All of this is the fault of poor journalism education. To change the public perception, there must be a change in the way journalists are educated and trained. If not, the media will lose its credibility, and therefore its power. Any practical-theory of journalism must be about all three . It must be firmly based on the needs of journalism, not on some other discipline.
Journalism is all about news and information.
Journalists discover news and report it. Journalism consists of gathering facts, deciding how to assemble them, making important decisions about which facts to include, and which to omit. It is about talking to people, being curious, thinking clearly, and being able to translate difficult ideas into simple ones so that everyone can understand them. Journalism therefore consists of practical skills and a wide intellectual foundation which gives credibility to the reporting. But journalism is different from other disciplines because integration of the practical and the theoretical builds the discipline of journalism.