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Presentation
Presentation
Journalism and Digital Ecosystems is a theoretical-practical discipline with the aim of focusing on practice and theoretical and ethical reflection on a new reality that challenges the profession to redefine itself. Through this discipline, master's students have access to good practices and also to the most pressing challenges facing journalism as a social and professional activity, in the face of digital.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT6348-23287
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
- What is journalism?
- The elements of journalism
- Ethical and deontological frameworks of the journalist profession
- Journalistic autonomy
- New platforms, old challenges
- The importance of verification in the era of fake news
- Environments: Desktop, Mobile, Tablet
- How have narratives evolved on different platforms?
- Success stories: who is innovating in this space?
- Digital journalistic production
- Tools and resources
- Social media journalism: Micro-blogging, Live Reporting, and outreach
- Journalism in the age of data and interactive narrative
- New technologies, new opportunities
- The pros and cons of emerging technologies and their application to nonfiction narratives
- New possibilities for radio, from content to distribution
- What is journalism?
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Objectives
Objectives
The contents taught will allow the student to essentially acquire skills that will allow him/her to:
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of the methods, requirements, tools and systems used in the interdisciplinary construction of digital journalistic pieces.
- Demonstrate the ability to choose the appropriate technologies to communicate and formulate a project that leverages your knowledge of emerging digital platforms and technologies.
- Communicate effectively, through visual, written and oral communication, depending on what is most appropriate for the story you want to tell.
- Understand the unique characteristics of text, image, audio, video and visual forms of data representation, when to use them and how to present the story in the most engaging way.
- Understand the needs of adapting content for the various digital platforms and explore innovative ways of adapting traditional formats for online audiences and mobile devices.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Project-based learning.
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References
References
- Adornato, A. (2017). Mobile and social media journalism: A practical guide. CQ Press.
- Gray, J., Chambers, L., & Bounegru, L. The data journalism handbook: how journalists can use data to improve the news. O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2012.
- Deuze, M., & Witschge, T. (2020). Beyond journalism. John Wiley & Sons.
- Kovach, B., & Rosenstiel, T. (2014). The elements of journalism: What newspeople should know and the public should expect (Revised and updated third edition). Three Rivers Press.
- Sánchez Laws, A. L. (2020). Can immersive journalism enhance empathy?. Digital Journalism, 8(2), 213-228.
- Toural-Bran, C., Vizoso, Á., Pérez-Seijo, S., Rodríguez-Castro, M., & Negreira-Rey, M. C. (Eds.). (2020). Information Visualization in the Era of Innovative Journalism. Routledge.
- Wahl-Jorgensen, K., & Hanitzsch, T. (Eds.). (2019). The Handbook of Journalism Studies (2.a ed.). Routledge.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
