FSS:ZUR745 Ethics of Journalism - Course Information
ZUR745 Ethics of Journalism
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2019
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. MgA. Jan Motal, 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
- Fri 4. 10. 14:00–15:40 PC54, 16:00–17:40 PC54, Fri 8. 11. 14:00–15:40 PC54, 16:00–17:40 PC54, Fri 29. 11. 14:00–15:40 PC54, 16:00–17:40 PC54
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Media Studies and Journalism (programme FSS, B-MSZU)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with basic problems of journalistic ethics and tools for their solution. Special attention is paid to the value bases of journalism and the application of ethical standards in practice.
- Learning outcomes
- Students are to:
- know the normative base of journalistic work;
- know key ethical norms;
- be familiar with the most important ethical problems of journalism;
- know how to solve them. - Syllabus
- - media as the fourth estate
- - normative media theory
- - independence
- - objectivity
- - minimizing injury
- - industry standards
- - denotology - utilitarianism - virtue
- Literature
- required literature
- Media ethics. Edited by Matthew Kierran. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1998, xv, 187 s. ISBN 0-415-16837-6. info
- recommended literature
- CHRISTIANS, Clifford G., Mark FACKLER and Kim B. ROTZOLL. Media ethics : cases & moral reasoning. 4th ed. New York: Longman, 1995, xiv, 350. ISBN 0801311861. info
- Teaching methods
- lecture, seminar, individual work (reading, case study)
- Assessment methods
- homework, case study, test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- https://www.medialnietika.cz
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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