Journalism specialized internatioinal News (21373)
Degree / Course: Degree in Journalism
Course: Third
Quarter: First
Number of credits: 4
Hours of Students: 200 hours
Language of instruction: Catalan, Spanish (Group 1) English (Group 2)
Professor: Dr.. Christopher Tulloch / Sr. Albert Garrido
First. Introduction to the course
This course aims to analyze the most important stage of the information international century by the theory and practice of international relations and monitor press coverage of the highlights of our contemporary history. It begins with a chronology of the history of international journalism from the French Revolution to the present day, prior to a snapshot of the most relevant analysis of how a section of international media. The second main blog is dedicated to the most important international relations as a key to understanding the movements of the major geopolitical players in the international news before taking the stage of world power from the United Nations to the G-20.
Once constructed this framework, the course will take the student to the areas that are always the focus of the media as the European Union or the Middle East, as well as analyzing emerging powers such as the BRIC countries or Africa, before tackling the final as Spain and Catalonia are the international media.
The course concludes with an analysis of phenomena in the field of international information such as the challenge to the management of the Anglo-American world news representing global media like Al-Jazeera or the consolidation of social media as a tool for transmitting information internationally.
Two. Competencies to be achieved
General
Instrumental
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing ownership in any of the official languages of Catalonia, is, in Catalan and Spanish, with the same expert and inexpert audiences.
- Be able to use successfully and academic purposes (read, write and speak in a record half-height) English and understand a second language (French or German).
- Master the tools and their main applications are essential for normal academic activities.
Personal:
- Ability to work in a team, participating actively in the tasks and negotiating differing opinions to reach consensus positions.
- Develop the ability to think independently and critically distance topics or controversial issues.
- Accept the diversity of views as a fundamental ingredient of academic life and consubstantial in contemporary society and respect differing opinions.
- Having established habits of self-discipline and rigor in the conduct of academic work, as well as the organization and proper timing.
Systematic:
- Have developed a sense of curiosity and desire to know what is ignored, essential in any learning process and all professional projection.
- Ability to apply and adapt knowledge in new contexts and situations with flexibility and creativity.
- Being able to progress in the process of training and learning independently and continue.
Specific
Specific degree:
- Knowledge of the information and communication processes, as well as the main theories that formalize and criticize.
- Knowledge and application of technologies and systems used to process, process and transmit information.
- Knowledge of the correct use of spoken and written languages of their own.
- Knowledge of English as a form of expression in the professional media.
- Knowledge of historical forms and traditions of journalism in different media.
- Knowledge of ethics and professional ethics of journalism and the legal information.
- Knowledge of the social impact of information technologies.
- Knowledge of leading debates and media events.
- Knowledge of research techniques applied in the field of media and especially those related to the analysis of media content.
- Ability to express oneself fluidessa and efficient communication in the languages orally and in writing.
- Ability to read and analyze texts and specialized documents of any relevant topic.
- Ability to use information and communication technologies and techniques.
- Ability allowing to use the systems and resources and their interactive applications.
- Ability to formal and aesthetic aspects of design in print media, graphics, audio and digital.
- Ability to conceive, plan and execute projects and information communication.
- Ability to fulfill the main journalistic tasks in different subject areas.
- Ability to search, select and prioritize any source or document (written, audio, visual, etc.). Useful for the preparation and processing of information.
- Ability to retrieve, organize, process and analyze information and communication in order to be disseminated, processed or served.
- Ability to identify and analyze information products in any genre, language or support in order to proceed to its critical study.
- Ability to use data and statistics to know how to correct and understandable disclosure majority.
Specific subject:
- Knowledge of international politics and the press coverage.
- Ability to negotiate with sources of information in the field of international relations.
- Ability to search and process information newsworthy.
- Understand the underlying changes in the structure of the information system and global changes in the global news flow.
Three. Contents
. History of International Journalism.
01.01. 1785-1912: "The Golden Age". / / 1.2. The 1912-1945 World Wars. / / 1.3 The Cold War 1945-1991. / / 1.4. The Persian Gulf War, and 9-11 "Arab Spring."
Two. The International Information
02.01. International relations and the mass reference. / / 2.2. The sections of international policy and operational models. / / 2.3. Specialized media and documentation services and statistics.
Three. Theory and practice of international relations
03.01. The major trends: paradigms realistic idealist and the balance of power. / / 3.2. The currents of the Cold War. / / 3.3. Power hegomònica, geopolitical, geostrategic, failed states and states "de facto". / / 3.4. Necessity and wars of choice. / / 3.5. U.S. foreign policy: multilateralism and Barack Obama.
Four. The big stage
01.04. The end of the cycle and the colonial system of the United Nations. / / 4.2. G-2, G-8 and G-20. / / 4.3. Arab riots of 2011. Relations with the Arab-Muslim world and the West. Energy needs.
5. European construction.
05.01. The ECSC in the EU 27. Crisis of EU cohesion. / / 5.2. The EU and Russia. / / 5.3. NATO and European Security.
6. Middle East.
01.06. Building strategic alliance with Israel and the United States. / / 6.2. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict. / / 6.3. The consequences of 9-11: Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran.
7. Emerging powers and developing regions
01.07. The G-5: China, India, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa. / / 7.2. Latin America. / / 7.3. The legacy of decolonization and state crisis in Africa.
8. Global Media and new audiovisual platforms
01.08. Al-Jazeera, Tele Sur, Zee TV, CCTV. / / 8.2. Social media and its effects on international news.
Four. Evaluation
Students will be evaluated based on the work done in class person and work outside of class. In the first case, the elements evaluated include attendance and active participation in lectures (10%) an oral presentation in front of the group and defended class on an aspect of the course (10%), tutorials, reading controls ( 10%) and the completion of a final exam (40%). In the second case, assess teamwork necessary to present an aspect of the syllabus in class, preparation of classes (visual viewing a document, reading news, critical analysis of the text of the dossier .. .) and the presentation of a working group of 15-20 A4 pages on one aspect of the course (30%).
Those students who fail the course will be able to overcome it by conducting a job analysis information internationally agreed with the teacher before the holidays that will be worth 50% of the final grade and conducting an examination consisting of multiple-questionnaire (25%) and to develop questions conventional (25%). The date of delivery of work shall be the time of order and will be included in the review period established by the School of Communication at the end of January.
5. Bibliography and resources
05.01. Textbooks
BEN-AMI, Shlomo. Scars of war heridas of peace. Barcelona: Ediciones B, 2006.
Carruthers, S. The Media at War. Communication and Conflict in the Twentieth Century. London: SAGE, 2000.
Filkins, Dexter. The eternal war. Barcelona Review, 2009.
Fukuyama, Francis. America at the Crossroads. Barcelona: Ediciones B, 2007.
HESS, S. International News and Foreign Correspondents. Washington: Brookings Institution, 1996.
Judt, Tony. War. Madrid: Taurus, 2006.
Knightly, P. The First Casualty. The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-maker. London: Prion, 2000.
MILES, Hugh. In Yazeera. How Arab TV News Challenged The World. Abacus, 2005.
THUSSU. Daya. International Communication. A Reader. Routledge, 2010.
Tulloch, Chris. Correspondent in the foreign country: Myth and Reality, EUNSA, 2004.
Tunstall, Jeremy. The Media were American. Oxford University Press, 2007.
Wanta, Wayne. International Media Communication in a Global Age. Routledge 2009.
WRIGHT, Lawrence. The high tower. Al-Qaeda's origins and them 11. Barcelona: Debate, 2009.
05.02. Further reading
BREZEZINSKI Zbigniew. The world's largest tablero. Barcelona Paidos, 1998.
DAVID Charles-Philippe. The war and the peace. Approach on the contemporary and the security strategy. Barcelona: Icaria Antrazyt, 2008.
Feliu, Jean-Pierre. 9 Lives Las Al Qaeda. Barcelona: Icaria-fear-Antrazyt, 2011.
Fukuyama, Francis. The end of history and the ultimate man. Barcelona: Planeta, 2002.
GARCIA Cortázar, and Fernando Espinoza, Lorenzo. Current History of the World (1945-1995). 2 vols. Madrid: Alianza, 1995.
Hafez, K. Islam and the West in the Mass Media. Fragmented Images in a Globalizing World. New Jersey: Hampton Press 2000
HUNTINGTON, Samuel P. The Civilization of Choque. Barcelona Paidós, 1997.
LEWIS Gaddis, John. The cold war. Barcelona: RBA, 2008.
Marinovich, G. & SILVA, J. The Bang Bang Club. Snapshots from a Hidden War. 2000
MARTIN, Javier. Sunni and chiíes. Los brazos of Allah. Madrid: Waterfall, 2008.
Rashid Ahmed. Descent into chaos. Barcelona: Ediciones Peninsula, 2009.
Said, Edward. Covering Islam. How the Media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world. Pantheon, New York, 1981.
Said, Edward. Orientalism. Diversas Editions.
Van Ginneken, J. Understanding Global News. A Critical Introduction. London: SAGE, 1998.
03.05. Teaching resources
No EU http://europa.eu/index_es.htm
No COUNCIL OF EUROPE: http://www.coe.int/t/dc/av/default_EN.asp
n UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/
n Media (red)
No CNN, MSNBC, Knight Ridder Digital, Gannett Newspapers, NYTIMES.com, Tribune Newspapers, USAToday.com. Drudgereport.com, ABCNews Digital, MSN Slate, WorldNow, Washingtonpost.com, IHT, WSJ, FT, Corriere della Sera, Economist, Newsweek, Time, Le Monde, Le Figaro, The Guardian, Liberation
No www.proceso.com.mx (newsweekly Mexico)
n Case + Slashdot.com Janes Intelligence Review (nuevas technologies)
No www.indymedia.org (FBI confiscated)
No www.rebelion.org (+ radical Chomsky, Fisk)
No www.allafrica.com
No www.worldpress.org (means no U.S. / UK)
No Forums, chats, interactive fountains
No www.itsallpolitics.com (Foreign Policy)
No Google Alert
No Poynter Institute (Best tips of the Year) compilation of the best places for international journalist
No www.neimanwatchdog.org
No www.military.com
www.americanpressinstitute.org n / toolbox
n Think Tank
No Fride, CIDOB, IFRI, Institute for War and Peace Research (IWPR)
No personal websites / weblogs
No Elites: http://georgewbush.com/blog/
No Expert: http://blog.zmag.org/ttt/
No http://bloglobal.elperiodico.com/
No Soldiers: http://bootsonground.blogspot.com
No www.malaprensa.com (Spain)
No www.thememoryhole.org
n Associated Press Images: http://proxy-server.newhaven.edu:2727/default.aspx
n AP Photo Archive http://proxy-server.newhaven.edu:2199/cgi-bin/aplaunch.pl
No EU's Eurostat statistics: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
No European Journalism Centre: http://www.ejc.net/media_landscape/
6. Methodology
All classes begin with a brief analysis of international events, and its expression in the media, highlights of the week. Below is a brief overview of the most important issues of the previous class. The teacher will then explain the "script" of the class day. One group will provide an oral presentation (max. 15 minutes) on the topic announced in the syllabus. Each group (maximum four people) will agree the script a few days before the presentation. The teacher then incorporate some of the ideas of the group to his lectures, discussions complemented by coordinated activity, controls reading (if necessary), and audiovisual documentation previously prepared query. Since this is a subject for journalism students expected maximum participation by students.
7. Schedule of activities
Week 1: Introduction to the course (literature, evaluation, work) and the key concepts of the subject. Section 1 of the syllabus.
Weeks 2-9: 1-8 topics of the syllabus. Oral presentations in class.
Week 4: Control Reading 1. (Written test in the classroom)
Week 7: Reading 2 controls. (Written test in the classroom)
Week 9: Delivery of written work group.
Week 11: Theoretical exam writing.
* There may be minor changes to the timing of course as international events and the possibility of inviting guest speakers