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Finland: Doctoral Study on Political Leanings of Journalism Students Shows Majority Slants Hard-Left and Liberal…….

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Finland: Doctoral Study on Political Leanings of Journalism Students Shows Majority Slants Hard-Left and Liberal…….

By KGS4 years agoLeave a comment

H/T: Vasarahammer

The same can be said in the US…

In whose ranks are you standing? : A survey on the values of journalism students

Mäkilä, Ville (2020)

In this thesis, the world of values of journalism students was studied. The research method used was a quantitative survey, which was carried out as a structured questionnaire. The survey was prepared using the Webropol survey tool and published online. The survey consisted of about 20 questions divided into different themes.
The link leading to the survey was sent to all Finnish universities where journalism or journalism is taught. In January-February 2020, a total of 93 university students of journalism responded to the survey.

The survey found that the majority of journalism students support left-wing and liberal values. Most students are in favor of immigration and free movement and are in favor of restricting flying and eating meat through taxation. Students are also of the opinion that same-sex couples should be ordained by the church and a woman should have the right to abortion regardless of the reasons.

The Greens and the Left Alliance are the most popular parties among journalism students. 31 percent of respondents said they would vote for the Greens and 26 percent for the Left Alliance if the election were now. Basic Finns is the most distant party for journalism students. 70% of the respondents stated that they would not vote for basic Finns under any circumstances.

A comparison of the responses reveals that there are also significant differences of opinion between students. On average, students voting for right-wing parties are more conservative than those voting for left-wing parties on many social issues.

This is the first study to examine the values of journalism students in all universities. The views of the students of journalism at the University of Tampere were investigated in 2015 as part of a study examining the connection between the field of education and the student’s political orientation.

This thesis studied the values of Journalism students. The quantitative survey was used as the research method, which was implemented as a structured questionnaire form. The questionnaire was prepared with the Webropol survey tool and it was published online. The questionnaire consisted of approximately 20 questions which have been categorized into different themes.

The link to the questionnaire was sent to all the Finnish higher education institutions which offer Journalism study programs. In January-February of 2020, a total of 93 Journalism students responded to the questionnaire.

The survey indicated that the majority of Journalism students are in favor of the left-wing parties and Liberal values. Now the students have a positive attitude towards Immigration and the freedom of movement, and they are also in favor of limiting air travel and the consumption of meat by means of taxation.

The Green League and the Left Alliance are the most popular parties among the Journalism students. Thirty-one percent of the respondents indicated that they would be voting for the Green League and 26 percent would be voting for the Left Alliance, if elections were held now. The Finns party is the least popular party among Journalism students. Seventy percent of respondents stated that they would not vote for Finns under any circumstances.

When comparing the answers, significant differences between opinions can also be observed. Students that would vote for right-wing parties have a more conservative attitude towards many social issues compared to those voting for left-wing parties.

This is the first research to be carried out in which the values of all higher education institutions’ Journalism students are studied. The views of Journalism students at the University of Tampere were studied in 2015 as part of a research which studied the connection between students’ political orientation and their field of study.

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There’s No Common Cultural Legacy For The Alt-Right

Still, is there something to it? Is there a common heritage that will cover El Greco and Hume and Dostoyevsky? Is there one that can include the Jacobites and the Jacobins? There is, but it is not racial, and white supremacists reject it because it rejects them. The unifying heritage of Europe is religious and philosophical. It is Jerusalem and Athens, in one famous formulation. Christian religion and Greek philosophy, filtered through Roman law and culture, are the foundation of European culture. The tensions, agreements, developments and settlements between these have shaped the Western world, and these roots of Western civilization are not congenial to white supremacy.

Christianity is universal in its message and Jewish in its origins. For centuries after its founding, Christianity’s center was the Mediterranean world, including Asia Minor and North Africa. Christianity has never been defined by race, and locally-grown racist heresies are only sustainable among those ignorant of Christianity’s teachings, origins and history.

Greek philosophy is likewise ill-suited to serve as a basis for white identity. It is either too universal (addressing the human condition in general) or too local—none of us live as citizens of an ancient Greek polis. Later philosophical developments in Europe, such as the philosophies of the Enlightenment, likewise tend to be too universal for white supremacists seeking a tribal identity. As for the scientific revolution that developed within Western culture (albeit with much borrowed from outside Europe), math doesn’t care what color someone is.

War is being waged against Western culture from within which is in essence a war against Christianity and its moral origins in the Hebrew Bible. By attacking these Biblical foundations in the name of reason and human rights, the culture warriors of secularism are sawing off the branch on which they sit. The only way to defend Western civilisation is to reaffirm and restore its Biblical foundations. My argument is a development of ideas I first explored in my 2012 book The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth and Power.

We are living in an era which extols reason, science and human rights. These are said to be essential for progress, a civilised society and the betterment of humanity. Religion is said to be their antithesis, the source instead of superstitious mumbo-jumbo, oppression and backward-thinking.

Some of this hostility is being driven by the perceived threat from Islamic terrorism and the Islamisation of Western culture. However, this animus against religion has far deeper roots and can be traced back to what is considered the birthplace of Western reason, the 18th-century Enlightenment.

Actually, it goes back specifically to the French Enlightenment. In England and Scotland, the Enlightenment developed reason and political liberty within the framework of Biblical belief. In France, by contrast, anti-clericalism morphed into fundamental hostility to Christianity and to religion itself.

“Ecrasez l’infame,” said Voltaire (crush infamy) — the infamy to which he referred being not just the Church but Christianity, which he wanted to replace with the religion of reason, virtue and liberty, “drawn from the bosom of nature”.

Perfecting society

But this Enlightenment did not remove religion so much as pervert it. It took millenarian fantasies, the idea that the perfection of the world was at hand, and it secularised them. Instead of God producing heaven on earth, it would be mankind which would bring that about. Reason would create the perfect society and “progress” was the process by which utopia would be attained.

“I think that we should correct the vocabulary that we use, and call a spade a spade. It is all about Jihad, the Islamic effort to spread Islam globally”:

Terrorist attack – should be called Military Jihad.

Incitement – Media Jihad.

Al-Jazeera – Media Jihad Channel.

Imposing Sharia law – Judicial Jihad or Legislative Jihad.

Boycotting Israel (BDS) – Economic Jihad.

Emigration to EU and US – Emigration Jihad / Hijra Jihad.

Building mosques, Islamic education institutions – Cultural Jihad.

Halal food – Dietary Jihad.

Hijab or Niqab – Clothing Jihad.

Activity of MSA – Academic Jihad.

Activity of CAIR – Political Jihad / Public Jihad.

Collecting money for Islamic “charities” – Financial Jihad.

Political correctness – Submission to Jihad.

J Street, Peace Now, JVP and their likes – Jewish Useful Idiots who Serve Jihad.

Iran deal – Western Support for Nuclear Jihad.