Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2501933 Journalism | OT | 4 | 0 |
It is required that the students have knowledge of the political and social news.
1. To identify the relationships between media, political actors and publics.
2. To analyze the contribution of the media to democracy.
3. To analyze the processes of creation of public opinion.
1. Introduction.
2. Media logic and political logic.
3. Mediatization of society.
4. Democracy, public opinion and media: historical perspective.
5. Models of democracy and public sphere.
6. Media fragmentation and polarization.
7. Political communication and public opinion.
8. Information and political dissafection.
The calendar detailed with the content of the different sessions wil be presented on the day of presentation of the subject. It will be uploaded to the Virtual Campus, where students will also be able to access the detailed description of the seminars, the various teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject.
The gender perspective will be incorporated as an integrated part of the program.
The teaching will use a combination of teaching methods to promote student learning:
Directed activities
a) Lectures: in these sessions the lecturer will cover the basic concepts and notions of the subject and will allow students to discuss and reflect on the main content through active participation.
b) Seminar: work sessions focused on readings, oral activities or group presentations, individual work.
Supervised activities
a) Tutorial meetings: students will have acces to lecturer in the subject at certain times which may help to clear up any doubts that they may have about the subject
b) Evaluation sessions.
Autonomous activities
a) Self-organized work: reading texts and the search for information, writing individual work.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Seminar | 14 | 0.56 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 3 |
Theory and practice classes | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 11, 4, 5, 10 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Evaluation | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 5, 3 |
Tutorial meetings | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 11, 5, 6, 8, 3 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Self-organized work | 54 | 2.16 | 1, 2, 11, 4, 6, 7, 10 |
Students of first enrolment: continuous evaluation
The subject consists of the following evaluation activities:
To be able to pass the subject, it is necessary to obtain a minimun grade of 5 in synthesis exam.
The student will be entitled to the revaluation of the subject if he or she has been evaluated of the set of activities the weight of which equals a minimun of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject. To have acces to revaluation, the previous grades should equal or superior to 3.5. The activities that are excluded from the revaluation process are the individual written work and the seminar.
Students of second enrolment: final evaluation
In the case of a second enrolment, students can do a single synthesis exam at the end of semester. The grading of the subject will correspond to the grade of the synthesis exam.
Plagiarism
The student who performs any irregularity (copy, plagiarism, identity theft...) than can lead to a significant variation of the qualification of an evaluation act, will be qualified whith 0 this act of evaluation. In case there are several irregularities, the final grade of the suject will be 0.
Note
The teaching methodology and assessments proposed may be subject to changes depending on the attendance restrictions imposed by health authorities.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Individual written work | 30% | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 11, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 3 |
Seminar: group presentations and participation | 20% | 14 | 0.56 | 2, 11, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 |
Synthesis exam | 50% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 11 |
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