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Comparative Journalism Course

1.) Course Introduction

-What is News?

-Journalism Theory vs Newsroom Practice

2.) Introduction to major print newspapers in the UK and United States

- Major Publications

- Patterns of Ownership

- Regulation

3.) Introduction to radio and television news in the UK and United States

- Styles of television news presentation

- Newscasts and other forms of news programming

- The BBC and the role of the state

- Rolling news channels - CNN, BBC News

- Television news regulation

4.) Introduction to Internet News

- the effects of new technology - broadband, mobile internet, social networks

- web portals` and news aggregation - googlenews - filtering /importance of content over

content-provider

- alternative news organs - indymedia, huffington post

5) Citizen journalists versus professional journalists

- citizen journalists democratic or unprofessional?

- professional journalists and access to information

- independent journalist blogs

6.) Online Mainstream Newspapers- Methods of incorporating blogs and forms of reader feedback

- Multimedia journalism

- New business models - free content vs paywalls - online newspapers incorporation of

subsidiary businesses

-newspapers as `brands`

7.) Issues in Contemporary Journalism in Western Countries

- Access to political sources and the role of political communication

- Public relations

- The effects of the internet on news research and production

- Current employment situation

8.) The future of local news

- Local news and community identity

- Patterns of ownership

- local radio

- The BBC and national and local news

9.) Reporting international news in the British and American media

- what counts as `international news`? Galtung and Ruge

- working practices of international correspondents

- news agencies

-News about China in the UK and USA

10.) Transnational news

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- international television news stations: BBC world, CNN, Al-Jazeera, CNBC

- national government involvement in international news channels

- diasporic audiences

- news magazines - The Economist, Time, Newsweek

11.) News and emotional effects

- contemporary television news - emotional reaction or information?

- photojournalism

- news and fear

12.) Special areas of reporting: economics, science, environment problems

- financial journalism

- science/technology journalism

- environmental journalism

-can the news address important areas of public interest without a significant event?

13.). Investigative Journalism

- methods of investigative journalism- is investigative journalism still economically viable

- should there be any limits to investigative journalism?

14.) Reporting War

- embedding journalists in the military

- journalists and `fixers` in dangerous areas

- explaining war

15.) The Techniques of Tabloid Journalism

-language in tabloid journalism

-tabloid journalism and nationalism

16.) Celebrity culture/Sports/Tabloids

-`dumbing down` of news in UK and USA

-what do people want from the news?

- pressures of tabloids on other forms of newspaper reporting

17.) Government media policy in the 21st Century

- national press/media policies

- journalism and national security issues - wikileaks

- journalism and the protection of privacy

- media policies in a time of media convergence/transnational media

18) Course Summary