Journal article
Australian journalism students' motivations and job expectations: Evidence from a survey across six universities
Australian Journalism Review, Vol.34(2), pp.85-98
2012
Abstract
The value of tertiary journalism education is an often hotly debated topic among journalism educators and in the industry. Yet the voices of students are often not heard in these debates. For example, we know relatively little about why young people decide to study journalism, what area of journalism they want to work in and what they are looking for in a job. To shed more light on the student perspective, this paper reports on a survey of 320 undergraduate journalism students at six Australian universities. The results show that only a minority actually want to work in news journalism, while most prefer entertainmentfocused areas. Students are motivated mainly by a love of writing and because they are attracted to journalism as a profession. In terms of job characteristics, they are interested in their own career progression, but also the extent to which they can provide a public service.
Details
- Title
- Australian journalism students' motivations and job expectations: Evidence from a survey across six universities
- Authors
- Folker Hanusch (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Australian Journalism Review, Vol.34(2), pp.85-98
- Publisher
- Journalism Education Association of Australia Inc.
- Date published
- 2012
- ISSN
- 0810-2686
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 Journalism Education Association of Australia Inc. Reproduced here with permission of the publisher. This is an electronic version of an article published in Australian Journalism Review, 34:2. 85-98. Australian Journalism Review is available online at: http://jeaa.org.au/publications/
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450042202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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