A critical reflection on digital disruption in journalism and journalism education

dc.contributor.authorSewchurran, Anusharani
dc.contributor.authorHofmeyr, Augusta Benda
dc.contributor.emailbenda.hofmeyr@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-24T06:55:55Z
dc.date.available2021-03-24T06:55:55Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn this essay, we critically reflect on digital disruption in journalism and journalism education with specific focus on the South African context. After contextualising the problematics in terms of what Castells terms the “information technology revolution”, we define data visualisation and survey the existing literature on the subject. The history of journalism education in South Africa is briefly revisited before assessing the current state of the profession in the country. The dangers posed by digital visualisation to the core ethos and function of journalism as a vehicle in the service of contributing to a resilient democracy is thrown into relief by utilising critical concepts from the work of Foucault, Habermas and Fuchs. We subsequently cite a few examples of the undisclosed bias inherent in data visualisation. In conclusion, we consider the feasibility and potential effects of the necessity to adopt data visualisation techniques on journalism in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPhilosophyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianpm2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSewchurran, A. & Hofmeyr, B. 2020, 'A critical reflection on digital disruption in journalism and journalism education', Acta Academica, vol. 52, no. 2, pp.181-203.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0587-2405 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0479 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.18820/24150479/aa52i2/10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/79036
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights© Published by the University of the Free State. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons With Attribution (CC-BY).en_ZA
dc.subjectDigital disruptionen_ZA
dc.subjectData visualisationen_ZA
dc.subjectJournalismen_ZA
dc.subjectJournalism educationen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleA critical reflection on digital disruption in journalism and journalism educationen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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