Journalism defined & The purpose of Journalism

• What ideal values define journalism, according to Deuze (2005)?

• Journalists are objective and anonymous

• Journalists have a sense of ethics and immediacy

• Journalists are autonomous and provide a public service

• Journalists are entertainers and informers

"According to Hackett (1984: 229), the ideal value of _________ has traditionally been seen as a way in which journalists differentiate facts from opinions that are 'enshrined in administrative guidelines'."
(EDGE education, 2018: 66)

Multiculturalism is:

• Multiple ethnicities being experienced by a person with hybrid identity.

• The rainbow nation where different cultures are equally important.

• The need for diversity and treating different cultures as equally important.

According to Kovach and Rosentiel (2007), the main value of journalism is:

• That it is both entertaining and informative.

• That it gives people the information that they need to be free and self-governing.

• That it can challenge authority and voice support for change.

• That it can bring news to people through many media enabled by technologies.

According to normative theories, the roles of journalism are:

• Monitorial and media dependent

• Collaborative and radical

• Facilitative and institutional

• Monitorial and facilitative

• Media and institutional autonomy

What do you personally believe the role of journalism is?

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