Journalismus studieren in der Krise

Abstract

Eine deutschlandweite Befragung von 556 Journalismus-Studierenden hat untersucht, ob und inwiefern sich die aktuelle Krise im Journalismus in der hochschulgebundenen Journalistenausbildung niederschlägt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass unter den Studierenden keine ausgeprägte Krisenstimmung herrscht, auch wenn eine Mehrheit der Befragten die Zukunftschancen des Journalismus ambivalent bewertet. Die größten Herausforderungen für den Berufsstand werden in ökonomischen Faktoren sowie in verschlechterten Arbeitsbedingungen gesehen. Selbstverwirklichung und Idealismus haben angesichts der schwierigen Bedingungen einen entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Studienfachwahl. Darüber hinaus zeigt sich, dass trotz schwieriger Zeiten immer noch eine klare Mehrheit der Studierenden in den Journalismus möchte. Die Erfahrungen, die Studierende im redaktionellen Alltag machen, bestärkt sie dabei in ihrer Berufswahl und gibt ihnen zudem mehr Sicherheit hinsichtlich der Erreichbarkeit ihrer beruflichen Ziele. Gleichzeitig bereitet sich knapp die Hälfte der Studierenden im Geiste bereits darauf vor, in einem von beruflicher Mobilität gekennzeichneten Arbeitsmarkt irgendwann auch auf andere Tätigkeitsbereiche auszuweichen.

Journalists’ contributions to political life in Switzerland: Professional role conceptions and perceptions of role enactment

“…Several scholars have pointed out that although especially younger journalists criticize the old-fashioned attitudes and practices of the media industry, it is safer to adhere to an organization’s common norms and attune their views to what seems legitimate and feasible in their situation (Phillips, 2015; Wiik, 2015). New entrants to an organization experience high uncertainty (Klatetzki, 2008) and are at risk of getting socialized by older journalists who define what constitutes good journalism (Hanitzsch et al, 2016).…”

Young journalists in Switzerland: Results of a survey on aims, working conditions, and future prospects of journalists born in 1990 or later

“…The focus on journalists aged 30 or younger allows to compare respondents of more or less the same generation, who can expect that the biggest part of their professional life is still ahead of them. Furthermore, since their education is not long time ago or sometimes still ongoing, their views on future prospects are comparable to those of journalism students, which have already been analysed in other European countries (Hanitzsch, Lauerer, & Steindl, 2016).…”

“…Compared to the studies by Hanitzsch et al (2016) and Dingerkus et al (2018), ca- Note: Values are measured on a five-level scale: 1 = do not agree at all, 2 = rather disagree, 3 = partly agree, 4 = strongly agree, 5 = very strongly agree; "Strong agreement" includes percentage of responses with values 4 and 5; items correspond to those as used by Hanitzsch et al (2016), adapted to the situation in Switzerland in the item on foreign investments.…”

“…Surveys of journalism students on the perception of their intended profession have been conducted in various other European countries, namely by Hanitzsch et al (2016) in Germany, Nygren &Stygbrand (2014) in Sweden, Russia, Poland, Finland, andEstonia, Hovden, Bjørnsen, Ottosen, Willig, andZilliacus-Tikkanen (2009) in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, as well as Hanna and Sanders (2007) in the United Kingdom. Many participants in these surveys were already working in journalism alongside their studies, and they were specifically asked about career choice motives and their perception of the future of journalism.…”

The digital turn from a newsroom perspective – How German journalists from different generations reflect on the digitalization of journalism

“…Of these, 5 were between 25 and 37 years old at the time of the interview (young professionals), 6 between 41 and 60 (senior professionals), and 4 between 69 and 84 (retired professionals). Due to the fact that we included retired journalists, the average age of our sample is 51 years compared to the average age of German journalists which is 46 years according to Hanitzsch et al (2016). To cover a field of journalistic work environments as broad as possible, both journalists who work or have worked for newspapers and magazines (7) and journalists who work or have worked for radio (2) or television stations (5) were included in the sample.…”