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Teaching public affairs to student journalists using Bourdieu’s field theory

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Journalism Education, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 59 - 70

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The paper addresses Public Affairs as a subject taught to student journalists. To do so, it describes the current context of journalism, and the role of public relations. It shows how the public relations in its most recent iterations–notably populism–are challenging journalistic norms, and how trai...

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ISSN: ISSN: 2050-3903 ISSN: 2050-3903
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