Clinging to Tradition, Welcoming Civic Solutions: A Survey of College Students' Attitudes toward Civic Journalism

Explores whether college students support a range of civic journalism approaches, whether greater support for the "new" values of civic journalism correlates with less support for traditional ones, such as objectivity, and what characteristics among students are linked to greater support f...

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Published in:Journalism & mass communication educator 2003-06, Vol.58 (2), p.175-186
Main Authors: Rauch, Jennifer, Trager, K.D., Kim, Eunseong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civic Journalism
College Students
Higher Education
Journalism
Journalism Education
Journalistic ethics
Student Attitudes
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Values
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Summary:Explores whether college students support a range of civic journalism approaches, whether greater support for the "new" values of civic journalism correlates with less support for traditional ones, such as objectivity, and what characteristics among students are linked to greater support for civic journalism values and practices. Finds that newswriting students were inclined to accept many, if not most, of the values and practices related to civic journalism. (SG)
ISSN:1077-6958
2161-4326
DOI:10.1177/107769580305800206