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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Sociology of professions"”.
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An exploration of professional self concepts in science communication
The dissertation explores emerging professional self concepts in the field of science communication. It integrates theories and concepts from a diverse range of disciplines from the sociology of professions to science and technology studies. It also considers organisational contexts and country …
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A critical analysis of magistrates' experiences of the peer learning initiative in the KwaZulu-Natal courts : transcending apartheid judicial education?
… Joint Education and Training Committee (Jetcom) of the kwaZulu-Natal district court magistrates. A core aspect of the study considers how magistrates relate their understandings of peer learning to their professional development, particularly in view of the continued influence of the legacy of …
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Journalism innovation and the ethic of participation : a case study of the Knight Foundation and its news challenge
The digitization of media has undermined much of the social authority and economic viability on which U.S. journalism relied during the 20th century. This disruption has also opened a central tension for the profession: how to reconcile the need for occupational control against growing …
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Performing the Personal Within the Organizational: Communicating Professional Identities Through Taiwanese Commercial Airline Pilots' Personal Narratives
<p>This dissertation project explored professionalism and the performance of identities by examining Taiwanese commercial airline pilots' discursive practices in everyday life. The intentions for this project were to not only expand current knowledge of organizational communication from a critical …
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How teachers perceive AI in their profession and classroom: professional visions and practical problems
… discussion about what the proper role should be of AI in education and how it will affect the roles of teachers. Given the big stakes, it's important for communication scholars to devote attention to this emerging technology. To take up this challenge, this study explores how teachers perceive AI …
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The Journalist as Neoliberal Lone Wolf: On Mexico’s Imaginary Reporters and Collaborative Resistance in a Divided Guild
… ways in which discourses on the individual professionalisation of journalists have been fetishised and used since the neoliberal turn to narrow international debates on imbalances in global flows of information and communication; prevent reform of increasingly inegalitarian media systems, and …