Newspace: A Place, Not Just A Platform, For A Critical Pedagogy Of Journalism

摘要

The traditional approach to curriculum development in journalism practice has been the simulation model. Identify what u27realu27 newsrooms do and emulate it. The approach presented here both inverts and subverts this tradition and starts with a theoretical model which is then applied to journalism practice. In this paper, building on Michael de Wallu27s earlier articulation of Freirean critical pedagogy, we configure a curriculum which accounts for new and emerging technologies, while attempting to short circuit the disconnections of a techno-centric reality that is primarily virtual, by creating an authentic learning community.