The 1997 top ten survey: students' views of what makes news
Patching, Roger M. & Hirst, Martin (1998) The 1997 top ten survey: students' views of what makes news. Australian Journalism Review, 20(2), pp. 129-156.
Abstract
Have you ever wondered how journalism students learn to differentiate the 'important' story from the daily dross that journalism inevitably throws up? We have. This paper examines the choices journalism students make when they're asked to nominate a 'top ten'from a finite list of stories. It syggests the possible news values they apply to their selection of the ten best stories over a 12 month period. As a second measure of ability to comprehend and apply news values we also examine the students' ability to correctly locate countries on a map: a test of their political geography. We offer some tentative conclusions about the students' willingness to engage with the 'difficult' stories about politics and economics, rather than the 'easy shot' news of celebrities, disasters and sporting heroes.
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| ID Code: | 232 |
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| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Journalism, Communications, Students, Education, Attitudes, Surveys, Geography, Journalism education, General knowledge |
| Subjects: | Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > LANGUAGES COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE (200000) > COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES (200100) > Communication and Media Studies not elsewhere classified (200199) Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > STUDIES IN CREATIVE ARTS AND WRITING (190000) > JOURNALISM AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING (190300) > Journalism Studies (190301) |
| Divisions: | Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Creative Industries Faculty |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 1998 Journalism Education Association |
| Deposited On: | 24 Jun 2004 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2011 00:40 |
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