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Teaching Journalism Literacy in Schools: The Role of Media Companies as Media Educators in Germany

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  • المصدر:
    Media and Communication; Vol 11, No 2 (2023): Fakespotting: (Dis)Information Literacy as Key Tool to Defend Democracy; 53-63; 2183-2439; 10.17645/mac.i353
  • نوع التسجيلة:
    Electronic Resource
  • الدخول الالكتروني :
    https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6389
    https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6389/6389
    https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/6389/6389
  • معلومة اضافية
    • Publisher Information:
      Cogitatio Press 2023-04-28
    • Added Details:
      Publication Fund of the Passau University Library
      Sengl, Michael
      Heinke, Elfi
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      German journalism is facing major challenges including declining circulation, funding, trust, and political allegations of spreading disinformation. Increased media literacy in the population is one way to counter these issues and their implications. This especially applies to the sub-concept of journalism literacy, focusing on the ability to consume news critically and reflectively, thus enabling democratic participation. For media companies, promoting journalism literacy seems logical for economic and altruistic reasons. However, research on German initiatives is scarce. This article presents an explorative qualitative survey of experts from seven media companies offering journalistic media education projects in German schools, focusing on the initiatives’ content, structure, and motivation. Results show that initiatives primarily aim at students and teachers, offering mostly education on journalism (e.g., teaching material) and via journalism (e.g., journalistic co-production with students). While these projects mainly provide information on the respective medium and journalistic practices, dealing with disinformation is also a central goal. Most initiatives are motivated both extrinsically (e.g., reaching new audiences) and intrinsically (e.g., democratic responsibility). Despite sometimes insufficient resources and reluctant teachers, media companies see many opportunities in their initiatives: Gaining trust and creating resilience against disinformation are just two examples within the larger goal of enabling young people to be informed and opinionated members of a democratic society.
    • الموضوع:
      disinformation; journalism literacy; journalistic media education; media literacy; news media literacy; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    • Note:
      application/pdf
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      PTCOG oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/6389
      10.17645/mac.v11i2.6389
      1398433184
    • Contributing Source:
      COGITATIO PRESS
      From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsoai.on1398433184
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