Who Is Ignorant
Who Is Ignorant This article studies dispute between Chinese sports journalists and Chinese sports elites in a socio-cultural context. Based upon a number of case studies, the professional features of Chinese sports journalism and Chinese elite sport are elaborated and the different characteristics of Chinese sports journalists and Chinese sportspeople are examined. The study then investigates how the cultural differences between Chinese sports journalists and Chinese sportspeople affect their understandings of news values and the duty of the news media and concludes that the different understandings of the media's duty are often the trigger of dispute.
On the Role of Professional Sports in the National Economy Under the Market Economy Conditions
Through the research of the present situations of the professional sports at home and abroad and its influence on economy, this paper points out the opportunities, challenges and the exist- ing main problems that the professional sports faces in the transitional peried-from plan economy to market economy, then elucidates that the professional sports can becompletely developed and improved and play an important role in the national economy under the market economy conditions.
Growing Body of Evidence Refutes Some Criticisms of J-Schools.
DOCUMENT RESUME Fedler, Fred Growing Body of .3-Schools. Aug 93 28p.; Paper Association for Education Communication (76th, Kansas 1993). Speeches/Conference Papers Analyses (070) CS 214 029 Evidence Refutes Some Criticisms of presented at the Annual Meeting of the in Journalism and Mass City, MO, August 11-14, (150) Information MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. Curriculum Evaluation; *Education Work Relationship; *Employment Qualifications; Higher Education; *Journalism Education; Newspapers; *Teacher Qualifications *Educational Issues; Journalism Research; *Journalism Schools; Professional Concerns For years professionals in the newspaper industry have criticized journalism schools' courses, students, and faculty members, and J-school faculty have lashed back, insisting that the charges are based on simplistic generalities and personal prejudices. While the ongoing debate has yielded little agreement and much confusion, it has provided a growing body of evidence which reveals that several--but not all--of the professionals' criticisms are mistaken. A most frequent complaint is that students are being taught by Ph.D.'s who know a great deal about academic research but little about the practical work of publishing a newspaper; however, a vast body of evidence shows the critics are mistaken. Professionals also want students to complete more courses in the liberal arts; yet, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications already requires students to complete "no fewer than 65 semester hours in the liberal arts and sciences." Half the respondents to an ASNE survey said they did not care whether their new employees had degrees in journalism or the liberal arts. Yet, when they hired new graduates, editors overwhelmingly hired those with dcgrees in journalism. The first step toward creating a more harmonious relationship between newspaper professionals and J-schools may be to acknowledge the growing body of evidence gathered during the last 20 years. The second step may be to abandon unsubstantiated generalities--or to begin gathering the evidence needed to prove these generalities. (Sixty-eight notes are included. An addendum provides 14 unanswered research questions, and a list of 13 suggested readings is provided.) (NH) ***********, ********************************************************* Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. *********************************************************************** Fred Fedler School of Communication University of Central Florida -Orlando, Fla. 32816