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Blog of the UTS Journalism Summer course in News and Current Affairs

Course Outline

General Information

This course will be conducted over six full day and one half day session

It will involve a mix of lectures and workshops and although it will cover the same areas as the semester long version of the course it will place a lot more emphasis on team work and student led learning.

Official subject description from the UTS Handbook:

8cp
Requisite(s): 50106 Media, Information and Society OR 50227 Media, Information and Society
Disciplinary Strand – Communication and Information Studies – 200 level

This subject takes a comparative theoretical approach to studying the exercise of power in the production of news and information programs in the media. It deals with the economic and institutional contexts, debates about the role of the press in democratic political processes, relations between journalists, their sources and public relations professionals, the impact of new media technologies and relations with audiences. Students are expected to develop research skills in this area, including a capacity to analyse their own media production work in the context of current scholarship in the field.

Objectives

On completion of this subject students are expected to be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of Australian news and current affairs and the three main themes developed in this subject: the relationship between journalists and the broader society, changing news values and the Internet and journalism.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the plurality and diversity of perspectives found in journalism studies and in the classroom and be able to effectively and efficiently discuss and debate the range of ideas raised in this subject.
  • Demonstrate the ability to investigate and critically analyse journalism practice by reference to ideas, arguments and debates in journalism studies research.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the Internet as a research resource/forum and effectively contribute to developing a collective Internet-based resource for NCAFF students.
  • Demonstrate the ability to develop a well-researched and argued analysis of journalism practice through participation in assessment tasks and class projects.

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