NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATION OF JOURNALISTS
NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EDUCATION OF JOURNALISTS

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show how new digital technologies create opportunities for improving education of journalists at undergraduate and master level. The case study on the example of Department of Media Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad should show that most students are digitally literate and capable of understanding the new concept of education. The research that will be conducted among the students of the third year (61 subjects), the forth year (54 subjects), and the fifth year (master) (18 subjects), will show the students’ expectations and their abilities during the lectures and workshops. Since the subjects in which the students can use their mobile phones as tools in the practical part of their pre exam obligations (Radio journalism, Television journalism, Internet journalism, Investigative journalism, Public services) are at the third, fourth and fifth year, those students are marked as the target group for the questionnaire. All the participants (100%) have at least one mobile phone. Although 54% of them do not have the improved versions of mobile phones, i.e. android, almost all (92% ) can connect to wireless internet. Most of them can listen to the radio via internet and can record voice and/or videos on their phones, which can facilitate fulfilling of the practical assignments, i.e. preexam obligations for the above-mentioned subjects. The objective obstacle is the financial crisis and the fact that not all the subjects have the latest versions of mobile phones, tablets or laptop computers. The paper will offer several solutions how to successfully overcome this problem.

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