garman, Anthea
Creator: van der Merwe, Mia
Date Issued: 2017
Date: 2017
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/158405
Identifier: vital:40181
Identifier: https://0-doi.org.wam.seals.ac.za/10.1177/1077695817720679
Description: 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.
Format: 13 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
Relation: Garman, A. and van der Merwe, M., 2017. Riding the waves: Journalism education in post-apartheid South Africa. Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 72(3), pp.306-318
Relation: Journalism and Mass Communication Educator volume 72 number 3 306 318 August 2017 2161-4326
Rights: Publisher
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Sage Journals Terms and Conditions Statement (https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/terms-of-use)

Hits: 656
Visitors: 734
Downloads: 89

Collections

Garman, Anthea (Prof)

RU School of Journalism and Media Studies

		Thumbnail	File	Description	Size	Format
View Details Download			SOURCE1	Riding the waves.pdf	637 KB	Adobe Acrobat PDF	View Details Download