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Mapping and Measuring Development Journalism

Mapping and Measuring Development Journalism. Xu Xiaoge Nanyang Technological University Singapore. Development Journalism: Background. Debut in Asia in the 1960s Asia, Africa and South America Facilitating/fostering national development. Development Journalism: Studies.

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Mapping and Measuring Development Journalism

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  1. Mapping and Measuring Development Journalism Xu Xiaoge Nanyang Technological University Singapore

  2. Development Journalism: Background • Debut in Asia in the 1960s • Asia, Africa and South America • Facilitating/fostering national development

  3. Development Journalism: Studies • Explored components of development news • Investigated development news coverage • Discussed conceptual issues, principles or functions of development journalism

  4. Challenges: Indicator & Typology • To measure differences: Identify a set of indicators • To map different principles/practices: Develop an classification system

  5. Indicators (14) • Administrative reforms • Agricultural development and food production • Economic activity (planning, foreign aid, etc.) • Education and literacy • Employment and labor welfare • Family planning • Health, hygiene and medicine • Housing • Industrial, scientific and technological development • Mass media • National integration • Rural and urban development • Social change • Telecommunication, tourism and transport development Vilanilam, J. V. (1975)

  6. Indicators (12) • Agriculture/food • Consumerism • Culture/religion • Rural/urban development • Education • Energy • Environment • Health • Population • Science/technology • Tourism • Women/children/youth McKay, F.J. (1993)

  7. Indicators (3) • Source • Actor • Orientation Xu, X. (2008)

  8. Typologies (2) • Investigative • Authoritarian-benevolent Kunczik, M. 1988

  9. Typologies (5) • Journalists as nation builders • Journalists as government partners • Journalists as agents of empowerment • Journalists as watchdogs • Journalists as the guardians of transparency Romano, A. 2005

  10. Typologies (3) • Pro-process • Pro-participation • Pro-government Xu, X. 2008

  11. A Case Study Manila Bulletin The Jakarta Post Poverty Stories One Month

  12. Measuring Indicators

  13. Results

  14. Results

  15. Results

  16. Results

  17. Results

  18. Concluding Remarks • Limited presence • Some elements of pro-process but no pro-participation or pro-government • Factors to be investigated

  19. Future Research • Longitudinal studies to identify patterns • Compare newspapers, radio, TV, and news websites to locate differences • Compare community vs. national, non-mainstream vs. mainstream

  20. Future Research • Compare different countries where DJ is advocated, promoted and practiced • Map, measure and model factors shaping differences

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