Who Is a Development Journalist? Perspectives on Media Ethics and Professionalism in Post-Colonial Societies

Musa, Bala A.; Domatob, Jerry Komia

doi:10.1080/08900520701583602

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“…They felt that their family and friends would support their chosen field, and that they would make a good living in the field. This is consistent with Musa and Domatob's (2007) perspective that journalism in developing nations is considered a tool for improving the quality of life. This is also consistent with Pintak and Ginges' (2008) finding that Arab journalists view the media's function as a facilitator of public education and advocate of civic engagement.…”

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“…Journalism plays an influential role in improving the quality of life of citizens of developing countries, and in advocating for policy that would lead to a peaceful society (Musa & Domatob, 2007). As recently as 2006 Kuwait's media law has been reformed to, among other things, allow more opportunities for the licensing of private newspapers and decrease the government's ability to shut down a newspaper's operation (Selvik, 2011).…”

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“…The obstacles and incentives that journalists face in developing nations are rather distinct (Musa & Domatob, 2007). While studies of Arab journalism have shown that the profession is viewed as a tool for improving daily life (Pintak & Ginges, 2008), others have suggested that journalism education does not provide sufficient preparation for the obstacles journalists would face (Amin, 2002).…”

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Mass Communications Students’ Motivations

Alkazemi

Nashmi

Wanta

2016

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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Kuwaiti students intending to major in mass communication face a long process that begins in high school. A survey of students at Kuwait University examined whether the process led to disillusionment of the mass communication field and/or mass communication education. Findings show that all respondents viewed the field of journalism positively. Respondents also viewed journalism education in a positive light. Students majoring or minoring in journalism differed from majors in other disciplines in several ways: They were more likely to be female and younger, and were more likely to agree with statements that mass communication is a good field for women, journalists make a good living, the field is highly respected, and friends would support their decision to major in mass communication. This is a significant finding because it demonstrates that mass communications is considered a safe industry for women even when the role of women in the public sphere does not have many decades of precedent. The results also suggest that the more active the students were in selecting a major, the more positive they felt about mass communications education. Students who had published works or internship experience were more likely to declare a major in mass communications. All students agreed that their education increased their appreciation for the field of mass communications. These findings demonstrate that journalism education can be beneficial even in nations where the media system is not completely free.

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Mass Communications Students’ Motivations

Alkazemi

Nashmi

Wanta

2016

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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“…The concept of "development journalism," which has had many meanings, was often used as a justifi cation of the subservience of media professionals to single-party rule or even to dictatorial military governments. Increasingly, however, the legitimacy of development journalism as a characteristic of the profession in Africa has been questioned and discredited (Musa & Domatob, 2007).…”

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The Moral Foundations of Media Ethics in Africa

White¹

2010

Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies

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A number of the analyses of media ethics in African contexts argue that journalists and other media workers vacillate and are inconsistent in following basic norms of ethical practice because this practice is not anchored in an under lying moral foundation rooted in African values. Various models of foundational African moral philosophy have been proposed, such as communalistic Afrocentered values, but there is little evidence that media practice is actually related to these abstract formulations of African values. The present study argues that foundational values must be inferred from accounts of ethical decision making in newsroom and other media production practices. This article reviews six areas of research reports describing journalistic practice that reveal deeper under lying professional values, and from these proposes a composite formulation of the moral foundations of ethical practice that can be tested in further research.

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“…DA VID PUBLISHING D through critical campaigns (Anugwom, 2014;Ejumudo, 2014); the news is occupied with lack of genuine presentations from Nigerian government executives as is showed in mass media (Musa & Domatob, 2007;Bennett, 2014, p. 1).…”

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Citizenship and the Role of Government and Conventional Political Institutions

Vite¹

2018

UCER-B

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The underlying issues focus on the identity of Niger Delta young people's party-politics. Its connectivity is within young people's Niger Delta and conventional practice of democracy and its connectivity with e-participation and young people's political engagement, as well as its natures and functions of organization. From the wider perspective, the author identifies that the enduring challenges of young people's citizenship are elucidated and unreservedly discussed in the works of Bang, Bennett, Coleman, and Marsh-as identification. Thus, it will enable a progressive comprehension on Niger Delta young people's political involvement as well as the function of e-participation that engagement policies demonstrate. Thus, the works present some crucial unresolved questions that were directly attended to in this study. As they did not adequately investigate the role that policies and organizations play in structuring young people's ideologies and practices of involvement. However, it considers what influence subjective wellbeing and notes these adversely influence youth ideas, experiences, and sense of effectiveness.

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Who Is a Development Journalist? Perspectives on Media Ethics and Professionalism in Post-Colonial Societies

Cited by 28 publications

References 29 publications

Mass Communications Students’ Motivations

Mass Communications Students’ Motivations

The Moral Foundations of Media Ethics in Africa

Citizenship and the Role of Government and Conventional Political Institutions

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