Despite the various attempts to de-Westernise journalism studies and profession, the dominance of Western theories and practices remains absolute. This article seeks to develop a hybrid Islamic/Western worldview that represents a comprehensive, flexible and multicultural paradigm that emphasises sharing rather than imposing one’s heritage and view. The article particularly reflects on resolving the existing ontological, epistemological and methodological issues as a crucial task in overcoming obstacles and stagnation related to the hybridisation of theory-building efforts. This article demonstrates how the proposed normative paradigm can be grounded in the realistic context of journalistic practice by examining two research issues: media and democratisation and the globalisation of journalism ethics.

尽管有各种尝试使新闻研究和专业去西方化，但西方理论和实践的主导地位仍然是绝对的。本文旨在发展一种混合的伊斯兰/西方世界观，代表一种全面、灵活和多元文化的范式，强调分享而不是强加一个人的传统和观点。文章特别反思解决现有的本体论、认识论和方法论问题，将其作为克服与理论构建工作的混合相关的障碍和停滞的关键任务。本文通过考察两个研究问题：媒体和民主化以及新闻伦理的全球化，展示了所提出的规范范式如何能够以新闻实践的现实背景为基础。