A comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand journalism programmes report a disproportionate number of female students and the industry in both countries is becoming increasingly feminised. Densem (2006) explored the reasons for the popularity of journalism as a career among young New Zealand women and the relative...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e5573dc08d024bb1b535e55429e53c422021-12-02T13:03:24ZA comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand10.24135/pjr.v15i2.9911023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/e5573dc08d024bb1b535e55429e53c422009-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/991https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Australian and New Zealand journalism programmes report a disproportionate number of female students and the industry in both countries is becoming increasingly feminised. Densem (2006) explored the reasons for the popularity of journalism as a career among young New Zealand women and the relative lack of appeal for young men. This article reports upon preliminary results from an Australian study convering some common ground and offers some comparisons and contrasts with the New Zealand findings. This article uses the high school student responses from a larger study as the basis of comparison with similar data in the Densem (2006) study.  Mark PearsonAsia Pacific Networkarticlecadetshipscredibilitygenderjournalism educationrole modelsCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 15, Iss 2 (2009)
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language EN
topic cadetships
credibility
gender
journalism education
role models
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle cadetships
credibility
gender
journalism education
role models
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Mark Pearson
A comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand
description Australian and New Zealand journalism programmes report a disproportionate number of female students and the industry in both countries is becoming increasingly feminised. Densem (2006) explored the reasons for the popularity of journalism as a career among young New Zealand women and the relative lack of appeal for young men. This article reports upon preliminary results from an Australian study convering some common ground and offers some comparisons and contrasts with the New Zealand findings. This article uses the high school student responses from a larger study as the basis of comparison with similar data in the Densem (2006) study. 
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title A comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand
title_short A comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand
title_full A comparison of teenage views on journalism as a career in Australia and New Zealand
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