Challenges and new ways of teaching journalism in times of media convergence

Abstract

This research investigated the training of journalists facing the challenges brought about by digital technology and the Internet. The objective was to develop strategies to assist students to become pro-active and so demand of the institution an educative process that satisfies the new professional requirements generated by media convergence. The results point to the need for journalism education to act together with the students in the search for alternatives capable of accompanying the changes, while also taking into consideration the users´ interactive and participatory possibilities. Journalism degree courses are currently operating in a fragmented way, as consequence of the reality of the analogical media, and need to improve in order to train journalists capable of facing the new market realities, without losing the capacity for ethical reflection on their social responsibilities.

Online Journalism Teaching and Learning Processes Beyond the Classroom and the University: Experiences in International Virtual Collaboration on Multimedia Projects

“…Interuniversity collaboration at the international level in the form of transnational networks and research projects has been widely supported in Brazil, Spain, and Portugal (Tarcia & Marinho, 2008). These three countries have provided sustained leadership in the field of online journalism at the professional, research, and academic level and have worked together to develop teaching material related to the subject (Díaz Noci & Palacios, 2008;Palacios & Díaz Noci, 2009).…”

Miradas del Ciberperiodismo en Iberoamérica

“…Como explica Bor (2014), mientras las empresas demandan profesionales con capacidades para la creación de contenido web en todas sus formas, esto es, multiplataforma y 2.0, a nivel de pedagogía del ciberperiodismo, los conocimientos teórico-prácticos vinculados a la asimilación de las narrativas hipertextuales, multimedia y transmedia siguen centrando en buena medida los esfuerzos instructivos actuales. La asimilación de esta nuevas realidades mediáticas vinculadas a la convergencia y a la web 2.0 parecen encontrar todavía, sin embargo, una limitada implantación en los planes de estudio (Tarcia y Marinho, 2008;López García, 2012; Sánchez, Campos y Berrocal, 2015).…”

Applying an integrated approach to social media communication training: how innovative thinking is changing the way universities teach (Web) journalism

“…It is widely acknowledged that the future of the fields of journalism and communication hinges tightly on their ability to embrace technological innovation and consolidate professional practices for Web-based media. This paper explores recent approaches to teaching these disciplines that have fostered the fuller integration of techniques related to multimedia convergence and social media communication into university curricula (Carrie & Kraeplin, 2003;Tarcia & Marinho, 2008). The initiatives described here have been based on the assumption that training in convergent media (multimedia, transmedia, cross-media, etc.)…”