Digitization of Journalism Education: A Comparative Analysis on Developed and Developing Countries

In the digital age, the content of journalism education needs to be reviewed to meet the demands of the sector. The digitalization and increase in the technologies used in the sector reflects on the education of journalism. Depending on the evolution of journalism, the process requires the redefinition of professional skills and changes in the curriculum of education. The technological change in the field of journalism and its practices have pushed professional skills into a rapid transformation. However, the process of digitization of journalism maintains its differences among countries. There is a digital transformation in the production distribution and consumption of the news makes it necessary for countries to make changes in their journalism education curricula, which are appropriate with the new technologies of the field. This study is a comparative case study in which it is investigated how appropriate the course contents and internship opportunities in the curriculum of five universities, which provide the best journalism education in developed (West) and developing countries and the features of “new period journalist” created by the professional skills which are given to students differ from country to country is also revealed. The period of change of journalism education will be studied by interpreting the development stages of sector dwelling on the journalism education of the countries