Journalistic Communication Techniques II - Audio-visuals

Code:

CC057

Acronym:

TEJ_A_II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences

Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Communication and Information 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	94	CC - Study Plan	2	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Successful students should be able to organize and increase their knowledge of expression techniques specific to each of the four journalistic fields (Printed press, radio, Television, Online). The aim of this course is to enhance the students’ levels of proficiency in the various journalistic genres through practical exercises.

Learning outcomes and competences

The aims of the curricular unit will be attained if, at the end of the semester, the students will be able to develop the following competencies: 1) To acknowledge the theoretical framework of the specificity of the different languages of different media (Print, Radio, TV and Online. 2) To acknowledge and master the techniques of expression in the different media. 3) Use the mastery of techniques to develop practical work in the different journalistic genres.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Radio

Professor: Isabel Reis

1. Sound
1.1. Features and functions
1.2. The acoustic images: components of radio language
1.3. The radio semiotic system
1.4. The sound in radio journalism: functions and features

2 Capture and assembly and distribution equipment: Level II
2.1. Resources and possibilities of sound editing program in drafting voiced parts
2.2. Recording and collecting ambient sounds
2.3. Quality and fidelity: ethical care about the content, editing techniques
2.4. Production Techniques

3. Registry The Sound (RS)
3.1. Characteristics and function of RS
3.2. The issue of RS
3.3. Editing sounds in a foreign language

4. The news with Registration Sound (RS)
4.1. The structure of news with RS
4.2. Drafting rules of the news with Registration (s) Sound (s)
4.3. The sound criteria as news: the selection of RS in the news today
4.4. Sound Planning news, topics and news reporting

Television

Lecturer: Sandra Sá Couto

1. Media message
1.1. Text on TV
1.2. News with image summary

2. Received images
2.1. Exchange, archive, agencies
2.2. How to create a journalistic piece
2.3. How to write a text for a piece from an image provided by an international agency

3. Television reportage
3.1 Reportage dimensions
3.2. Types of reportage
3.3. Reportage preparation
3.4.Viewing and analysis of reportage from several television stations

4. Iconic and non-iconic discourse: live and direct tv
5. The role of pivot
5.1 Pivots: Writing and recording
5.2. Final work

Mandatory literature

Bordieu, Pierre; Sobre a Televisão, Celta editores, 1997
Crisel, Andrew ; Understanding Radio, Routledge, 1994
Ganz, Pierre; A reportagem em Rádio e televisão, Editorial Inquérito, 1995
Meditsch, Eduardo ; A Rádio na era da Informação, Minerva, 1999
Paternostro, Vera Íris; O texto na TV: Manual de Telejornalismo, Campus, 1999
Pérez, Arturo Merayo ; Para entender la radio – Estructura del proceso informativo radiofónico, Publicaciones Uiversidad Pontificia de Salamanca, 1992
Balsebre, Armand ; El Linguaje Radiofónico, Cátedra, 1996

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical framework and practical exercises.

Software

Adobe Audition

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > Journalism

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho de campo	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment (50%) and final exam (50%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Failure to attend 75% of classes, in the cases established by law, require an oral discussion of the assessment items presented, to be indicated by the lecturer by the end of the respective semester. In each case the assessment should be established early in the semester.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As provided in the FLUP Assessment Regulations.

Classification improvement

 The grade improvement is only done in Exam Appeal. The work of ongoing assessment are valid for the current academic year.