History of Journalism

Code:

CC024

Acronym:

HJOR

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	8	CC - Study Plan	2	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This subject aims to address the main strands of the history of the press, with particular emphasis on the role of the international news, and the Portuguese contexts.

Learning outcomes and competences

The methodologies used in this curricular unit will consist of  theoretical-practical sessions consisting of presentations and debate of the main subjects in  class. Classes will provide the learning of the structural aspects of the history of journalism, according to the successive cycles of implementation. The aspects that lead to the launching and development models are explained by evolutionary systems given by different countries, with particular emphasis on models like the French, characterized by the ideological preponderance, and Anglo-Saxon  evolution, marked by the early  industrial features. The international models background will produce a frame work analysis for  the particular  incidences of Portuguese journalism and the specific  structural. elements 

The tutorial component is intended to encourage research through practical work, as well as an orientation literature directed so as to develop and deepen the concepts acquired in the classroom in more theoretical aspects. This methodology allows a better understanding of the history of Portuguese journalism through studies of chance, to allow the application of theoretical concepts learned in the exhibitions.

Working method

Presencial

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

There aren't

Program

1.Journalism - concept and origins 

                    . orality and the news 

. The press post-Gutenberg – technical means 

. Cultural constraints 

2. The affirmation of journalism in Portugal

. A tentative dissemination 

. Enlightened ideas and the national press 

3. Portuguese political journalism in the 19th century 

. Censorship and the “journalism of emigration” 

. The expansion of the press in the revolutionary period 

 

4. The news media in Portugal

. The establishment of “Diário de Notícias” 

. The Portuguese daily press and censorship 

. PREC and the fight for media control 

 

5. Journalism and power 

. Richelieu and the creation of La Gazette de France

. Censorship and freedom of speech 

. Journalism at the service of a cause: power and revolution 

. Attracting the public 

. Technical innovations 

. The new legislation and the press 

6. The golden era of the written press 

. The Anglo-Saxon model 

. The European path

Mandatory literature

Ana Cabrera; Marcello Caetano: poder e imprensa, Livros Horizonte, 2006
Pizarroso Quintero; História da imprensa, Planeta , 1994
Lima, Helena Laura Dias de; A^imprensa portuense e os desafios da modernidade. ISBN: 978-972-24-1747-1
Jorge Pedro Sousa; O pensamento jornalístico Português: das origens ao Abril de 1974. , Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2010
JEANNENAY, Jean-Baptiste; Uma história da comunicação social, Terramar, 1996
Martin Conboy; Journalism: A critical history, Sage, 2011

Teaching methods and learning activities

Polemise the concepts acquired through the explanation of the topics; promote diversified research on the key topics addressed.

On number 1 of the Syllabus cultural, economic, technological and political factors will be enhanced as determinant on the communicational process. 

On number 2 the  ideological journalism paradigm of the 19th century, presented as the beginning of an evolutionary process towards the present news model. 

Point number 3 will approach the exponential development of the press in a cycle characterized by the news paradigm and the industrialization. 

On t number 4 the Portuguese journalism history is presented according to the previous background but through a more developed focus. The news journalism debilities and  structural constrains  as the negative effect of the dictatorship’s repression.

Point 5 will present the disrupting elements generated by the 1974 revolution and how this turning point gave way to a new cycle in terms of news model in a democratic era. 

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > Journalism

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho de campo	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	45,00
Trabalho de investigação	7,00
Total:	52,00

Calculation formula of final grade

E+Pp+Tc=100%