Two librarians working with journalism students in higher education institutions in Ireland and Canada designed a comparative research study which surveyed graduates about the information resources they used to accomplish key communications tasks in their professional roles. The aim of the study was to (a) identify resources being used in practice and (b) harness that knowledge to improve both the content of information skills programmes and the pedagogical approach for teaching those skills. We were curious about the resources graduates actually used at work, both in traditional journalism positions and more broadly in other fields of communications.
An analysis of current professional journalism standards (Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2012; National Council for the Training of Journalists 2012, 2014) and recent articles on information use by journalists (Machill & Bieller 2009; Wenger & Owens 2013) shows a disconnect between what journalists are expected to use and what they really use in daily practice. Literature on information literacy instruction for journalism students is quite descriptive about the resources we teach students in these programs but this is not always connected to what they might use in practice, in particular as they often have access to different resources than those provided by institutional subscriptions. Missing from the literature entirely is the consideration of journalists working in other communications roles.
Drawing on their prior work and other major studies, the authors will present recommendations for refining classroom practice to foster greater transfer of information literacy skills. We will present data from the survey and discuss the challenges the results present both in terms of what and how we teach in information literacy sessions for professional programs. Participants will be invited to complete a predictive version of the survey to compare what they think these professionals said with our results. This will be the basis for a discussion not only of our results, but also of our process, and how it might inform similar projects.
Although the focus of this study relates to employability skills in the field of journalism and communications, we will discuss the transferability of our findings and how our approach enables implications to be drawn for programmes that prepare students for future careers in other disciplines. Participants will be encouraged to generate questions they could use in similar surveys of graduates in other programs. Both librarians already work closely with faculty on existing journalism programmes; this paper will discuss how the insights gained from the study have been shared with colleagues to improve programmes for future students.
Introduction to Social Media for ResearchersHelen Dixon
Slides from the Introduction to Social Media for Researchers course produced by Dr Helen Dixon for Postgraduate Research Students at Queen's University Belfast.
IMPACT OF FACEBOOK USAGE ON THEACADEMIC GRADES: A CASE STUDYSajjad Sayed
IMPACT OF FACEBOOK USAGE ON THE ACADEMIC GRADES: A CASE STUDY
This article prove a Impact on Students grades but it was recommendation of author of this article that students can reap higher grades if institute will monitor its usage. for example open access for few hours in a day at mentioned time.
Introduction to Social Media for ResearchersHelen Dixon
Slides from the Introduction to Social Media for Researchers course produced by Dr Helen Dixon for Postgraduate Research Students at Queen's University Belfast.
IMPACT OF FACEBOOK USAGE ON THEACADEMIC GRADES: A CASE STUDYSajjad Sayed
IMPACT OF FACEBOOK USAGE ON THE ACADEMIC GRADES: A CASE STUDY
This article prove a Impact on Students grades but it was recommendation of author of this article that students can reap higher grades if institute will monitor its usage. for example open access for few hours in a day at mentioned time.
NU Innovation in Teaching Series: Social Media in Medical EducationMichael Gisondi
"The Dynamic Role of Social Media in Medical Education" presented at The Garage of Northwestern University in the Innovation in Teaching Series by Dr. Michael Gisondi, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. October 17, 2016.
Are Social Media Websites Harmful To The Youth?Evan Atkinson
This study was done to determine if social media websites negatively affect the youth of America. Many young people in the United States have accounts on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace and studies have shown that these websites can have negative affects. With so many young people using these social media sites, studies on the negative affects should surely be done. After conducting a survey, and analyzing many secondary academic resources I determined that in fact the youth could be negatively affected by these social media websites. They are negatively affected in many different ways such as them being addictive, and distracting in an academic environment, but also can affect the youth negatively in several other ways. After coming to these conclusions, I am certain that more studies need to be done on this issue, so we can reverse some of the negative aspects of social media websites, and find a way to be able to use them in the best possible way.
Presentation that explains the relationship between the Facebook use and academic performance, based on the results of an expressive and exploratory survey study on college students who use Facebook and who do not use.
Ref: "Computers and Human Behavior" by Paul A. Kirschner & Aryn C. Karpinski
This report was submitted to complete the course requirement of "Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods" at IIIT-Delhi in collaboration with Shubham Singhal.
STUDENTS ARE SPEAKING UP ABOUT SPEAKING OUT.
Today’s high schoolers are more supportive of First Amendment rights than at any time during the past decade, while adults are more likely to say the First Amendment
“goes too far.”
Surveyed students overwhelmingly wanted freedom from government
surveillance and tracking by business, although they were less
certain when terrorism was evoked.
Journal of Public Relations Education, Vol. 2 Issue 1
Authors
Emily S. Kinsky, West Texas A&M University
Karen Freberg, University of Louisville
Carolyn Kim, Biola University
Matt Kushin, Shepherd University
William Ward, Syracuse University
Abstract
Public relations educators are challenged with developing practical approaches to teaching social media. This study explores the use of Hootsuite University, a social media education and certification program that has reached more than 20,000 students. The impact of the training is examined through three angles.
Research Thesis (The Impact of Facebook Usage to the Academic Performance of ...Anjenette Columnas
This is our research paper in a thesis-like form entitled "The Impact of Facebook Usage to the Academic Performance of the 4th Year Education Students in Andres Bonifacio College". Together with the unity of the group, our research thesis was made possible.
I hope this will help as a guidance for students who will also make their own research thesis in the future!
It’ll be all right on the night: DCU Library in the Digital HumanitiesSiobhán Dunne
From the 1–3 September 2015, DCU Library took a leap into the dark and hosted Digital Research in the
Humanities and Arts 2015, a prestigious international conference for those engaged with the digitisation of
cultural activity, resources and heritage. Having been awarded the conference following a tough competitive
process, the committee, consisting of three librarians, set about planning an event to combine weighty academic
presentations on a dizzying array of topics, cutting edge digital art installations, complex multi-media keynote
addresses, and a social programme designed to keep a motley bunch of artists, academics and digital pioneers
happy and engaged.
Leaving their comfort zone well behind, they were required to act as convenors, curators, mediators, reviewers,
technicians and stage hands. They liaised extensively with colleagues across DCU to beg, borrow and steal
anything from iMacs and PC monitors to projectors and HDMI cables. They could often be found hammering nails,
hanging drapes, dragging tables and eating on the run. There was never a dull moment! In the end, DRHA 2015
was a huge hit. They succeeded in putting DCU on the digital humanities map and shattered a few preconceptions
about the influence librarians can have on the academic and cultural landscape.
NU Innovation in Teaching Series: Social Media in Medical EducationMichael Gisondi
"The Dynamic Role of Social Media in Medical Education" presented at The Garage of Northwestern University in the Innovation in Teaching Series by Dr. Michael Gisondi, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medical Education, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. October 17, 2016.
Are Social Media Websites Harmful To The Youth?Evan Atkinson
This study was done to determine if social media websites negatively affect the youth of America. Many young people in the United States have accounts on social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace and studies have shown that these websites can have negative affects. With so many young people using these social media sites, studies on the negative affects should surely be done. After conducting a survey, and analyzing many secondary academic resources I determined that in fact the youth could be negatively affected by these social media websites. They are negatively affected in many different ways such as them being addictive, and distracting in an academic environment, but also can affect the youth negatively in several other ways. After coming to these conclusions, I am certain that more studies need to be done on this issue, so we can reverse some of the negative aspects of social media websites, and find a way to be able to use them in the best possible way.
Presentation that explains the relationship between the Facebook use and academic performance, based on the results of an expressive and exploratory survey study on college students who use Facebook and who do not use.
Ref: "Computers and Human Behavior" by Paul A. Kirschner & Aryn C. Karpinski
This report was submitted to complete the course requirement of "Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods" at IIIT-Delhi in collaboration with Shubham Singhal.
STUDENTS ARE SPEAKING UP ABOUT SPEAKING OUT.
Today’s high schoolers are more supportive of First Amendment rights than at any time during the past decade, while adults are more likely to say the First Amendment
“goes too far.”
Surveyed students overwhelmingly wanted freedom from government
surveillance and tracking by business, although they were less
certain when terrorism was evoked.
Journal of Public Relations Education, Vol. 2 Issue 1
Authors
Emily S. Kinsky, West Texas A&M University
Karen Freberg, University of Louisville
Carolyn Kim, Biola University
Matt Kushin, Shepherd University
William Ward, Syracuse University
Abstract
Public relations educators are challenged with developing practical approaches to teaching social media. This study explores the use of Hootsuite University, a social media education and certification program that has reached more than 20,000 students. The impact of the training is examined through three angles.
Research Thesis (The Impact of Facebook Usage to the Academic Performance of ...Anjenette Columnas
This is our research paper in a thesis-like form entitled "The Impact of Facebook Usage to the Academic Performance of the 4th Year Education Students in Andres Bonifacio College". Together with the unity of the group, our research thesis was made possible.
I hope this will help as a guidance for students who will also make their own research thesis in the future!
It’ll be all right on the night: DCU Library in the Digital HumanitiesSiobhán Dunne
From the 1–3 September 2015, DCU Library took a leap into the dark and hosted Digital Research in the
Humanities and Arts 2015, a prestigious international conference for those engaged with the digitisation of
cultural activity, resources and heritage. Having been awarded the conference following a tough competitive
process, the committee, consisting of three librarians, set about planning an event to combine weighty academic
presentations on a dizzying array of topics, cutting edge digital art installations, complex multi-media keynote
addresses, and a social programme designed to keep a motley bunch of artists, academics and digital pioneers
happy and engaged.
Leaving their comfort zone well behind, they were required to act as convenors, curators, mediators, reviewers,
technicians and stage hands. They liaised extensively with colleagues across DCU to beg, borrow and steal
anything from iMacs and PC monitors to projectors and HDMI cables. They could often be found hammering nails,
hanging drapes, dragging tables and eating on the run. There was never a dull moment! In the end, DRHA 2015
was a huge hit. They succeeded in putting DCU on the digital humanities map and shattered a few preconceptions
about the influence librarians can have on the academic and cultural landscape.
Watch listen Learn: Understanding the undergraduate research process through ...Siobhán Dunne
For higher education students, learning can happen anytime and anywhere, however not much is known about how students actually conduct research. A User eXperience (UX) approach, which deploys an anthropological lens, has typically focussed on how library users are interacting with space and services. In this paper I will present the findings of an ethnographic study which shifted the traditional focus of UX to understand how students are engaging with the research process. Using participant observation, behavioural maps, student diaries and retrospective interviews, I was provided with unique access that enabled me to capture the behaviours of these students in their own environments. The research examined the practice of undergraduate research both inside and outside the library walls and found that the research process can be influenced by a number of factors including age, experience, work commitments, family, peer, academic and library anxiety.
I was acutely aware of my responsibility as a researcher to build trust and honesty with the students. Working so closely with them enabled me to discover patterns in their research behaviour, discuss their approach to research and identify gaps in support. This was collaborative ethnography; as I observed research practice, I was able to provide instant advice to help them improve their research skills. In addition, I have discussed my findings with academic colleagues and together we have been making improvements to undergraduate study skills modules. This paper will discuss how an ethnographic approach has informed my professional practice and ultimately improved how I deliver research skills support to undergraduate students. I will also reflect on the role ethnography can play in empowering librarians to perform a leading research role within their own institutions.
Learning without Frontiers: School libraries and meta-literacy in actionJudy O'Connell
Since their establishment school libraries have been instrumental in language and writing, showcasing and empowering the best in good reading and research immersion for their students. Now the best minds on our planet are suggesting that the Internet and the technology tools it has spawned will continue to be arguably the most influential invention of our time. With the maturation of the web we now use and interpret multiple kinds of literacy which are embedded in multimodal texts. Because of it we have found ourselves in the midst of highly dynamic and dramatically changing literacy learning landscapes – new frontiers populated by a plethora of mind matters as diverse as Alice in Wonderland, Angry Birds, Audioboo and Augmented Reality.
So you think you can curate resources, nurture literacy and teach in this new information ecology? Don your dark glasses and be prepared for the ride of your (professional) life in Learning without frontiers. This presentation will explore how teacher librarians can bind together teaching, emerging technologies, and the growing number of literacies to promote information-rich meta-literacy media environments suitable for 21st century school libraries.
How will education libraries best serve their communities in 2015?
Why do we need to organise information more effectively? How do we incorporate the evolving semantic web environments? In a world of API and big data, libraries (and in particular school libraries) are faced with a significant ‘conceptual’ challenge. The new RDA cataloguing standard will substantively influence and then change information organization, focusing on users, access and interoperability. Search interfaces will be the key. We’re not dealing with records anymore. We are working with interrelated nodes of data. Are you prepared?
Presentation given at the HEA Social Sciences learning and teaching summit 'Exploring the implications of ‘the era of big data’ for learning and teaching'.
A blog post outlining the issues discussed at the summit is available via: http://bit.ly/1lCBUIB
Researchers, Reporters & Everything in BetweenKara Gavin
A talk about how academic researchers can understand and navigate the news media and institutional communications landscape, prepared for the University of Michigan National Clinician Scholars Program
One of the shortcomings of many user interviews is the vast gulf between what people think they do versus what they actually do, not to mention what they may have forgotten having done. Fortunately, new research tools are filling that gap by allowing users to quickly provide feedback from their phone right after they use a product, allowing for the capturing of rich, emotional details. These tools are breathing new life into a traditional research tool, the diary study.
This talk share the best practices I’ve developed for designing a digital diary study that collects relevant and insightful data. It will be framed by examples from a recent diary study exploring how people use their fitness trackers (Fitbit, Jawbone Up, etc). Attendees will come away with not only an understanding of how much rich data can be collected this way, but with the basic knowledge needed to execute their own digital diary studies.
Social Networking, Online Communities & Research - WCHRI RoundsColleen Young
This presentation explores how researchers can leverage the social web throughout all stages of research from study design, recruitment and through to knowledge dissemination and integrated KT. Colleen Young discusses the synergies of online communities and research, the people who lead and manage the communities and researchers. The presenter encourages discussion throughout the presentation and will tailor its flow to the attendees' knowledge and participation.
But Were We Successful: Using Online Asynchronous Focus Groups to Evaluate Li...Andrea Payant
USU launched a program in 2016 to connect researchers seeking federal funding with librarians to assist them with data management. This program assisted over 100 researchers, but was it successful? Our presentation will discuss how we evaluated the success of this program using online asynchronous focus groups (OAFG) in conjunction with a traditional survey. Our cross-institutional research team will share our findings as well as the challenges and successes of using OAFGs to assess library services.
Seminar for LERN, Legal Education Research Network, UK, @ IALS, 28 Jan 2015, on the use of new media tools and the need for digital research literacies in legal education research.
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Use of Social Media WhitepaperProQuest
Social media is such an intrinsic part of the way students interact, it is natural that academic libraries would consider making services available through these communication channels. For the benefit of academic libraries, ProQuest commissioned a study by Hanover Research to gauge the current and potential uses of social media for academic research. We present the findings here, along with some top-line recommendations to assist libraries in executing an effective social media strategy.
Working with Social Media Data: Ethics & good practice around collecting, usi...Nicola Osborne
Slides from a workshop delivered for the University of Edinburgh Digital Scholarship programme, on 18th October 2017. For further information on the programme see: http://www.digital.cahss.ed.ac.uk/ or #DigScholEd. If you are interested in hosting a similar workshop, or adapting these slides please contact me: nicola.osborne@ed.ac.uk.
Marie Claire - Origin and Evolution of the Magazine. AaliyaGujral
The objectives of the research are the following
To critically analyze and understand the consumer preferences for magazines in today’s context
To understand the origin, history and evolution of Marie Claire.
To examine its position in the current market and context, individually as well as in terms of its competitors.
To analyse and decode its individualistic formats, layouts, content and cover pages and their evolution.
To bring to light the perception of readers towards Marie Claire as a magazine.
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Edinburgh University, November 2012.
This is a basic overview of several social media platforms as well as specific guidance for creating or improving the visibility of your research profile. Created for the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow.
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MASS MEDIA STUDIES-835-CLASS XI Resource Material.pdf
Information Use in Natural Habitats: A Comparative Study of Graduates in the Work Place in Ireland & Canada
1. Information Use in Natural Habitats: A Comparative Study
of Graduates in the Work Place in Ireland & Canada
Siobhán Dunne | DCU | @dunnesiobhan
Margy MacMillan |MRU | @margymaclibrary
Image source: http://www.starfm.com/tag/office/
Librarians’ Information Literacy
Annual Conference
UCD, 21-23 March 2016
2. Overview
• Genesis of collaborative research
• A look at the standards and literature
• Methodology and ways of working
• Analysis of findings
• Future directions
3. Genesis of our joint research
• Resource development and close working
relationship with journalism faculty already
happening in DCU & MRU
• Our professional connection led to a discussion
around collaborative sharing of expertise
• Benefit of symbiotic data analysis and
recommendations
5. What the Organisations Say
US, UK, and EU standards include aspects of IL e.g.
European Journalism Training Association Tartu
Declaration:
The competence to find relevant issues and angles
The competence to gather information swiftly
6. Literature Review
• ILI for Journalism - Diekerhof 2013; Macmillan 2014
• Workplace ILI - Head 2016; Hicks 2015
• What Journalists Actually Use - Agarwal & Barthel
2013; Zeller & Hermida 2015
7. Methodology
• Ethics Approval
• Access to population sample
• Verifying instrument with journalists
• Data collection
• Data Analysis
10. MRU
I work in this format (please select all that apply)
22%
11%
7%
62%
51%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Other
Radio
TV
Online
Print
11. Finding 1: Verification of information remains a substantial
challenge for journalists
“Resisting what the internet throws up, which is rarely, rarely the real
story ”
“In the digital age, everyone and their dog can publish content and call
themselves "experts." There are pros to having the world of
information at your fingertips, but it can prolong the research process -
that is if you're not the most experienced researcher or if you have
strict guidelines for the kind of sources you can or cannot use”
“Trying to verify breaking news on Twitter and other social media sites
can be a challenge”
12. Finding 2: Journalists are expected to produce several articles a
day and this impacts finding and verifying sources
“Investigative/research-based work is being pushed aside, and many
print/online journalists could be expected to churn out five or six
stories a day. This obviously impacts on the amount of research they
can do”
“So much of journalism (especially by recent JR graduates/those in
junior roles) won't actually involve much research, and is generally
more instantaneous and reactive”
13. “You can't properly find information if your every day tasks take up every
minute of your day”.
“Speed. There's no real secret about where to get information anymore, it's
how quickly you can source it!”
“Lack of time available to do in-depth analysis was always my issue. I was
never told not to cover a story but even the very best editors could not re-
allocate my coworkers to free up enough time to allow us to work on research
heavy stories.”
Finding 2: Journalists are expected to produce several articles a
day and this impacts finding and verifying sources
16. Sources we currently teach
DCU MRU
News • Nexis UK
• Irish Times Digital Archive
• Irish Newspaper Archive
• Canadian Newsstand
• Calgary News
• Google News
Data • Fame (company)
• Passport (market research)
• OECD iLibrary
• CSO (statistics)
• StatsCan
• Associations
Other • Communications & Mass
Media Complete
• Google
• CanLII (legal)
• Social Media
• Google
• Google Scholar
17. Over to You – group task
How do you think our graduates answered these questions?
1. What were the top 5 sources used?
2. Which source was the most important and why?
3. Since graduating, have you participated in further
training in searching for information?
18. Top 5 sources used for a standard story
DCU
1. Twitter
2. Google*
3. Reports from News Orgs.
4. Press Releases
5. Facebook/My Organization
MRU
1. My Organization
2. Reports from News Orgs.
3. Facebook
4. Other Organizations
5. Twitter
19. Top 5 sources used for a story that took 1 day +
DCU
1. Reports from News Orgs.
2. Google*
3. Other Organisations
4. My Organisation
5. Twitter
MRU
1. My Organization
2. Other organisations
3. Reports from News Orgs.
4. Press Releases
5. Org. Reports/ Govt. Sites
20. Standard
story
1+ days
story
Twitter 78 32
Google 67 52
News/media outlets 60 60
Press releases 52 28
My org.s internal archive 48 40
Facebook 48 24
Other org. sites 37 40
Government sites 22 16
News databases 19 24
Organisational reports 19 16
Phone book 19 16
Statistical sites 15 28
Financial/bus. databases 11 16
LinkedIn 11 4
Academic databases 7 28
Courts databases 4 8
Standard
story
1+ days
story
News/media outlets 81 69
Press releases 63 36
Facebook 63 19
Government sites 63 6
Twitter 56 31
Other org. sites 56 31
My org.s internal archive 50 19
Organisational reports 31 25
Statistical sites 31 25
LinkedIn 13 6
Phone book 13 6
Academic databases 6 6
Courts databases 0 19
News databases 0 13
Financial/bus. databases 0 6
Google 0 0
Use of Sources (%)
21. Most Important Source
DCU
1. Twitter
2. Press Releases
3. Phonebook
4. My Organisation
5. Reports from News Orgs.
MRU
1. My Organization
2. Twitter
3. Facebook
4. Reports from News Orgs.
5. Press Releases/Statistics
23. Twitter is a great way to get news stories, see what people are talking about
and find verifiable sources.
Internal archives. We built a large body of research and work we like to link
back to.
Phone book - nothing gives me a better interview, or clarifies information as
easily, as a phone call to someone.
Reports from news/media outlets and statistical sites. I need my information
to be as current and relevant to Calgary as possible. I also rely on statscan
because it is accurate and dependable.
MRU: most important source
24. Finding 4 – reliance on social media as both source
& communication tool
“Twitter because it's an information network and does breaking news very well.
I also use it to find people and request interviews.”
“Real time information. Contacts on the ground in incident areas across the
globe, sharing info and content to the world as it happens. Being on social
means they are readily contactable and will reply in a quicker time than
someone would to phone or email”
“They [Twitter and Facebook] lead you to sources that are usually untapped
and stories not yet told”
“News tends to break on Twitter, you can be very early to a story and use that
as your starting point”
“Twitter - it's so immediate and I think crowdsourcing is really important now”
25. Finding 5 – none of the respondents had participated in IL
training since graduating
DCU: 22% had training including: MRU: 23% had training including:
Digital marketing Reuters Institute on multimedia storytelling
Internally by news organisation Advanced Photography
Video & mobile journalism WordPress
Press Association Course Public Relations Association seminars
Further third level programme Digital Communications Strategies
Final Cut Pro Statistics course
NUJ freelance workshops Mag. Publishers Association course
26. What does the data tell us about the local Canadian
and Irish context?
• MRU grads are less likely to be working in journalism
• DCU grads rely heavily on social media – to identify sources
and communicate
• MRU grads identified reduced access to reliable government
info as a challenge
• Occupation affects sources used – higher use of internal
archive for non-journalist positions
27. Over to you – individual task
Thinking of YOUR teaching discipline and the
related careers your graduates pursue….
What 3 questions would YOU ask about sources
used in daily professional practice?
28. Recommendations
1. Verification: help students to develop habits that get better
information in the first place, and strategies for verification:
triangulation and collecting ‘trusted sources’
2. Time: students require efficient strategies in 24/7 world -
harness this to promote the role of IL
3. Sources : engage faculty on the variation in use of sources for
standard/frequent versus in-depth work
29. Recommendations
4. Further training: students need to develop self-teaching
strategies. Include learning activities where they can harness
tools to help them stay current, learn new skills
5. Social media: identify where in the curriculum students are
learning how to deploy them – is there a gap?
6. Mismatch – librarians need to retool and develop familiarity
with resources and work patterns
30. Action Plan
• Harness our findings to improve IL curriculum in
partnership with faculty
• Ensure students are equipped with appropriate skillset to
upskill themselves in their careers in and beyond
journalism
• Ensure we top up our skillset to keep up to date with
current journalistic practice eg. data visualisation
• Future research: interviews/focus groups to tease out
survey findings
31. Research Benefits
MRU
• Using data for programme
review
• Using data to realign ILI with
professional practice
• Considering data in light of
ACRL Framework
DCU
• Re-establishing connection with
alumni community
• Building cross campus
relationships
• Feeding into future institutional
research
32. References 1/2
Journalism IL
Bornstein, J. (2003). Journalism students and information competencies. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 7(3), 204–208.
Boyle, M. E., & McPherson, P. O. (2012). What’s a phone book? Teaching information literacy skills to digital native
journalism students. Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication:, 2(1). Retrieved from
http://aejmc.net/spig/2012/whats-a-phone-book-teaching-information-literacy-skills-to-digital-native-journalism-
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Margy’s original research..
Siobhán adapting findings to build e news tutorial
Siobhán quoting Margy at IFLA without realising she was in the next room!
MRU 225 total grads, 84 responses, 16 working in journalism – others – many in corporate or non profitSurvey advertised on alumni social media pages, invitations sent to grads through social media where a connection existed
JR V Corporate Comms
Most of mine selected more than one
Other included documentaries, photographs, social media, graphic novels
For mine – shaded slightly differently – quality of information – signal-to-noise issue
Some of this in both our sets showed up specifically related to Social media – points to a recommendation
Biggest info seeking challenge answers: Professional confidence/experience: For young journalists, an inability or fear of actually picking up the phone and ringing people. Online is great for contacts, but that bit of extra information that will set your report apart or give extra clarity on a story can really only be gotten by picking up the phone and hounding whoever it is you need to.
Access to information – related to MRU lack of access to gov sites..
Access to FOI material both that which has been already released to others but not made public and because of the costs of securing some documents and also the annual release of the national archives.
Biggest challenge answers
Biggest challenge answers
“News librarians (and journalists) did an immense amount of manual primary research before online research databases. Tuite (Boston Globe librarian) remarked that the ProQuest Historical Newspapers™: is amazing because researchers can find tiny articles that wouldn’t be discovered in the old print clippings files” http://www.proquest.com/blog/pqblog/2016/CSI-Librarian-style-Research-Forensics-in-the-News-Library.html
This will be the basis for a discussion not only of our results, but also of our process, and how it might inform similar projects.
Many MRU grads create press releases but only those in journalism use them
Journalists identified government, phonebook, twitter more, facebook less
Journalists identified their institutional archive less
news databases, academic literature, generally low use (may be linked to lack of access)
(some identified more than one)
Mismatch between what we (traditionally) teach:
news databases, academic literature - and what actually gets used in the field:
social media, in-house resources
Quote from ‘most important’
Correlation between IL and information sources/tools simply not there…
Occupation – affects what they use – i.e. higher use of internal info
Could we be dovetailing better with intern programmes?
Why do we teach how to search news databases, academic literature in uni if they’re not being used in the field? General low use - linked to lack of access or is it that the academic lit is only to teach them the how of journalism and not the what – the actual content? Unless they’re education or science journalists that are looking a the recent research in a discipline…
I teach Google scholar in the theory courses, remind them of it in practice courses as a way to find expert sources for stories
Determine if you can get access to alumni
Try to ensure a balance of recent grads and more established professionals
Eg. DCU I was told by faculty that most of the new graduates are put on social media duy
Exercise highlights the value of going out into the field and verifying with graduates..