Curricula for Media Education in Anglophone Africa

Okigbo, Charles; Pratt, Cornelius B.

doi:10.1177/107769589705200302

Cited by 7 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 4 publications

(4 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Hiebert and Gross (2003) surveyed 11 Eastern European states, reviewing changes in journalism studies in the post-USSR era. Prompted by the UNESCO's program for improving curricula for journalism training in Africa, Okigbo and Pratt (1997) profiled similar programs in Kenya, and Kang et al (2002) included South Korea in a comparative study of broadcast curricula. Despite this increased interest in formerly ignored countries, the literature still lacks much needed research on this topic, especially in regions such as the Arab world.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Journalism and Media Studies in Lebanon

Melki¹

2009

Journalism Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study uses mixed-methods to map out the field of journalism and media studies in Lebanese universities and deploys a Q-technique to capture faculties' opinions. The Q-analysis of 29 instructors revealed three groups of opinions towards journalism studies: one advocated a professional approach, one preferred a communication arts focus, and one pushed for a theoretical and research-intensive orientation. While the three groups differed on various matters, they all agreed that journalism and media studies in Lebanon urgently needed more qualified faculty, locally oriented research, and relevant academic and technical resources. Student demographic analysis revealed a stable increase in broadcast journalism and public relations (PR) enrolments but a decrease in print journalism; advertising and marketing were the most popular subjects, followed by broadcast journalism and PR; females outnumbered males; and the Lebanese University, the only public university, remained the most prestigious and popular program despite its dire financial situation. The curricula analysis found most programs had either a practical or a liberal-professional orientation, while only one had a liberal emphasis. In addition, most programs required an internship, while only two required a thesis; English and the US academic system dominated; only one program offered online journalism; while none offered media or news literacy.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Journalism and Media Studies in Lebanon

Melki¹

2009

Journalism Studies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For example, they also cover public relations or business communication, and --often in Africa --they wrestle with teaching the interlinkage of communications and development (see Wimmer and Wolf, 2005;McCurdy and Power, 2005). Complicating matters further, African journalism educators are also pulled between dependence on Western models and materials on the one hand, and appeals to African-centricity on the other (see for example Murphy and Scotton, 1987;Okigbo and Pratt, 1997;Rabe, 2005;Skjerdal, 2009;Fosu, 2010;De Beer, 2010;Dube, 2010;Oyelele, 2011).…”

Section: Analysis Of the Constituencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Networking African journalism educators: bonding, bridging, and linking

Berger¹

2011

Glob. media j.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Professional networking of African journalism educators is a complex matter for reasons related to the fragmentary identity and fragile resource base of this constituency. African journalism educators thus share many characteristics which ironically dilute the sense of a clear and common identity that could facilitate networking as a community. The prospects for building a social network amongst this constituency can be analysed in terms of theories of social capital and a review of various experiences. The results suggest that "bridging" to external constituencies with resources is the most fertile method of community creation, and this driver is central to building social capital via enhanced relationships in the African journalism education sector.

show abstract

Crash Course

Jenks

2019

Media History

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Curricula for Media Education in Anglophone Africa

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

Journalism and Media Studies in Lebanon

Journalism and Media Studies in Lebanon

Networking African journalism educators: bonding, bridging, and linking

Crash Course

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About