Abstract
This study looks into Norwegian journalism curricula and how and to what degree they focus on intercultural issues. The web pages to six different schools are analyzed to see how the objectives are formulated, and how the curricula are composed. The six schools are Oslo University College, Volda University College, Bodø University College, University of Stavanger, Gimlekollen Schoolof Journalism and Communication and University of Bergen. The findings suggest that the schools emphasize educating for practical journalistic skills on behalf of in-depth analysis of contemporary society. Oslo University College and Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication focus on intercultural communication and global issues to a larger extent than the others. Based on the results, the study discussed some perspectives that might be needed to equip Norwegian future journalists for a global reality, where there are no longer given and fixed skills for a journalist. Keywords: journalism education, curriculum, intercultural, global, ethnicity,Norway. /p>
Highlights
The media in Norway is daily focusing on topics related to immigration and an increasingly multicultural society
This study looks into Norwegian journalism curricula and how and to what degree they focus on intercultural issues
In order to find the answer to our problem statement, this article will look into actual curricula, but will be limited to an analysis of the Bachelor programs of the following journalism programs in Norway: Bodø University College, Oslo University College, University of Stavanger, University of Bergen, Volda University College and Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communication in Kristiansand
Summary
The media in Norway is daily focusing on topics related to immigration and an increasingly multicultural society. Different types of education are taking this reality into account in their curricula. Within the pedagogical field there are subjects such as migration pedagogy, both at the kindergarten level and the elementary school level. Language departments have Norwegian as a second language as a part of their curriculum. Several colleges have even BachelorBachelor degrees in intercultural understanding or similar topics (Høgskolen i Oslo, 2009). Most of the education preparing future generations for the increasingly greater intercultural challenges, appear to be the ones that are educating future pre-school teachers, and teachers in elementary and secondary schools
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