Class Political Journalism

To understand relations between journalism and politics in its multidimensios that affect society. Have the knowledge of political institutions, political and elections systems, namely the Portuguese one. Learn about media's political coverage and be abble to act as professional in the area. Know the states political organization rules and have the skills to identify and act in the field of interaction of politics and communications.

Politics and journalism. History of the political thought.
The Public Sphere and Modern States.
Interaction between political and journalism fields.
Mediatization of politics.
Journalism as the fourth power?
Empirical learning on political dynamics.
Ideology, political journalism and media analysis.
Comparative politics with case studies.

There will be a continuos evaluation with a final test and a work presentation (50% each).
Participation and contribution to class will weight positively.
The learning process includes contents exposition, analysis, and discussion using case studies

AO LONGO DAS AULAS SERÃO DISPONIBILIZADOS ARTIGOS E MATERIAIS AOS ALUNOS

Correia, J. C. (2011). The Meanings of Public Sphere: is there any democratic role for Internet? In J. C.
Correia (Ed.), Public Sphere Reconsidered. Theories and Practices (pp. 37-50). Covilhã: UBI Labcom.
Esteves, J. P. (2003). Estrutura de poder dos media: que «Quarto Poder»? In Espaço público e
democracia: comunicacação, processos de sentido e identidades sociais (pp. 56-70). Lisboa:
Edicões Colibri.
Mesquita, M. (2004). Percepções Contemporâneas do Poder dos Media. In O Quarto Equívoco: O
Poder dos Media na Sociedade Contemporânea (2 ed., pp. 71?88). Coimbra: MinervaCoimbra. a
Ramos, I., & Torres, L. (n.d.). Análise dos sistemas eleitorais dos Estados Membros da Comunidade
Europeia. Revista de Assuntos Eleitorais , (3).
Revers, M. (2014). The Twitterization of News Making: Transparency and Journalistic Professionalism:
The Twitterization of News Making. Journal of Communication , n/a?n/a. doi:10.1111/jcom.12111