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Journalism, Vol. 2, No. 3, 341-360 (2001)
© 2001 SAGE Publications

Putting theory to practice: A critical approach to journalism studies

David Skinner

Vancouver, Canada

Mike J. Gasher

Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

James Compton

Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada

There has been considerable debate over the proper place of journalism education within the academy. We argue that programmes which compromise between vocational training and a broader programme of study based in the liberal arts remain unsatisfactory because they put too much onus on students themselves to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Taking up James Carey's challenge to more precisely locate the object of study, we believe journalism education must begin from a view of journalism as an institutional practice of representation with its own historical, political, economic and cultural conditions of existence. This means that the journalism curriculum must not only equip students with a particular skill set and broad social knowledge, but must also show students how journalism participates in the production and circulation of meaning.

Key Words: communication theory • critical communication studies • political economy of journalism • epistemology • ethnography • journalism education • praxis


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