Scientific Journalism
Code: 103092 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501933 Journalism | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Lluís Reales Guisado
- Email:
- Lluis.Reales@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
Scientific Journalism is an optional fourth subject within the Degree of Journalism. It will need that
The students have knowledge of current affairs, and a desire to know everything that is related to
Basic science, medicine, the environment and technology (we call it the pleasure of knowing). It will have to
Be able to reflect critically on all these issues. It will have to have a prospective vision (the
thought oriented towards the future). The future is a look that we turn towards the horizon (or perhaps towards infinity) and
that makes us in the form of questions. You will need to have the intention of knowing the communication systems
Common in the world of science (articles in reference magazines, congresses ...). It will be necessary to prove the
Will to bring this knowledge to the greatest number of people (outreach: science without pain).
It will be necessary to have the purpose of understanding the scientific languages and of mastering the transcoding formulas
towards less specialized languages, and especially the common language of the citizens. It will be necessary as well
that the student demonstrates the capacity for the correct use of informative, written, audiovisual languages, in the
network (and everything that we call narrative transmedia), and basic knowledge of English. You will have to know the
methodology, genres and the basic techniques of the management of information and journalism (in the media
conventional and on the network), taking into account that you have already completed compulsory subjects related to
these professional skills.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The subject Science Journalism proposes to analyze the whole informative process: from the origin of the scientific facts
until they are converted into news and are published or broadcast in a medium. And he does it in a threefold way: like
Generic introduction to science in all its aspects, medicine and the environment (philosophy, sociology,
history and current state), essentially as an object of informative communication (and as a result,
journalism), and as a message issued from the same science (people and institutions).
In all these dimensions, a wide field of teaching and research is opened, in many cases without
Explore, in which the historical analysis of scientific, health and environmental communication, the
studies of rhetoric and language codes, models of transcoding towards common language,
the adaptation of the genres, according to the levels of specialized communication, the problems posed by the
dissemination, the practical application of information in the various media (printed, audio-visual and online), and the
design of global and specific communication strategies from the corporate production and service centers
scientists, doctors and environmentalists.
Competences
- Abide by ethics and the canons of journalism, as well as the regulatory framework governing information.
- Demonstrate a critical and self-critical capacity.
- Demonstrate ethical awareness as well as empathy with the entourage.
- Differentiate the discipline’s main theories, its fields, conceptual developments, theoretical frameworks and approaches that underpin knowledge of the subject and its different areas and sub-areas, and acquire systematic knowledge of the media’s structure.
- Generate innovative and competitive ideas in research and professional practice.
- Relay journalistic information in the language characteristic of each communication medium, in its combined modern forms or on digital media, and apply the genres and different journalistic procedures.
- Research, select and arrange in hierarchical order any kind of source and useful document to develop communication products.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Use a third language as a working language and means of professional expression in the media.
Learning Outcomes
- Conceptualise the theories and techniques of specialised journalism.
- Demonstrate a critical and self-critical capacity.
- Demonstrate ethical awareness and empathy with the entourage.
- Demonstrate practical knowledge of specialised journalism.
- Generate innovative and competitive ideas in research and professional practice.
- Incorporate the principles of professional ethics in developing narrative journalism specialised in scientific information.
- Know how to build texts in a third language that adapt to the structures of journalistic language and apply them to the different theme-based information specialisms.
- Relay in the language specific to each communication medium narrative journalism specialised in scientific information.
- Research, select and arrange in hierarchical order any kind of source and useful document to develop communication products.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Use interactive communication resources to process, produce and relay information in the production of specialised information.
Content
Below are the general contents of the subject that will be sensitive to the related aspects
from the perspective of gender.
Introduction: philosophy, sociology and history of science. What is science and who are the scientists? Science
and power
The state of science in today's world: physics and cosmology, biology and medicine, palaeontology and evolution,
the world quite unknown of the brain, nature and the environment ...
Science and technology. The great technological advances and their impact on daily life.
Nanotechnology and new materials. Natural intelligence and artificial intelligence. The objects that think
From intelligent simulation to virtual reality.
Science, technology and means of destruction: technological warfare and the war of destruction
massive
Social, political, economic and cultural impacts of science and technology.
Fraud in science and false sciences. From homeopathy to diet to lose weight. The extraterrestrial
and other inventions.
The future of science and technology: a prospective vision.
The scientific culture in the information society.
Communication within the science and communication of science with the knowledge society.
The communication of science with society: scientific dissemination. The museums of science.
Science and literature. Science and cinema. The scientific documentary. Science fiction The scientific fantasy.
Science and literature. Science and cinema. The scientific documentary. Science fiction The scientific fantasy.
Scientific information in the mass media: printed, audiovisual. From scientific programs to
great series of scientific content.
The scientific information on the net. The transmedia narrative.
The corporate communication of science.
Methodology
Continued and active evaluation. This evaluation allows you to obtain a direct approval (5 or 6, if all)
the parameters are considered correct), without having to go to the exam, and includes the following:
Regular attendance and active participation in the theory, seminar and laboratory sessions, included
work placement. The students will justify their attendance with their signature.
In-depth reading of a book proposed by the teacher, reflective criticism (two print sheets
for one face) and the debate in class.
Group research work (informational archeology)
Public presentation of the synthesis of this work
It will be debated in class.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Laboratory practices | 15 | 0.6 | 9, 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.6 | 9, 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
| Theoretical | 22 | 0.88 | 9, 8, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Evaluation | 3 | 0.12 | 9, 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
| Tutorials | 6 | 0.24 | 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Student work (research, documentation, and production of information) | 83 | 3.32 | 9, 8, 3, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
Assessment
Evaluation activities will be carried out in sessions 5 (practical work + debate), 9 (practical work +
debate) and 15 (presentation of the works of informative archeology). In addition, the final test will be done at the
last session of the subject.
The students who have passed the continuous and active evaluation (with a 5 or 6 as a final grade), may go up
note presenting voluntarily to the proof of follow-up of the acquired knowledge (exam
, which will take place at the end of the course. This test will be based on the teaching material that the teacher will have
theoretician)
provided in the Virtual Campus (or in Moodle) or in the texts selected for this purpose.
Students who have passed the continuous and active evaluation may also upload a note attending the
lectures or reading the books that the teacher will propose throughout the course, with a value of 0.5 points per
Unit and a cumulative maximum of 2 direct points on the final note. This value does not exclude that the student is
You can submit to the tracking test (exam) to upload a note.
The students who (for various reasons) have inadequately completed the continuous and active evaluation,
they must present themselves to a final test about the acquired knowledge, which will determine the
final note
There will be a review (or re-assessment) for students who have suspended the final test
, provided they have obtained a minimum score of 3. If this second test is exceeded, the final grade is
theoretical
It will also complete the other assessment guidelines.
To pass by course, continued attendance is required in class. Students who can not attend
, at the beginning of
Class or do so intermittently, they must contact the teacher
Course, to know the special conditions to pass the subject.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follow up examination of the acquired knowledge | 40% | 0 | 0 | 9, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
| Group research work | 30% | 0 | 0 | 9, 8, 3, 4, 2, 5, 10, 11 |
| Laboratory practices | 20% | 3 | 0.12 | 9, 8, 4, 10, 7, 11 |
| Presentation of work | 10% | 3 | 0.12 | 9, 8, 1, 3, 4, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11 |
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