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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779999703321

Autore

Poerksen Bernhard

Titolo

The creation of reality [[electronic resource] ] : a constructivist epistemology of journalism and journalism education / / Bernhard Poerksen ; translated by Alison Rosemary Koeck and Wolfram Karl Koeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2011

ISBN

1-84540-472-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KoeckAlison Rosemary

KoeckWolfram Karl

Disciplina

070.401

Soggetti

Constructivism (Philosophy)

Journalism - Philosophy

Journalistic ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The German original was first published under the title Die Beobachtung des Beobachters, Universitätsverlag Konstanz, 2006"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preliminary Note; Introduction; Body matter; A. Foundations; I: Premises and Postulates; B. Educational Objectives; II: Deepening Critical Awareness of Science; III: Deepening Critical Awareness of Language; IV: Deepening Awareness of Media-Epistemology; V: Deepening Ethical Awareness; C. Ways of Learning; VI: Deepening Awareness of Autonomy; VII: The Reality of the Study of Journalism; VIII: Summary in the Form of Theses; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available

Sommario/riassunto

Constructivism has been traded as a new paradigm by its advocates, and criticised by its opponents as legitimating deceit and lies, as justifying a trendy post-modern ""Anything goes"".In this book, Bernhard Poerksen draws up a new rationale for constructivist thinking and charts out directions for the imaginative examination of personal certainties and the certainties of others, of ideologies great and small. The focus of the debate is on the author's thesis that our understanding of journal...