Defining Journalistic Professionalism within the Higher Education System

Publisher: Common Ground Publishing

E-ISSN: 1447-9559|8|10|55-66

ISSN: 1447-9508

Source: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review, Vol.8, Iss.10, 2011-01, pp. : 55-66

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Abstract

The paper will discuss the results of a qualititative analysis of journalism studies course content at Australian universities. I will argue that a focus on the contribution of tertiary education to the formation of journalistic ‘professional identity’ must be seen within the much broader context of a socially produced field of expertise and cultural practice. This has particular ramifications for understanding of some of the influences on journalistic self definition, especially in a contemporary era of contestation of journalism culture and authority.