Mass Communication Project Topics

Problems and Prospect of Online Investigative Journalism in Mass Media

Problems and Prospect of Online Investigative Journalism in Mass Media

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Problems and Prospect of Online Investigative Journalism in Mass Media. 

 

Content Structure of Problems and Prospect of Online Investigative Journalism in Mass Media

  • The abstract contains the research problem, the objectives, methodology, results, and recommendations
  • Chapter one of this thesis or project materials contains the background to the study, the research problem, the research questions, research objectives, research hypotheses, significance of the study, the scope of the study, organization of the study, and the operational definition of terms.
  • Chapter two contains relevant literature on the issue under investigation. The chapter is divided into five parts which are the conceptual review, theoretical review, empirical review, conceptual framework, and gaps in research
  • Chapter three contains the research design, study area, population, sample size and sampling technique, validity, reliability, source of data, operationalization of variables, research models, and data analysis method
  • Chapter four contains the data analysis and the discussion of the findings
  • Chapter five contains the summary of findings, conclusions, recommendations, contributions to knowledge, and recommendations for further studies.
  • References: The references are in APA
  • Questionnaire

 

Investigative journalism was described in many ways throughout the afternoon: as โ€œuncovering the hiddenโ€; โ€œexpensiveโ€; โ€œdifficultโ€; โ€œrequiring dedicationโ€; โ€œhas impactโ€; โ€œholding power to accountโ€. These terms are important: Iโ€™ve blogged elsewhere about journalismโ€™s professional ideology and how it compares to bloggersโ€™, and investigative journalism has its own professional ideology within that. If we are going to ask โ€œBut is it investigative journalism?โ€ then these will be particularly relevant.

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For example, there was a focus on investigative journalism as process that particularly fascinated me: Donal Macintyre talked about the โ€˜undercover reporterโ€™ as a โ€œnarrative deviceโ€ to allow them to create a narrative around important but difficult-to-dramatize issues, rather than something inherent in investigative work itself. In other words, for his purposes the process of โ€˜going undercoverโ€™ had a storytelling function as much as โ€“ if not more than โ€“ an investigative one.

On the other hand, some members of the audience dismissed modern examples of investigative work because it did not fit into this mythology.

A comparison of the Wikileaks, MPsโ€™ expenses and Watergate stories is useful to flesh this out: in looking at those three where is the cut-off point that makes this one โ€˜investigativeโ€™, and another not? More to the point, why do we care?

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