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Journalism research and practice in Australian Universities
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Lester, EA, Journalism research and practice in Australian Universities, Australian Journalism Review, 37, (1) pp. 179-188. ISSN 0810-2686 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
This article discusses the current state of journalism research in Australian
universities. It does this within the context of the practice-as-research
debate and the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
initiative. It asks how journalism can confirm a position as a significant
research discipline, where programs and staff meet industry and university
needs, receive recognition and career advancement when deserved
and produce research with impact. It poses a series of questions that it
argues require urgent addressing if the discipline is to avoid an unnecessary
and potentially stifling traditional research/practice divide, and
ends by offering suggestions as to how the staffing needs of journalism
teaching programs in Australian universities might be fit/filled while
also ensuring the discipline generates internationally recognisable and
methodologically diverse research.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Journalism research, Journalism practice, Australia, Universities |
Research Division: | Studies in Creative Arts and Writing |
Research Group: | Journalism and Professional Writing |
Research Field: | Journalism Studies |
Objective Division: | Cultural Understanding |
Objective Group: | Communication |
Objective Field: | The Media |
UTAS Author: | Lester, EA (Professor Elizabeth Lester) |
ID Code: | 101993 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Deposited By: | Social Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2015-07-22 |
Last Modified: | 2018-02-17 |
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