Journalism Education in Countries with Limited Media Freedom

The Editor: Beate Josephi is Coordinator of the Masters courses in the School of Communication and Arts at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. Her research is in journalism, journalism education, media history, and political communication. She has published widely in journals as well as contributing chapters to international volumes on journalism. This book grew out of her work as former chair of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Journalism Research and Education section. She is now a member on the Executive Board of IAMCR.

Contents: Beate Josephi: Introduction – Guo Zhongshi: Through Barbed Wires: Context, Content, and Constraints for Journalism Education in China – Andrew Duffy: Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars: Preparing to Work Within the Singapore System – Judith Clarke: Cambodia: Educating Journalists in a World of Poverty, Corruption, and Power Abuse – Nibal Thawabteh: Palestinian Media Map: Production Congestion and Consumption Dispersion – Abdulmonam Al-Hasani: Teaching Journalism in Oman: Recent Obstacles and Future Plans – Ibrahim Saleh: Journalism Education in Egypt: Politically Hazed and Socially Confused – Stephen Ogongo Ongong’a: The Challenges for Kenya’s Journalism Education – Bernardin Mfumbusa: Tanzania’s Journalism Education at Crossroads: Western Models, Local Realities – Cláudia Lago/Richard Romancini: Aspects of Journalism Education in Brazil – Elena Vartanova/Maria Lukina/Luisa Svitich/Alla Shiryaeva: Between Tradition and Innovation: Journalism Education in Russia – Tudor Vlad/Madalina Balasescu: Few Educators, Many Media and Journalism Programs: Journalism and Mass Communication Education in Romania After the Fall of Communism – Thomas Bauer: The Challenge of Transition: Development of Journalism Culture in Croatia – Beate Josephi: Conclusions.

«Journalism education, surrounded by ‘media tsunamis’, continues to expand as a crucial area of professional and academic life. It gets to the roots of media-society relations. This volume gives important food for thought to the problematic classification of countries to free, partly free, and not free.» (Kaarle Nordenstreng, University of Tampere)