Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses

This project worked with groups of students who typically apply to tertiary journalism courses. Some students joined focus groups, some completed questionnaires, all had the opportunity to discuss their impressions of journalism and what might attract them to such a course. This research is set aga...

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Main Author: Yvonne Densem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2006-04-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
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Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/844
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spelling doaj-01ef403bcbf847bfb413191efd571fec2020-11-25T02:59:35ZengPacific Media CentrePacific Journalism Review1023-94992324-20352006-04-0112110.24135/pjr.v12i1.844Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism coursesYvonne Densem This project worked with groups of students who typically apply to tertiary journalism courses. Some students joined focus groups, some completed questionnaires, all had the opportunity to discuss their impressions of journalism and what might attract them to such a course. This research is set against published literature which highlights a gender imbalance in journalism courses but does not address it. The project reveals participants’ perceptions, largely based on the television news they see, determine their consideration of journalism as a career. It provides an insight into how young males view the news and the men who present it. https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/844gender imbalancetertiaryjournalism education
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Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
Pacific Journalism Review
gender imbalance
tertiary
journalism education
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title Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
title_short Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
title_full Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
title_fullStr Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
title_full_unstemmed Where have all the young men gone? Gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
title_sort where have all the young men gone? gender imbalance in tertiary journalism courses
publisher Pacific Media Centre
series Pacific Journalism Review
issn 1023-9499
2324-2035
publishDate 2006-04-01
description This project worked with groups of students who typically apply to tertiary journalism courses. Some students joined focus groups, some completed questionnaires, all had the opportunity to discuss their impressions of journalism and what might attract them to such a course. This research is set against published literature which highlights a gender imbalance in journalism courses but does not address it. The project reveals participants’ perceptions, largely based on the television news they see, determine their consideration of journalism as a career. It provides an insight into how young males view the news and the men who present it.
topic gender imbalance
tertiary
journalism education
url https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/844
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