Photojournalism

Code:

CC021

Acronym:

FJOR

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	33	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	3	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Successful students should be able to understand the importance of photography in current written and multimedia press. Students should also acquire skills that allow them to combine the aesthetic factors of the photographic image with information, and adapt the image to different publication types.

Program

1. Photojournalism history
- The evolution of photojournalism in Portugal
- Reference photojournalism


2. The importance of photography in press
- Photography as source/means of information
- Digital photography and the dangers of manipulation
- New challenges

3. Photography projects
- News
- Portrait
- Reportage
- Sport
-Documentary
- Social
- Nature

Mandatory literature

Langford, Michael; A fotografia passo a passo, Publiclub, 1980
Sena, António; História da Imagem Fotográfica em Portugal, Porto Editora, 1998
Vicente, António Pedro; Contribuição para a História da Fotografia em Portugal no Século XIX, INCS, 1984
Yapp, Nick; 150 years of photojournalism - Hulton Deutch Collection, Konemann, 1995
Whelan, Richard; Robert Capa – The definitive collection , Phaidon Press, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

Sena, António; História da Imagem Fotográfica em Portugal, Porto Editora, 1998

Vicente, António Pedro;Contribuição para a História da Fotografia em Portugal no Século XIX, INCS, 1984

Langford, Michael;A fotografia passo a passo, Publiclub, 1980 Yapp, Nick;150 years of photojournalism - Hulton Deutch Collection, Konemann, 1995

Whelan, Richard; Robert Capa – The definitive collection , Phaidon Press, 2004

Yapp, Nick. (1995). 150 years of photojournalism - Hulton Deutch Collection, Konemann
HYPERLINK "http://www.biblio.com/bookstores/irishgirl.html"

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > Journalism

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	54,00
	Teste	81,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Theory and practical exercises.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment without final exam.

Classification improvement

Lessons, production and presentation of projects.
Continuous assessment (100%)