Challenges Faced by Journalism Education in Sri Lanka

Q2 Social Sciences

Asia Pacific Media Educator Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI:10.1177/1326365X18814042

D. Dissanayake

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Mass Media technologies are developing rapidly and media has become an integral part of our day to day life. In this context, the development of media and journalism education in schools, universities and other institutions has been confronted with many challenges. Although there are training courses and educators covering a range of skills for print journalism, broadcast, telecast and online media, there are still many issues pertaining to the quality control, practical relevance and affordability of media and journalism education. Human resource management policies of media companies do not recognize priority on continuation of education of journalists (Gunawardene, 2015). This study focuses on challenges confronted by media education in Sri Lanka. The intensive interviews and focus group discussions have been applied to collect data and information. It has transpired during the research that media and journalism syllabi should be revised with more theoretical, conceptual and practical inputs based on media education and media literacy. It is necessary to make the public in general aware of media texts. The ever fluctuating dynamics of the media industry and media education has detrimentally affected the general perception on media.

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斯里兰卡新闻教育面临的挑战

大众媒体技术发展迅速，媒体已成为我们日常生活不可或缺的一部分。在这种背景下，中小学、大学和其他机构的媒体和新闻教育发展面临着许多挑战。尽管有涵盖平面新闻、广播、电视广播和在线媒体一系列技能的培训课程和教育工作者，但在媒体和新闻教育的质量控制、实际相关性和可负担性方面仍存在许多问题。媒体公司的人力资源管理政策不承认记者继续教育的优先权（Gunawardene，2015）。本研究关注斯里兰卡媒体教育面临的挑战。密集访谈和焦点小组讨论已用于收集数据和信息。在研究过程中发现，媒体和新闻教学大纲应该在媒体教育和媒体素养的基础上进行更多的理论、概念和实践投入。有必要让公众普遍了解媒体文本。媒体行业和媒体教育的不断波动对人们对媒体的普遍看法产生了不利影响。

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期刊介绍： Asia Pacific Media Educator is an international refereed journal published twice a year by SAGE Publications (New Delhi) in collaboration with the School of the Arts, English and Media, Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong in Australia. The journal follows international norms and procedures of blind peer reviewing by scholars representing a wide range of multi-disciplinary areas. APME focuses on generating discussions and dialogues among media educators, researchers and journalists. Content ranges from critical commentaries and essays to research reports and papers that contribute to journalism theory development and offer innovative ideas in improving the standard and currency of media reportage, teaching and training specific to the Asia Pacific region. Papers that integrate media theories with applications to professional practice, media training and journalism education are usually selected for peer review. APME also carries a Q&A section with book authors. APME takes conventional book reviews to a more creative level where reviewers directly engage with authors to understand the process that authors take in researching and writing the book, clarify their assumptions and pose critical questions.