New Media

Code:

CC035

Acronym:

NMED

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

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	25	CC - Study Plan	3	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The discipline of New Media aims first to familiarize students with the historical development and characteristics of the new digital media networks based on open platforms. It will be addressed then the specific nature of the World Wide Web as a network. The most recent participatory platforms will be analysed, and a theory of motivation that generate participatory dynamics in social networks is presented. The new practices of online journalism will be analysed , by contrast with forms of institutionalized journalism. An important objective of the course is to familiarize students with the principles of intellectual property laws , which will be applied to the specific case of new media . In particular, we will focus on the cases of electronic books and in the music industry. A final discussion will focus on the opposition between open versus closed platforms.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students must have the following competences:

 - To know how to frame the specificity of new media within the communicatiom media in general

 - To understand the concept of a network

 - To identify specific jornalísitic practices in new media

 - To master the imºplementation of the property intelectual laws in new networked digital media  

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. History of the Internet and New Media

2. The World Wide Web and the concept of network  

3. Structure of social networks

4. Professional Journalism versus amateur journalism

5. Intellectual property.

5.1. The case of books.

5.2. The case of music.

6. Business models in the new media

7. Open platforms versus closed platforms

Mandatory literature

Ant+onio Machuco Rosa; A Comunicação e o Fim das Instituições: Das Origens da Imprensa aos Novos Media
Yoachai Benkler; The Wealth of Nerworks

Teaching methods and learning activities

In the theory-practical classes, a combination of expository lessons, student participation and practical implementation of knowledge acquired by the students, ie. presentation of work according to the course programme. Tutorials are designed for the development of activities related to individual and group work that students must present over the semester.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	10,00
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Examen 50 % Paperwork 40 % participation 10%