Sergio Roses

The Pre-Socialization of Future Journalists: An examination of journalism students' professional views in seven countries

While the role of university journalism education in the professionalization of journalists has been extensively debated, systematic and comparative studies of journalism students are still scarce. This paper reports the findings from a comparative study of journalism students in seven countries: Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. The data show a number of similarities, but also important differences between pre-professional cultures in journalism around the world. The findings are in line with recent conceptualizations of media systems, although some variations and particularities are observed at the country level. While students in all countries reject a loyal approach and favor a citizen-oriented role, they also do so to different extents. Brazilian and Chilean students believe in the citizen-oriented and watchdog roles, whereas their counterparts in Australia, Switzerland, and the United States favor the consumer-oriented approach to a greater extent. Mexican and Spanish students, on the other hand, while supporting the citizen-oriented role, reject the loyal role comparatively less than the rest of the countries.

Journalism Students’ Motivations and Expectations of Their Work in Comparative Perspective

Based on a survey of 4,393 journalism students in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, this study provides much-needed comparative evidence about students’ motivations for becoming journalists, their future job plans, and expectations. Findings show not only an almost universal decline in students’ desire to work in journalism by the end of their program but also important national differences in terms of the journalistic fields in which they want to work, as well as their job expectations. The results reinforce the need to take into account national contexts when examining journalism education across the globe.

Los nuevos perfiles profesionales del periodista desde la perspectiva académica española

This paper shows the point of view of Spanish scholars on new journalistic professional profiles that may become prominent in the next years. An open-ended questionnaire was sent to a group of 24 scholars with competence in the field. A digital journalist with a high knowledge of new technologies and specialized in social networks, data journalism and new narratives for multimedia outlets was the mainly pointed choice. Concerning education, the scholars emphasize several aspects that would be conveniently maximized in education programs, such as the management and creation of digital content and a more oriented to the praxis formation on new technologies.

Credibilidad de los medios en España: divergencias de percepción y caracterización de los escépticos

Se examinan las actitudes de los espanoles hacia los medios de comunicacion para conocer en que medida la poblacion es critica con ellos. Se pretende establecer posibles predictores que caractericen a los individuos mas escepticos ante la labor de los medios. A partir de una encuesta de alcance nacional, se concluye que los espanoles confian en los medios de forma global, si bien no consideran que sean imparciales, y se obtiene una serie de rasgos que diferencian a los ciudadanos mas escepticos, que tienden a ser personas de genero masculino y edad madura, con un nivel de formacion alto, habitantes de grandes ciudades en la mitad norte del pais, que mas bien desconfian de las relaciones interpersonales y que consumen menos television que la media.

El uso académico de las redes sociales en universitarios The Academic Use of Social Networks among University Students

El uso academico que hacen los universitarios de las redes sociales es el estudio que se presenta a partir de una encuesta administrada a una muestra representativa de estudiantes de la Universidad de Malaga (n=938) y dos grupos de discusion. Dado que el consumo de redes se ha implantado profundamente en las rutinas diarias de los estudiantes, las vastas posibilidades comunicativas de estos canales podrian considerarse para sacar provecho educativo en el futuro, a pesar del predominio del uso dirigido al entretenimiento. Se discuten cuales son las redes mas adecuadas para su uso academico, que tipo de actividades pueden tener mejor acogida entre los estudiantes y que herramientas de las redes sociales podrian ser mas utiles para propositos academicos. Los resultados indican que el consumo de redes sociales de la poblacion estudiada es muy alto. Asi mismo, los estudiantes presentan una actitud favorable a que los docentes utilicen las redes como recurso educativo. Sin embargo, la frecuencia con la que los estudiantes dan un uso academico a las redes es mas bien escasa y, en promedio, las actividades academicas con frecuencia de uso mas elevada son aquellas que parten de la iniciativa de los propios estudiantes, como la solucion de dudas inter pares o la realizacion de trabajos de clase. Del escaso apoyo academico percibido en las redes por los estudiantes, se deduce un limitado aprovechamiento por parte de los docentes.paper examines the academic use made of the social networks by university students through a survey conduc- ted among a representative sample of students at Universidad de Malaga (Spain) (n=938) and two discussion groups. Given that network consumption has profoundly penetrated the daily routines of the students, the vast com- munication possibilities of these channels could be considered for educational use in the future despite a predomi- nance of entertainment-related use. We discuss the most suitable networks for academic use, which type of activities may be most widely accepted among the students and which social networking tools could be most useful for aca- demic purposes. The results indicate that consumption of social networks in the student population surveyed is very high. In addition, the students show a favourable attitude to lecturers using social networks as an academic resource. However, the frequency of use of such networks for academic activities was rather low and, on average, the most frequently used academic activities are those initiated by the students themselves, such as answering queries among peers or doing coursework. The perceived low academic support on social networks may mean that lecturers take only limited advantage of their potential.