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Issues in Contemporary Global Journalism

  • COMM5605
  • Semester 2 (see Timetable)
  • 6 points
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This unit looks at the profession of journalism in the contemporary world, how it operates and what challenges it faces. Locally, the impact of the lifting of cross media ownership laws is examined. Globally, the challenges of paid content online, the decline of print media and the relative quality of broadcast media in the commercial space compared to government owned media is addressed. The threats to the business model which has underpinned journalism for decades and the challenges financially imposed on the media from online and not for profit and citizen journalism are analysed. The interchange between free and suppressed fourth estates is examined and the debate over whether quality... -- Course Website



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