Journalism students’ motivations and expectations of their work in comparative perspective

Folker Hanusch; Claudia Mellado; Priscilla Boshoff; María Luisa Humanes; Salvador De León; Fabio Pereira; Mireya Márquez Ramírez; Sergio Roses; Federico Subervi; Vinzenz Wyss; Lyuba Yez

doi:10.1177/1077695814554295

Journalism students’ motivations and expectations of their work in comparative perspective

Folker Hanusch, Claudia Mellado, Priscilla Boshoff, María Luisa Humanes, Salvador De León, Fabio Pereira, Mireya Márquez Ramírez, Sergio Roses, Federico Subervi, Vinzenz Wyss, Lyuba Yez

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Abstract

Based on a survey of 4,393 journalism students in Australia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, this study provides muchneeded comparative evidence about students’ motivations for becoming journalists, their future job plans, and expectations. Findings show not only an almost universal decline in students’ desire to work in journalism by the end of their program but also important national differences in terms of the journalistic fields in which they want to work, as well as their job expectations. The results reinforce the need to take into account national contexts when examining journalism education across the globe.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-160
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
Volume	70
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695814554295
State	Published - 1 Oct 2015

Keywords

Hard news
Job expectation
Job motivation
Journalism education
Journalism students

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