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Publication Date: 2019-Sep
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Eyes Wide Shut: Failures to Teach Student Journalists about Eyewitness Error
Blom, Robin
Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v74 n3 p345-357 Sep 2019
Every news story depends on human memory one way or the other; in particular, eyewitness accounts. However, the amount of scholarly research on eyewitness misidentification in the fields of journalism and mass communication is minimal, whereas a plethora of studies is available in other disciplines. Journalism textbooks could fill that void by presenting information about eyewitness issues to student journalists. However, widely adopted journalism textbooks lack in-depth modules, if anything at all, that warn journalism students that they should not take all eyewitness accounts for granted. This essay is a call to increase research in an underdeveloped aspect of journalism education.
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Memory, Accuracy, Ethics, Textbooks, Reliability, College Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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