Volume 12, Number 1, 2022
EDITOR’S NOTE
The COVID pandemic has made it difficult for educators around the world, and particularly those who take seriously pastoral care responsibilities towards their students. The pandemic impacts our energy and motivation, in addition to serious and sometimes fatal outcomes.
Yet our journalism and mass communication educators continue to share their knowledge and expertise with their students, and share their research with this academic journal.
A major problem in our industry remains a general distrust in the media and it may be our students who find a way to turn this around. It’s a credit to students who are studying news media and want to help keep the industry robust and respected. We teach them new tools, but the basic skills of accuracy and fairness remain an important foundation to our programs.
One article in this issue builds on research that indicates the public tend to trust news articles more when they include information on HOW the journalist got the story. Students provide a side story on how the story was developed. Not only do students learn how to develop what is called process boxes, but once out in the industry they can encourage their media owners to include this additional information that makes our profession more transparent.
Another article is an analysis of the level of trust in news by students studying in Lithuania, a country geographically near the current turmoil of Russia and Ukraine.
Without a trusted media people have every right to feel powerless and vulnerable. Our job is more important than ever to provide the news media with well-trained future professionals. Some articles in this issue assess level of effectiveness of teaching tools such as gamification, Wikipedia and social media.
Enjoy this issue of relevant academic analysis of our side of the education industry.
Kia kaha ma kia atawhai (Maori: stay strong and kind)
Cathy Strong
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COVER
Vol. 12, no. 1 (2022)
Articles
Teaching Trust through Audio Process Boxes
Leigh Landini Wright
Bias, Misinformation: Manifest Message of Bias in Dominant Russian State News
Michael Ray Smith and Robert Fortner
Wikipedia as an Experiential Learning Activity in Media Courses
Melony Shemberger
Debate Delivers Surprise Learning Experience
John-Erik Koslosky
Research
Gamification Learning Outcomes in Communication Classes
Kay L. Colley
Addressing Diversity Across the Communication Curriculum: A Case Study
Masudul Biswas, Elliot King, April Newton, and Nguyên Nguyên
Empowering Students Through Intersectional Critical Communication Pedagogy
Nathian Shae Rodriguez
Dynamic Capabilities and Social Media Education
KiYong Kim
Podcasts: A Digital Library for Journalism Instruction: A meta-review featuring “It’s All Journalism,” “WriteLane” and “IRE Radio.”
Review by Nomi Morris
Government and Failing Media Companies.
Review by John-Erik Koslosky
The Limitations of Imagination and Data.
Review by Theodora Ruhs
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