Uloga institucija za učenje na daljinu u razvoju novinarskih vještina: preliminarni nalazi iz novinarske perspektive

This paper presents the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project focused on the importance of building learning tools and procedures that will help media professionals adjust to a constant changing environment. Adopting a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodology by conducting in depth interviews with journalists from Greece and Cyprus, and by running an online questionnaire, addressed to journalists as well as communication professionals, we try to define the role and the profile of the contemporary journalist, and how it has changed under the pressure and the potential, unleashed by new technologies and the global financial crisis. We study the development of lifelong learning programs, their impact and their results with an emphasis on distance learning. Through our research we conclude that there is a need to rethink journalism training and curricula by introducing new skills. In addition, lifelong learning in the form of distance learning seems to be a priority for most journalists in order to adjust to the current media landscape.Ovaj rad donosi preliminarne rezultate istraživanja u tijeku koje je fokusirano na proučavanje alata i procedura za učenje na daljinu. S obzirom na to da se svijet oko nas stalno mijenja, takvi alati i procedure mogu pomoći medijskim stručnjacima u boljoj prilagodbi. Autori nastoje definirati suvremenu ulogu i profil novinara te uočiti kako se njihov položaj promijenio pod pritiskom, ali i mogućnostima, novih tehnologija i globalne financijske krize. U istraživanju su se koristile kvantitativne i kvalitativne metode istraživanja, što uključuje dubinske intervjue s grčkim i ciparskim novinarima te online anketu upućenu novinarima i komunikacijskim stručnjacima. Autori proučavaju razvoj programa cjeloživotnog učenja, njihov utjecaj i rezultate s naglaskom na institucije za učenje na daljinu. Rezultati ovog istraživanja vode do zaključaka o potrebi restrukturiranja novinarskog obrazovanja i kurikula kroz uvođenje novih vještina. Čini se da je cjeloživotno učenje, u formi učenja na daljinu, prioritet za većinu novinara kako bi se prilagodili sadašnjem medijskom krajoliku

Constructing Silence: Processes of Journalistic (Self-)Censorship during Memoranda in Greece, Cyprus, and Spain

What are to be considered as threats against journalism? Whereas the literature on safety of journalists mainly discusses threats as part of armed conflicts, this article studies how other kinds of conflicts such as economic strangulation and the viability threat represent threats against journalists’ work and safety. It argues that acts of intimidation directed against journalists represent an attack on democracy itself as they have the effect of limiting the freedom of expression. The aim of this study is to explore how journalists operate in such a conflict and under such uncertainty, as an implication of (political) pressure caused by the politics of Memoranda in Greece, Cyprus, and Spain. The comparative analysis focuses on possible changes in the processes of message construction and in the journalistic practices of the participants, exploring if, how, and to what extent these changes were imposed to journalists directly or indirectly

Uloga institucija za učenje na daljinu u razvoju novinarskih vještina: preliminarni nalazi iz novinarske perspektive

This paper presents the preliminary findings of an ongoing research project focused on the importance of building learning tools and procedures that will help media professionals adjust to a constant changing environment. Adopting a mix of quantitative and qualitative methodology by conducting in depth interviews with journalists from Greece and Cyprus, and by running an online questionnaire, addressed to journalists as well as communication professionals, we try to define the role and the profile of the contemporary journalist, and how it has changed under the pressure and the potential, unleashed by new technologies and the global financial crisis. We study the development of lifelong learning programs, their impact and their results with an emphasis on distance learning. Through our research we conclude that there is a need to rethink journalism training and curricula by introducing new skills. In addition, lifelong learning in the form of distance learning seems to be a priority for most journalists in order to adjust to the current media landscape.Ovaj rad donosi preliminarne rezultate istraživanja u tijeku koje je fokusirano na proučavanje alata i procedura za učenje na daljinu. S obzirom na to da se svijet oko nas stalno mijenja, takvi alati i procedure mogu pomoći medijskim stručnjacima u boljoj prilagodbi. Autori nastoje definirati suvremenu ulogu i profil novinara te uočiti kako se njihov položaj promijenio pod pritiskom, ali i mogućnostima, novih tehnologija i globalne financijske krize. U istraživanju su se koristile kvantitativne i kvalitativne metode istraživanja, što uključuje dubinske intervjue s grčkim i ciparskim novinarima te online anketu upućenu novinarima i komunikacijskim stručnjacima. Autori proučavaju razvoj programa cjeloživotnog učenja, njihov utjecaj i rezultate s naglaskom na institucije za učenje na daljinu. Rezultati ovog istraživanja vode do zaključaka o potrebi restrukturiranja novinarskog obrazovanja i kurikula kroz uvođenje novih vještina. Čini se da je cjeloživotno učenje, u formi učenja na daljinu, prioritet za većinu novinara kako bi se prilagodili sadašnjem medijskom krajoliku

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements