CJBC629 Journalistic genres

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Iva Šemberová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 pracovna
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to recognize the selected media genres and their characteristic features; based on acquired knowledge will be able to assess the stylistic and semantic aspects of these texts and then reveal persuasion, rhetoric and cliches that are part of everyday media messages; thanks to the practical focus of this course will be able to create a text suitable for publication in   various types of media, which can increase their employability.
Syllabus
  • Introduction - journalistic and artistic texts, the differences between them, basic characteristics, specifics publishing in print, audiovisual and electronic media. News - objectives, methods, genres, construction report - its typical components, creating headline, subheads, Perex, information saturation, the core of testimony, etc. More news genres (news interview, news report, paper) - the form and manner of use, analysis of real texts + design your own text. Journalism - objectives, methods, genres and their characteristics, current affairs interview. Other journalistic genres - post, comment, comment, essay, story and feature - theoretical and practical introduction, analysis of selected texts, creation of own text. The lyrics on the border between journalism and literary works (artistic genres related to the topic) - their history, characteristics, examples, analysis (soudnička, essay, column ...). Criticism and review as a specific genre (history, construction, use), analysis of specific texts and their own creation. Selected aspects of media messages - the issue of ethics, persuasive means in the media narrative in reporting procedures, etc. Reflection of texts students created during the course.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora and Jan HALADA. Encyklopedie praktické žurnalistiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1999, 256 s. ISBN 80-85983-76-1. info
  • BURNS, Lynette Sheridan. Žurnalistika : [praktická příručka pro novináře]. Translated by Hana Antonínová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2004, 186 s. ISBN 8071788716. info
  • ŠALDA, F. X. Boje o zítřek :meditace a rapsodie. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2000, 326 s. ISBN 80-7106-387-8. info
  • OSVALDOVÁ, Barbora. Zpravodajství v médiích. 2., upr. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2011, 144 s. ISBN 9788024618999. info
  • PAPE, Susan and Sue FEATHERSTONE. Newspaper journalism : a practical introduction. 1st pub. London: Sage Publications, 2005, 222 s. ISBN 0761943293. info
  • RUSS-MOHL, Stephan. Žurnalistika : komplexní průvodce praktickou žurnalistikou. Translated by Hana Bakičová. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2005, 292 s. ISBN 8024701588. info
  • TUŠER, Andrej. Ako sa robia noviny. 2., upr. vyd. Bratislava: SOFA, 2003, 163 s. ISBN 8089033261. info
  • TUŠER, Andrej and Mária FOLLRICHOVÁ. Teória a prax novinárskych žánrov. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2001, 106 s. ISBN 80-223-1555-9. info
  • Making the local news : local journalism in context. Edited by Bob Franklin - David Murphy. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998, xi, 273. ISBN 0415168031. info
Teaching methods
The seminar combines the interpretation, analysis and interpretation of journalistic texts and discussion
Assessment methods
To obtain credit the student must participate in course and continuously according to the assignment to hand in their own texts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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