2013 Summit Programme - The Centre for Excellence in Media ...

PARALLEL SESSION 4: Friday 20th 09.00- 09.40
PARTICIPATORY LEARNING:
Games and feints as pedagogy: Using game theory
and reverse logic to teach conflict reporting
Savyasaachi Jain
Cantor
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abstracts
This paper presents a successful experiment in the use of two innovative
pedagogic methods – game theory and ‘reverse logic’ – to overcome
problems in the sustained adoption of good practices in reporting conflict
during a workshop for broadcast journalists in Nepal organised by UN-
ESCO and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The article outlines
how the strategy for using game theory and reverse logic was designed
and implemented to allow discovery of principles and to promote longer
term ownership of the journalistic values that are consistent with conflict
resolution and peace-building. It goes on to describe workshop activities
and relates them to issues in transformative learning and value education.
It evaluates student reactions and engagement and the extent to which the
use of game theory and reverse logic led to the adoption of desired values.
Keywords: game theory, conflict reporting, journalism pedagogy,
peace journalism, values.
Savyasaachi Jain is a PhD student at the University of Westminster.
His career as a practitioner spans newspapers, television current affairs
and documentaries. He has also trained journalists from across the world in
specialised workshops.
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