Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young People
In the interpretative framing of media reporting on youth, two approaches prevail: the first, problem-oriented and the second, positive or “soft” news oriented. There is a lack of a solution-oriented approach in which the problem would be presented within the same format, but also a solution that co...
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| description | In the interpretative framing of media reporting on youth, two approaches prevail: the first, problem-oriented and the second, positive or “soft” news oriented. There is a lack of a solution-oriented approach in which the problem would be presented within the same format, but also a solution that could be effective in a specific case, with young people, and not political and public office holders, as key actors in the story. The aim of this paper is to determine how students of journalism/communication in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) perceive solutions journalism (short SoJo) and how media portals represent solutions in youth reporting. Two qualitative research methods were applied: a focus group survey among students of the Universities of Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla and Mostar (N=24) and a method of analysis of media texts on young people on five media portals in B&H (N=98). The results of the students’ surveys showed that they consider solutions journalism more purposeful than problematic ones, but also a threat to journalistic objectivity. As necessary conditions for engaging in this type of journalism, they identified training, editorial support, social sensitivity of journalists and financial stability of the media. The results of the qualitative analysis of articles on young people showed that the formats in which solutions are mentioned do not meet the criteria of SoJo stories. Although the stories on young people are mostly positively framed, they are told from the perspective of the management of institutions/organizations, not young people. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7ca6a9947e67461bb00d6c17c942794e2025-08-20T01:47:40ZengCenter for Philosophy of Media and Media ResearchIn Medias Res1848-63042024-09-0113254135415810.46640/imr.13.25.1Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young PeopleAmela Delić Aščić0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6622-2966Zarfa Hrnjić Kuduzović1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6904-2207Amira Banjić2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-3745Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, Tihomila Markovića 1, 75 000 Tuzla, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFaculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, Tihomila Markovića 1, 75 000 Tuzla, Bosnia and HerzegovinaFaculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla, Tihomila Markovića 1, 75 000 Tuzla, Bosnia and HerzegovinaIn the interpretative framing of media reporting on youth, two approaches prevail: the first, problem-oriented and the second, positive or “soft” news oriented. There is a lack of a solution-oriented approach in which the problem would be presented within the same format, but also a solution that could be effective in a specific case, with young people, and not political and public office holders, as key actors in the story. The aim of this paper is to determine how students of journalism/communication in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) perceive solutions journalism (short SoJo) and how media portals represent solutions in youth reporting. Two qualitative research methods were applied: a focus group survey among students of the Universities of Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla and Mostar (N=24) and a method of analysis of media texts on young people on five media portals in B&H (N=98). The results of the students’ surveys showed that they consider solutions journalism more purposeful than problematic ones, but also a threat to journalistic objectivity. As necessary conditions for engaging in this type of journalism, they identified training, editorial support, social sensitivity of journalists and financial stability of the media. The results of the qualitative analysis of articles on young people showed that the formats in which solutions are mentioned do not meet the criteria of SoJo stories. Although the stories on young people are mostly positively framed, they are told from the perspective of the management of institutions/organizations, not young people.https://www.centar-fm.org/inmediasres/images/pdf/25/A.%20Delic%20Ascic,%20Z.%20Hrnjic%20Kuduzovic%20i%20A.%20Banjic,%20Solution-oriented%20Journalism.pdfsolutions journalismjournalism studentsreporting on youth |
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| title | Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young People |
| title_full | Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young People |
| title_fullStr | Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young People |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young People |
| title_short | Solution-oriented Journalism: Attitudes of Journalism Students and the Representation of solutions in the reporting of Web Portals on Young People |
| title_sort | solution oriented journalism attitudes of journalism students and the representation of solutions in the reporting of web portals on young people |
| topic | solutions journalism journalism students reporting on youth |
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