Contemporary Issues in Journalism - 2nd semester
Code
722011076
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Paulo Nuno Vicente
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
In this course, we will present and discuss the questions and the main challenges journalism is facing with the development of the Internet. Analyzing current problems, under the light of the theory already produced in this field, students will internalize the characteristics of a profoundly changing business.
In this course, it is expected that students:
1) understand the challenges journalism is facing nowadays;
2) strengthen their knowledge about media convergence and the changes Internet has brought to the journalistic field;
3) recognize the effect that social media and citizen journalism can bring to the definition of what is journalism.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Media Convergence: definition and the last decade
2. Media Convergence: transformations in the publics
3. Media Convergence: transformations in newsrooms
4. Media Convergence: transformations in journalists
5. Journalism 2.0: Social Web and Collaboration
6. Journalism 2.0: Curatorial Information
7. Emerging Narrative Formats: Mixed Media Journalism
8. Emerging Narrative formats: Data Journalism
9. State of Investigative Journalism
10. Journalism assisted by \"drones\"
11. The future of journalism: entrepreneurship and new models of sustainability
Bibliography
ANDERSON, C.W, BELL, E. & SHIRKY, C. (2012). Post-Industrial journalism: Adapting to the Present (.pdf), (.epub), (.mobi)
NIELSEN, Rasmus K. (2012). Ten years that shook the Media World. Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (.pdf)
GILLMOR, Dan (2010). Mediactive.
GILLMOR, Dan (2005) Nós, os media, Presença, Lisboa. (Disponível on-line na íntegra, na versão original)
JENKINS, Henry (2006) Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, New York University Press, New York.
PROJECT for Excellence in Journalism (2015) State of News Media 2014: An Annual Report on American Journalism
Teaching method
The course will combine theoretical exposition with collective discussion of previous distributed texts and practical analysis of journalistic materials.
Evaluation method