Speaking Truth to Power: Core Principles for Advancing International Journalism Education

Pavlik, John V.; Alsaad, Adnan Abu; Laufer, Peter

doi:10.1177/1077695820946241

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“…In natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, or other catastrophic events, when a stock photo is used, it fails to "personalise the hazard or give a true indication of the current and potential impact of the hazard" (p. 5) (Dootson et al, 2021). The author is of the opinion that even such journalistic manipulation could be interpreted as one mechanism to stimulate misinformation, and thus misrepresent the truth, which should be a basic tenet not only of news reporting, but of journalism itself (Pavlik et al, 2020). It could also represent laziness, the lack of professionalism, fact cherry-picking, exaggerations or omissions, trolling or a host of other bias-inducing factors and habits that tend to accompany politically-related events (Hendricks and Vestergaard, 2019).…”

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The potentially misleading nature of the use of stock photos in news reporting: A case in 2022 of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Silva¹

2023

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The ability to transmit accurate information that does not deceive its readership, and the use of images that reflects the truth of the fact that they are supposed to be representing, should be an important principle and basal tenet of any traditional or social media-based news or journalistic organization or platform. It is not uncommon to find images or photos that accompany the text of a news article, and the visual impact of an image, as is often expressed in a cliché, can sometimes add much more value than merely the text itself. Whereas some fake news is patently untrue, another gray zone of journalism that is affected by fake news may encompass bias, spin and deceit. Absent rigorous quality control and editing measures, a news source may inadvertently slip into this gray zone, which encompasses the use of stock photos to represent, or supplement, the text of news items. Focusing on photos by a pro-Ukrainian social media app-based news media outlet, this rather unusual case involves a highly topical personality, the President of Ukraine. This article points to how subtle “truth” can change through the use (or abuse) of stock photos. Several images covering May-September of 2022, specifically photos or videos of an unshaven President Zelenskyy in military attire that switch to images of a shaven individual in a suit, and back again, are examined from a single Telegram-based news source. This case exemplifies, using a “soft” example, the risks of “massaging” truth using stock photos. In times of war, especially in the ongoing Russia-Ukrainian war, the accuracy of news, including the non-fictional imagery that accompanies it, is essential, so as to neither mislead nor bias the readership, and to portray the news as accurately and neutrally as possible.

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Section: Other Post-may 2022 Photosmentioning

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The potentially misleading nature of the use of stock photos in news reporting: A case in 2022 of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Silva¹

2023

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“…In other words, news media frame stereotypical images and content for other media, especially for television (Kroon et al, 2018). Even in those situations where fair representation and the importance of diversity are proposed to be ensured through the construction of an inclusive news ecosystem, supported by the UNESCO model curricula (2007, according to Pavlik et al, 2020), groups underrepresented based on gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation remain to be mainly in the focus. Analyses conducted in recent years in Croatia (Bilic, 2020;Bilic et al, 2018) have shown that vulnerable social groups are poorly represented in the media and are often portrayed in a stereotypical manner.…”

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“…Modern universities are within the mentioned paradigms, and are definitely motivated by accreditation requests with the goal of achieving the standard of excellence in education, acquiring a new mission and models of knowledge and technology transfer. However, the production of knowledge, and acquiring of social and moral values for the development of graduates' professional competences for lifelong learning in applying desirable patterns of social justice in their work, is a task that has not been completely fulfilled by universities (Pavlik et. Al, 2020;Gregorutti, 2015;Furco & Moely, 2012).…”

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Inclusive Journalist Education in Croatia: Transformative Potential of Media

Bagarić¹

2021

Proceedings of ‏The 3rd International Conference on Future of Social Sciences

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The purpose of this article is to explore the idea of inclusive pedagogy as social justice that serves to develop the inclusive potentials of community media by strengthening the professional capacity of journalists and increasing the quality of media content. Recent official media discourse analysis conducted in Croatia has shown a number of problems in media coverage of vulnerable social groups. The existing media approach desensitizes the public to the specific problems such groups face, and in such way indirectly contributes to their social exclusion. Within this problem framework, a unique program of additional courses for journalists has been created aiming to build their intercultural competences for lifelong learning in promoting and applying desirable patterns of tolerance and social inclusion in their work. This service-learning courses will primarily sensitize journalists to the rights of vulnerable groups and further develop their professional competences for the appropriate media presentation of vulnerable groups, especially the ex-prisoners, in order to increase their visibility in society, raise public awareness of their rights and increase equal opportunities to work.

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Tunisian and US journalism students: A comparison of journalism degree motivations and role conceptions

Bowe,

Nielsen,

Blom

et al. 2024

International Communication Gazette

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This study assesses journalism student motivations and role conceptions among Tunisian and US students to compare aspiring journalists in a country with well-established free-press norms to those in a transitional democracy with a recent history of authoritarianism. Results suggest that Tunisian journalism students are more interested than US journalism students in covering public affairs and using their work to fight social injustice. A Tunisian drive toward public-service journalism is consistent with these socially conscious inclinations.

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Speaking Truth to Power: Core Principles for Advancing International Journalism Education

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

The potentially misleading nature of the use of stock photos in news reporting: A case in 2022 of the Russo-Ukrainian War

The potentially misleading nature of the use of stock photos in news reporting: A case in 2022 of the Russo-Ukrainian War

Inclusive Journalist Education in Croatia: Transformative Potential of Media

Tunisian and US journalism students: A comparison of journalism degree motivations and role conceptions

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