Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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4316493 Journalism and Digital Content Innovation | OB | 0 | A |
Knowledge of journalism and information production routines, as well as the user level of the basic elements of journalistic production in multimedia formats.
Content Overview
1. Organization of a newsroom in the 21st century
2. Types of newsrooms, working structures, success models
3. Criteria for day-to-day innovation
4. Innovative work laboratories and projects in the information environment
5. Content production, case studies
IMPORTANT:
IMPORTANT: The proposed teaching methodology and evaluation activities may undergo some modifications depending on the health authorities' attendance restrictions.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Laboratory activities | 55 | 2.2 | 1, 16, 18, 17, 2, 4, 13, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 9, 12, 11, 15, 14, 19 |
Lectures | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 16, 18, 17, 4, 13, 8, 7, 10, 9, 15 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutoring and workshops | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 16, 17, 4, 13, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 9, 12, 11, 15, 14 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Search, selection and reading of bibliography and other resources. Personal study. Planning and individual work / teamwork. | 113 | 4.52 | 1, 16, 18, 17, 2, 4, 13, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 9, 12, 11, 15, 14, 19 |
The course follows a system of continuous assessment, so it is assumed that is mandatory the attendance of students to all training activities mentioned above.
To be able to pass the course, it is necessary:
a) Carrie out and submit all the assignments (activities A, B and C). In case of absence for justified reasonsof force majeure, the student must present the corresponding proof to the teaching team; otherwise, the activities will be considered as Not Completed.
b) Obtain a minimum grade of 5 in each of the activities. Regarding teamwork assignments, professors may adopt control measures to verify the participation of each member in the common work. Consequently, the grades may be different for members of the same team, which could mean that one or several members pass the evaluation, while the others don't.
Reevaluation
The student will have the right to the reevaluation of the subject if he/she has been evaluated of the set of activities, the weight of which equals a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade of the subject.
Activities of point A are excluded from the reevaluation process.
Plagiarism
The student who performs any irregularity (copy, plagiarism, identity theft, etc.) that can lead to a significant variation in the qualification of an evaluation act, will be graded with 0 this evaluation. In case of more than one irregularity, the final grade of the course will be 0.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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A) Attendance and participation in classes, debates and presentations | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 16, 17, 13, 8, 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 14 |
B) Practical activities | 50% | 0 | 0 | 1, 16, 18, 17, 2, 4, 13, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 9, 12, 11, 15, 14, 19 |
C) Submission and presentation of assignments | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 16, 17, 2, 4, 13, 8, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 9, 12, 11, 15, 14, 19 |
The following is a basic list of the course bibliography. The teaching team may include new resources as the subject develops.
Becker, Beatriz, Waltz, Igor (2017), Mapping Journalistic Startups in Brazil: An Exploratory Study, in Laura Robinson, Jeremy Schulz, Apryl Williams (ed.) Brazil (Studies in Media and Communications, Volume 13) Emerald Publishing Limited, pp.113 – 135
Bro, P. (2018). Models of Journalism. London: Routledge.
Chua, E. H. C. (2018). The journalist’s new job: Digital technologies and the reader-less quality of contemporary news production. Ethnography, 1466138118758113.
Colussi, J., Gomes-Franco e Silva, F., & Rocha, P. M. (Eds.). (2018). Periodismo ubicuo: convergencia e innovación en las nuevas redacciones. Bogotá: Editorial Universidad del Rosario. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12804/th9789587840735
García-Avilés, J. A., Carvajal-Prieto, M., Arias, F., & De Lara-González, A. (2018). How journalists innovate in the newsroom. Proposing a model of the diffusion of innovations in media outlets. The Journal of Media Innovations, 5(1).
JA García-Avilés, M Carvajal Prieto, F Arias Robles (2018). Implementation of innovation in Spanish digital media: analysis of journalists’ perceptions. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 73, pp. 369 to 384.
Jeffrey Kuiken, Anne Schuth, Martijn Spitters & Maarten Marx (2017) Effective Headlines of Newspaper Articles in a Digital Environment, Digital Journalism, 5:10, 1300-1314, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2017.1279978
Maia, M. R., Drumond, R. F., & Aniceto, C. M. R. (2017). Metacritic Practice: A Configuration of New Journalistic Narratives. Brazilian Journalism Research, 13(2), 66-89.
Richard Fletcher & Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (2017) Paying for Online News, Digital Journalism, 5:9, 1173-1191, DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2016.1246373
Sanne Kruikemeier & Sophie Lecheler (2018) News Consumer Perceptions of New Journalistic Sourcing Techniques, Journalism Studies, 19:5, 632-649, DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2016.1192956
Tony Harcup & Deirdre O’Neill (2017) What is News?, Journalism Studies, 18:12, 1470-1488, DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2016.1150193
Utasch, F., & Loebbecke, C. (2017). Intelligent Technologies Shaping Business Models for Journalistic Content Provision: A Concept Matrix. E-Business and E-Commerce digital commerce (sigebiz), 29.
IMPORTANT: During the course we will also work with materials derived from weblogs, websites, media and congresses in the sector.
The subject develops a content production workshop using online multimedia tools. The work takes place in the computer science laboratories. The virtual sessions will be carried out by Teams or Zoom.