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Games and Feints as Pedagogy: Using Game Theory and Reverse Logic to Teach Conflict Reporting

Savyasaachi Jain

Journalism Education, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 10 - 27

Swansea University Author: Savyasaachi Jain

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This article presents a successful experiment in the use of two innovative pedagogic methods – game theory and ‘reverse logic’ – to overcome problems in the sustained adoption of good practices in reporting conflict during a workshop for broadcast journalists in Nepal organised by UNESCO and the Asi...

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Published in: Journalism Education
Published: 2013
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