Testing Tolerance: Addressing Controversy in the Journalism and Mass Communication Classroom

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Tough topics are inescapable for journalism and mass communication academics. If its in the news, journalism and mass communication instructors have to discuss it in class. In Testing Tolerance, Candi Carter Olson and Tracy Everbach of the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women bring together a broad range of perspectives, from graduate students to deans, in conversation about ways to address tough topics in and out of the university classroom.

Helping instructors navigate todays toughest topics through discussions of the issues and pertinent terminology, this book provides hands-on exercises and practical advice applicable across student and instructor levels and disciplines. Readers will gain an understanding of the issues and acquire tools to address these topics in sensitive, yet forthright, ways.

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With the differing backgrounds and experiences students bring to the classroom today, the learning process must be ready to deal with controversial and, perhaps, uncomfortable situations that students and faculty will inevitably face both in and out of the classroom. This book creates a new awareness of viewing the world and those around us differently and realistically. It is a must-read for everyone in education. -- Dr. Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Executive Director, Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, Florida International University
Compelling topics, insightful contributors, and practical pedagogical wisdom. Whether youre an instructor, administrator, or even a student, this book is a valuable and challenging resource. -- Tim P. Vos, President, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
This book touches all the areas that affect academic achievement few are willing to touch. The best practices offered are distinct. Classroom exercises provide opportunities to really challenge and change student thought and action. Written with solid scholarly grounding and empathetic finesse, it should be a must for every instructors toolbox. -- Barbara Bealor Hines, professor emerita, Howard University, Past President AEJMC
With hot-button issues confronting professors and their students in a changing, and often toxic, political, economic and social environment, this book should be required reading for teachers and administrators in every journalism/communications program. An excellent and much-needed resource. -- Maurine H. Beasley, professor emerita, University of Maryland College Park, Past President AEJMC
The pedagogy, lessons, and references outlined in Testing Tolerance are desperately need and vitally important for professors and students facing an increasingly intolerant world. A guidebook to help fortify the fragile minds and souls and dreams entrusted to us and our institutions. -- Cathy M. Jackson, associate professor, Norfolk State University

Author Bio

The AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) encourages diverse research and conference programming on the status of women in journalism and mass communication education.

Candi Carter Olson is assistant professor at Utah State University.

Tracy Everbach is professor of journalism in the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas.