Compared Journalism

Code:

CC030

Acronym:

JORC

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	80	CC - Study Plan	3	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to stimulate critical and analytical ability of students through knowledge of various models of journalism, identifying and putting into practice the methodologies of comparative media research. Accordingly, it is intended to provide tools  to identify different models of journalism, compare them and reflect on the changing role of media in society.

Upon the approach of several case studies and multiple methods of analysis, it is intended that students are able to identify and critically examine some of the most pressing topics and concepts related to news coverage..

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended to provide the tools to reflect on the changing role of the media in society. Upon the approach of several case studies and multiple methods of analysis, it is intended that students will be able to identify and critically examine news coverage

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Models of journalism 2. Research methods applied to journalism compared 3. Content analysis and discourse analysis in journalism compared 4. The research process in the models of comparative media 5. Case Studies

Mandatory literature

Berger, Arthur Asa, ; Media Research Techniques, San Francisco State University, 1998
Berger, Arthur Asa ; Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, SAGE, 2000
Hallin, D. C., & Mancini, P.; Comparing media systems: Three models of media and politics, Cambridge University Pres, 2004
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn e Jankowski, Nick ; A Handbook of Qualitative Methodologies for Mass Communication Research, Routledge, 1991
Melo, José Marques ; Estudos de Jornalismo Comparado, Livraria Pioneira Editora, 1972
Mesquita, Mário ; O quarto equívoco, Minerva, 2006
Sousa, Jorge Pedro ; Elementos de teoria e pesquisa da comunicação e dos media, ed Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2003
Traquina, Nelson ; O Jornalismo Português em Análise de Casos, Editorial Caminho, 2001
Traquina, Nelson ; ) Jornalismo: Questões, Teorias, Vega, 1993
Pinto, Manuel & Helena Sousa, Helena ; Casos em que o jornalismo foi notícia, Campo das Letras, 2007
Yin, Robert K; Case Study Research, Sage, 2009
Kovach, Bill & Rosenstiel, Tom ; Os Elementos do Jornalismo, Porto Editora, 2004
Hallin Daniel C. 340; Comparing media systems beyond the western world. ISBN: 978-1-107-69954-0

Complementary Bibliography

Siebert, F. S., Peterson, T., Schram, W.; Four Theories of the Press. The Authoritarian, Libertarian, Social Responsibility, and Soviet Communist Concepts of What the Press Should Be and Do, University of Illinois Press, 1956

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and study cases

keywords

Social sciences > Communication sciences > Journalism

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho escrito	45,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

1. Test 2. Reading report on a book related to the programme contents of the subject 3. Prepare and present a research assignment on the topics suggested 4. Attendance and active participation in class

Calculation formula of final grade

To be indicated by the lecturers.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the regulations of the Faculty of Arts

Classification improvement

To be indicated by the lecturers.