Motivation to study journalism by students: the demographic factor (based on a global survey of students of the faculties of communication and journalism)

Abstract

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University is the largest faculty of journalism, which has about 700 students
in three languages: Kazakh, Russian and English according to the formula 4 + 2, Bachelor plus
Master. In addition, specialty Journalism have in another 18 state and private universities of the country.
The Faculty of Journalism educated the first generation, which was born and has grown in time of
an Independent State. This is the generation of a century of new technologies, the Internet and private
independent media. International survey of journalism students «Journalism Students Across the Globe”
was initiated by the Queensland University of Technology and the School of Journalism University of
Santiago. This research project brought together scholars of journalism about 40 countries to understand
the attitude of journalism students to the political, economic, social and cultural life of their countries.
In Kazakhstan, the research of journalism students for the first time. It was attended by 334 students,
including 278 bachelors and 56 masters. Participation in Global questioners of journalism students isan important indicator for understanding the relationship of Kazakh students for their future profession,
its social significance and the role of journalists in a modern society. This makes it possible to carry out
comparative analysis and to compare the data of Kazakh students with leading international schools of
journalism. The questionnaire consisted of 33 questions, yielded important information that has been
processed and analysis of the results was carried out in SPSS programs.