Class Transmedia and Hybrid Narratives

At the end of this curricular unit - Transmedia and Hybrid Narratives - it is intended to enable students with skills within the scope of the latest practices regarding the production of journalistic information, informative contents and narratives emerging from reality and with news value, both in the web environment and in the context of publications, reflecting the informative production of the current media ecosystem, which is also hybrid and non-linear. Examples: webdocumentaries, multimedia and hypermedia narratives, virtual and immersive reality, gamification, etc.

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1. Once upon a time: what is storytelling? 1.1. The elements of narrative 1.2. From oral tradition to the hero’s journey: mythical structures of narratives 2. Audiovisual narratives: the documentary film and video 2.1. Introduction to the documentary: subgenres and modes of representation 2.2. The creative treatment of reality: different schools of thought on documentary and hybrids (post-doc) 2.3. Audiovisual content: video, archive, and memory 3. Web, Transmedia, and genre hybridization 3.1. Convergence culture, transmedia storytelling, and journalism 3.2. The web documentary and non-linear narrative 3.3. How to write for online? Title, lead, news body, hyperlinks, verification 3.4. The multimedia and transmedia script 3.5. Multimedia reporting, video journalism, and online mini-docs

Innovative methodologies to support the teaching–learning process involve strengthening the connection between the university and the community through partnerships with civil society organizations. The proposal focuses on developing journalistic practice in Campanhã, a territory historically marked by vulnerabilities, to collect life stories that emphasize the memory of the city of Porto. This methodology is innovative in the university context because it promotes experiential learning rooted in real-world problems and fosters the creation of transmedia and hybrid narratives (web documentary and multimedia reporting) with social and cultural impact, published on the #infomedia platform.

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