Communication, Cooperation and Development
Code: 103126 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501933 Journalism | OT | 4 | 0 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ricardo Carniel Bugs
- Email:
- Ricardo.Carniel@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- spanish (spa)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
The only prerequisite for this course is that the student should be interested in discovering and deepening an approach to communication and journalism aimed at promoting processes of social change, and a model of sustainable development based on human rights, gender equality and global justice.
Students should be curious about the role of communicators and journalists in the different institutions and organizations that act in the system of international cooperation and entities ttah work for social cohesion (also seen as a job opportunity), as well as the role of media and the content that contribute to generate social awareness about the challenges of today's world.
Objectives and Contextualisation
General objective of the course:
To provide students with specific knowledge and tools for a differentiated and specialized professional profile, orientede both to the classic functions of journalism and to other work opportunities in international organizations, social organizations, NGOs, international cooperation agencies, etc.
Specific objectives of the students:
- To know what is meant by human development, social change and other related concepts / perspectives (Human Rights, gender equality, global justice, etc.).
- Know the UN agenda on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and identify their main indicators.
- Study the main strategies of communication for development, communication for social change, participatory communication, etc.
- Investigate and analyse the human rights situation regarding information, communication and cyberspace, as well as the relationship between communication and international cooperation.
- To learn how to design the fundamental elements of a project of communication for development and social change.
- Understand the role of communication and journalism professionals in these areas and identify possible job opportunities in governmental and non-governmental organizations and institutions.
Competences
- Abide by ethics and the canons of journalism, as well as the regulatory framework governing information.
- Demonstrate a self-learning and self-demanding capacity to ensure an efficient job.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and be able to relay them effectively in Catalan, Spanish and a third language.
- Disseminate the area’s knowledge and innovations.
- 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.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Use one’s imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the professional ethics of journalism to strategic communication in the field of political communication.
- Apply the professional ethics of journalism to strategic communication in the field of press offices and institutional communication.
- Apply the technologies and systems used to process, produce and relay information in the field of strategic communication.
- Demonstrate a self-learning and self-demanding capacity to ensure an efficient job.
- Develop critical thinking and reasoning and be able to relay them effectively in Catalan, Spanish and a third language.
- Disseminate the area’s knowledge and innovations.
- Generate innovative and competitive ideas in research and professional practice.
- Respect the diversity and plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Use one’s imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
Content
Subject Overview
- The relationship between communication, international cooperation, development and social change. Theories, models and applied strategies.
- International programmes of international cooperation and aid for development. The UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
- Knowledge society and media development. Human rights related to information, communication and cyberspace.
- Media and its discourse on development, cooperation and related issues. Ways to inform from alternative approaches (peace journalism, inclusive languages, etc.).
- Communication and journalism professionals as promoters of social change. Design of projects and campaigns.
The order of the topics indicated may vary according to the final planning of the subject. The detailed calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.
The contents of the subject will be sensitive to the Human Rights-based approach and the gender perspective.
Methodology
The teaching methodology of the subject combines different sessions of oral presentations, theoretical explanations, case studies and debate, as well as participatory seminars/workshops and practical work sessions in a computerised classroom. The fundamental principle is to establish and share a common base of knowledge so that, during the course, students can go deeper into the aspects they prioritise and apply them to the subjects they are most interested in.
The professors will provide in classes, tutorial meetings and/or via Virtual Campus all the information and documentation necessary for the proper follow-up of the subject.
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Seminars, workshops and practical activities | 33 | 1.32 | 1, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Theory classes | 15 | 0.6 | 9, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutoring | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Search, selection and reading of bibliography and other resources. Personal study. Planning and individual work / teamwork. | 91 | 3.64 | 1, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Assessment
The subject adopts a system of continuous assessment, so it is assumed that the attendance of students to all training activities mentioned above is mandatory.
The final grade of the subject will be calculated as a weighted average, based on the following evaluation activities:
- Activity A. Practical exercises: 25% on the final grade;
- Activity B. Individual exams: 30% on the final grade;
- Activity C. Active participation in seminars, workshops and tutorials: 15% on the final grade;
- Activity D. Final Teamwork: 30% on the final grade.
To be able to pass the course, it will be necessary:
a) to have carried out and submitted all the assessment activities. In case of absence due to justified reasons of force majeure, the corresponding proof must be presented to the professors; otherwise, the activities will be recorded as Not Completed.
b) obtain a minimum grade/average of 5 in each of the activities A, B, C and D.
The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions.
Reevaluation
The student will have the right to a reevaluation if it has been evaluated of the set of activities, the weight of which is a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject.
Activities C and D are excluded from the reevaluation process.
Second Enrollment
In the case of a second enrolment, students could do a single synthesis exam about the whole content of the subject. The grading of the subject will correspond to the grade of the synthesis exam/assignment.
Plagiarism
The studentwho performs any irregularity (copy, plagiarism, identity theft, etc.) that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an act of evaluation, will be graded with 0 this act of evaluation. In caseof more than one irregularity, the final grade of the subject will be 0.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A) Practic work at lab | 25% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| B) Individual exams | 30% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 9, 4, 5, 6 |
| C) Active participation in seminars, workshops and tutorials | 15% | 0 | 0 | 2, 9, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
| D) Final Teamwork | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 9, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Bibliography
Recommended Bibliography
Alfaro, Rosa María (2010). El desarrollo que no llega: el papel de la comunicación. En: Raquel Martínez-Gómez y Mario Lubetkin (2010). Comunicación y Desarrollo: pasos hacia la coherencia. Sevilla-Zamora: Comunicación social, pp. 42-58.
Alfaro, Rosa María (2013). Ciudadanías y Medios: Veedurías desde la participación ciudadana. Commons: revista de comunicación y ciudadanía digital, 2 (1), pp. 2-20. Disponible en: http://ojs.uca.es/index.php/cayp/issue/view/27
Autheman, Charles; Del Río, Olga & Tayah-Gueneau, Latifa (coords) (2012). Public Service Broadcasting Mission in the MENA Region. Paris-Barcelona: Consortium IPP-OMEC. Versió en català: La missió de Servei Públic Audiovisual a la regió del Magreb i el Mashrek. Informe regional. Barcelona-París: Consorci IPP-OMEC. Disponible en: http://www.omec.es/Documentos/Informe_SPA_IPP_OMEC_CA.pdf
Carniel Bugs, Ricardo & Velázquez, Teresa (2018). Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: una agenda emergente para repensar la docencia universitaria en comunicación. En: Elena Jiménez Pérez, María Elena del Valle Mejías y Andrea Felipe Morales (coords.). Los nuevos retos en Ciencias Sociales, Artes y Humanidades. Barcelona: Gedisa.
Enghel, Florencia (2017). El problema del éxito en la comunicación para el cambio social. Commons. Revista De Comunicación Y Ciudadanía Digital, 6 (1), pp. 11-22. Disponible en: https://revistas.uca.es/index.php/cayp/article/view/3389
Gómez Galán, Manuel & Sanahuja Perales, José Antonio (1999). El sistema internacional de cooperación al desarrollo. Una aproximación a sus actores e instrumentos. Madrid: CIDEAL.
Gumucio-Dagron, Alfonso (2011). Comunicación para el cambio social: clave del desarrollo participativo. Signo y Pensamiento, vol. XXX, núm.58, enero-junio: pp. 26-39. Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/860/86020038002.pdf
Huarcaya, Gloria (2006). El comunicador para el desarrollo y el cambio social. Apuntes para la construcción de un perfil. Revista de Comunicación, 5, pp. 29-39. Disponible en: https://pirhua.udep.edu.pe/bitstream/handle/11042/1743/Gloria_Huarcaya__El_comunicador_para_el_desarrollo_y_el_cambio_social.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Murciano, Marcial (dir.) (2010). La prensa y la cooperación internacional. Cobertura de la cooperación para el desarrollo en nueve diarios europeos. Sevilla-Zamora: Comunicación social.
Obregón, Rafael & Ángel Botero, Adriana (2011). ¿Diálogo o comunicación para el desarrollo y cambio social? Reflexiones e implicaciones. En: José Miguel Pereira y Amparo Cadavid (eds.). Comunicación, desarrollo y cambio social. Interacciones entre comunicación, movimientos ciudadanos y medios. Bogotá: Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, pp. 113-131.
Restrepo, Natalia (2011). Comunicación para el cambio social y Nuevas Tecnologías para la Información y la Comunicación. Revista Etic@net, año IX, n.11: 158-175. Disponible en: http://www.ugr.es/~sevimeco/revistaeticanet/numero11/Articulos/Formato/articulo7.pdf
Santolino, Montse (2010). Recuperando la esencia: las ONGD como agentes de comunicación para el cambio social. En T. Burgui y J. Erro Sala (coords.), Comunicando para la solidaridad y la cooperación: cómo salir de la encrucijada (pp. 221-256). Pamplona: Foro Comunicación, Educación y Ciudadanía
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Souter, David (2007). ¿De quién es la cumbre? Los países en desarrollo y la sociedad civil se hacen oír en la Cumbre Mundial sobre la sociedad de la Información. APC, “Temas emergentes”. Disponible en: http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_ES.pdf
Tufte, Thomas (2015). Comunicación para el cambio social: la participación y el empoderamiento como base para el desarrollo mundial. Barcelona: Icaria.
UNESCO. Programa Internacional para el Desarrollo de la Comunicación (PIDC) (2008). Indicadores de desarrollo mediático: Marco para evaluar el desarrollo de los medios de comunicación social. París: UNESCO. Disponible en: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0016/001631/163102S.pdf
Throughout the course, professors will update the required bibliography for the subject, as well as provide specific complementary resources according to the subjects dealt with.