New Narratives in the Media
Code
722011066
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Pedro Coelho
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
Be able to relate both theory and practice fields associated with Journalism.
Know the particularities of each one of the classical and online media platforms, being able to exercise their journalistic action.
Submit a journalistic piece suited to fit the specificities of television, newspaper \ magazine, radio and multimedia.
Critically apply the concept of Reportage as a genre of journalism.
Achieving these objectives requires:
a) understanding the particularities of reportage as a journalistic genre, with critical questioning of the details that determine its identity;
b) permanent questioning of the particularilities that lead to different approaches to a report meant for different media;
c) the student´s full willingness for journalistic action on the ground and to grasp the basic technical concepts to design and edit the same story in different media.
d) thorough questioning of the principles of journalism.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1.Reportage as a noble genre of Journalism.
2.Sound as the origin of radio reporting; image as crucial element of TV reporting; text, description and photos as key elements of the printed reporting; their combination in the design of multimedia reporting. The text´s specificities in each platform. Text as a constructive caption of sound (radio) and image (television).
3.Critical debate about journalistic pieces produced by students and critical review of reports produced by journalists promoting their presence in the classroom.
4.Analysis of the journalist´s attitude : Journalist´s social mission. Questioning the future of journalism and the profession´s new challenges.
5.Discussing how Journalism is taught in the multimedia era.
Bibliography
ANDERSON, P.J.,WARD, G. (eds), The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007;
ANDERSON, Bonnie M., News Flash journalism, Infotainment, and the Bottom-Line Business of Boadcast News, ed Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint, 2004;
ANDERSON, P.J.,WARD, G. (eds), The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007;
CHANTLER, Paul, STEWART, Peter, Basic Radio Journalism, Focal Press, 2003.
COELHO, Pedro, Rosa Brava, Pastora de Sonhos e Outras Histórias, Oficina do Livro, Lisboa, 2007
KOVACH, Bill, ROSENTIEL, Tom, Os Elementos do Jornalismo O que os Profissionais do Jornalismo devem Saber e o Público Exigir, Porto Editora, 2001.
Teaching method
The seminar focuses on Reportage as a noble genre of Journalism, turning it into a subject of continuous study, through the critical viewing of several reports issued and published in various media. At the same time students must accept the challenge to create new stories respecting the core identity of each one of the different platforms.
Evaluation method
Creating three small journalistic pieces - same theme for the three traditional platforms and online - and class participation (40%)
Creating a medium lenght piece - same theme for the three traditional means and online (60%).
Smaller pieces, which will be held throughout the semester, will certify the student´s individual progress both in theoretical and practical components.