Information Management in Communication

Code:

CC022

Acronym:

GICOM

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S

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	97	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	2	-	5	52	135

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The aim of this curricular unit is to endow students with skills to understand and to develop the activities related to information management processes in the communication industry.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this curricular unit, the students must:

- develop an information management process;

- search, select and organize information in accordance with a specific information need;

- use the Information Services in the communication industry, for the professional practice. 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

1. Information and information management.

1.1 Exploration of concepts.

1.2 Value and use of information; competitive advantage.

1.3 Information management cycle.

1.4 Legal aspects of access to information and its use.

2. General and specialized sources of information.

2.1 Types and characterization.

2.2 Organization and representation of information.

2.3 Definition of search strategies and information retrieval.

2.4 Evaluation of the quality of information and of the retrieval results.

3. Information Services.

3.1 Characterization and activity.

3.2 Information services in the communication industry.

3.3 The professionals of the Information Services and their role.

Mandatory literature

Centre de Formation et de Perfectionnement des Journalistes; Guide des sources d.information. ISBN: 2-85900-002-x
Choo, Chun Wei; Gestão de informação para a organização inteligente. ISBN: 972-21-1506-5
Chowdhury, G. G; Information sources and searching on the world wide web. ISBN: 1-85604-394-0
Cooke, Alison; A^guide to finding quality information on the internet. ISBN: 1-85604-483-1
García Jiménez, Antonio; Organización y gestion del conocimiento en la comunicación. ISBN: 84-9704-046-5
Hill, Michael W.; The^impact of information on society. ISBN: 3-598-11546-6
López Yepes, José; Los^caminos de la información. ISBN: 84-7074-096-2
Rascão, José Poças; Novos desafios da gestão de informação. ISBN: 978-972-618-513-0
Silva, Armando Barreiros Malheiro da; Recursos de informação. ISBN: 978-972-674-672-0
Taylor, Arlene G; The^organization of information. ISBN: 1-56308-498-8
Zorrinho, Carlos; Gestão da informação. ISBN: 972-23-1390-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical classes are expository and involve the exemplification of case studies and the development of practical works. The tutorial sessions will be devoted to the clearing up of doubts and the supervision of assessment works.

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > On-line information services
Social sciences > Communication sciences
Humanities > Information science > Information management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Trabalho de investigação	41,00
Total:	133,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

Group work (including the presentation of the work) = 50%

Final exam = 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Working students are not released of completing all components of evaluation.

Internship work/project

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

The improvement of the final classification can be obtained by repeating the final examination. It is not possible to reformulate the written works in order to improve the final classification.