ZUR500h News Content Analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Pavlína Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 Studio 527
Prerequisites
The course is addressed to students of the master's degree program (especially the first year), who are expected to have basic knowledge in the field of qualitative and quantitative research.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is a) to give students the knowledge of the established and current topics, analytical concepts and procedures used in journalisms content research b) to involve students in a basic application of this knowledge in their own research projects (eg. diploma thesis, research paper).
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- list basic analytical approaches and types of analysis used in research of news and current affairs content;
- to select and design appropriate research design for the needs of news content analysis;
- to gather relevant news and current affairs stories and to create a sample for her or his own analysis;
-conceptualize the research problem and operationalize the analytical concepts that will be observed in the news content of students choice;
- apply the discussed analytical approaches and types of analyzes in the analysis of news/editorial content of his / her choice;
- to present the results of own research activity in the form of an oral presentation and in writing, in the form of a research project proposal or research report from a pilot study.
Syllabus
  • 1st Week (September 19): News and editorial content as an object of research
  • 2nd Week (September 26): Exploring news sources
  • 3rd Week (October 3): Media Agenda Building Analysis
  • 4th week (October 10): Presentations of students' analyses I
  • 5th week (October 17): News framing analysis
  • 6th Week (October 24) :: Analysis of reporting styles and role models of news reporting
  • 7th week (October 31): Presentations of students' analyses II
  • 8th Week (November 7): Analysis of objectivity and its violation I
  • 9th week (November 14): Analysis of objectivity and its violation II
  • 10th week (November 21): Presentations of students' analyses III
  • 11th week (November 28): Analysis of ideology in news
  • 12th week (December 5th): Analysis of news photography and relations between text and image
  • 13th week (December 12): Presentations of students' analyses IV
Literature
    required literature
  • BEDNAREK, Monika and Helen CAPLE. News discourse. London: Bloomsbury, 2012, xii, 267. ISBN 9781441147998. info
  • TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
  • MCQUAIL, Denis. Media performance : mass communication and the public interest. London: Sage Publications, 1992, xvii, 350. ISBN 080398295X. info
Teaching methods
lecture / presentation, discussion, problem solving, critical reading, problem solving, small groups
Assessment methods
CONDITIONS FOR OF COMPLETION OF THE COURSE -Participation in seminars -Readings -Completing practical tasks in small groups -Final paper: design of research project or report from pilot research METHOD OF EVALUATION The final grade is based on the sum of the points obtained in the intermediate tasks (0-145 points) and the points obtained for the final paper (0-50 points).
Ongoing tasks:
a) 7 x online test (7 x 1-5 points) b) 4 x presentation of practice analyzes in groups (4 x 1-10 points) c) Team work throughout the semester (0-30 points)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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