ZUR214 News coverage in print media

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Pavel Žára, M.A. (lecturer), Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (deputy)
Ing. Rudolf Burgr, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Pavelka, CSc.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Drahomíra Soldánová
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:30 Studio 527
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SMER(ZUR)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The seminar focuses on writing news reports and analysing them, including samples taken from the daily press. In the course of the seminar, students work with texts, assessing them critically, providing their comments and reviewing them. Working wit texts covers newspaper reports taken from the daily press, including tabloid news and sports pages, and at the same time, they are obliged to work with reports published in weekly papers and magazines. The aim is to familiarise with the knowledge and trends of current newspaper reporting. Students are also asked to produce their own reports, based on the critical assessment and discussion within individual seminars.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the genre of reports; 2. Writing and analysing reports; 3. Critical assessment of texts; 4. Working with reports taken from daily newspapers and magazines.
Literature
  • Jirák, J., Köpplová, B.: Média a společnost , Portál 2003
  • Funiok, R., Medienethik – die Frage der Verantwortung, Bonn 1999 denní tisk (MF DNES, LN, HN, Právo, Blesk…)
  • McQuail, Úvod do teorie masové komunikace, Portál 1999
Assessment methods
Seminar. Credit: conditions to receive the credit – submitting the final report, attendance (non-attendance of up to 3 seminars), and practical analysis of a chosen daily press report.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Přednostní právo zápisu mají studenti oborové specializace "žurnalistika", a to i v případě, že se přihlásí později než studenti jiných specializací a oborů.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007.
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