The lectures and exercises of the course aim at developing a theoretical and methodological basis for a comparative analysis of public service media worldwide. The lectures will focus on description and analysis of public service broadcasting in the Nordic countries; history and development, structure & remit, organization, funding, programming and production, construction of audiences, performance. This kind of broadcasting oriented view is then contrasted and discussed in relation to the new identity of public service broadcasting as public service media. Through student work in the course the lectures are complemented by a comparative European and global view. The main assignment for the students is to produce basic comparative data from their respective countries of origin by making use of the analytic scheme of the lectures. The web pages of broadcasters and similar Internet sources will be used as main measures to collect the needed information for student work. The students will also be instructed shortly for the use of electronic sources of the Tampere University Library.

Lectures and Exercises (2 ECTS), Working Paper (3 ECTS)

Advance registration required. Max. 25 students.

Journalism for Social Change (5 ECTS) is an online course initiated by Vikes (The Finnish Foundation for Media, Communication and Development) and IPS Finland (Inter Press Service News Agency Finland) as an integral part of their project called Kulmakivi (cornerstone, referring to the role of journalism in democracy).

Journalism for Social Change (5 op) on Viestintä ja kehitys -säätiön (Vikes) ja IPS:n Kulmakivi-hankkeessa syntynyt englanninkielinen verkko-opintojakso.

Enrollment by email to paivi.lukin@uta.fi. Deadline: 8.9.2011 at 16:00.
Priority to the students of journalism and international exchange students. / Ilmoittautumiset sähköpostitse: paivi.lukin@uta 8.9.2010 kello 16 menessä. Etusija journalismin opiskelijoilla ja vaihto-opiskelijoilla.

This is a 5-credit course designed for both graduate students and undergraduate and exchange students. The major theories of media ethics from around the world are introduced, and applied to important cases and issues today.  All ethical theories are seeking to be global, and each contributes to the primary ethical principles for the media:  truth, human dignity, and non-violence. Approximately 15 pages of reading are required for each class. There are 3 short writing assignments and students will keep a diary of the lectures. A final essay of 2000 words is required based on the lectures and readings.

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Journalism for Social Change (5 ECTS) is an online course initiated by Vikes (The Finnish Foundation for Media, Communication and Development) and IPS Finland (Inter Press Service News Agency Finland) as an integral part of their project called Kulmakivi (cornerstone, referring to the role of journalism in democracy).

Journalism for Social Change (5 op) on Viestintä ja kehitys -säätiön (Vikes) ja IPS:n Kulmakivi-hankkeessa syntynyt englanninkielinen verkko-opintojakso.

Enrollment by email to paivi.lukin@uta.fi. Deadline: 8.9.2011 at 16:00.
Priority to the students of journalism and international exchange students. / Ilmoittautumiset sähköpostitse: paivi.lukin@uta 8.9.2010 kello 16 menessä. Etusija journalismin opiskelijoilla ja vaihto-opiskelijoilla.

(MEJOS3: 3 ECTS of lecture and 2 ECTS of readings.)

Team project work in weeks 47, 48 and 49 (no lectures)

NB! Other than Media Management students: Preliminary enrolment - the number of places in the courses is limited.

Journalism for Social Change (5 ECTS) is an online course initiated by Vikes (The Finnish Foundation for Media, Communication and Development) and IPS Finland (Inter Press Service News Agency Finland) as an integral part of their project called Kulmakivi (cornerstone, referring to the role of journalism in democracy).

Journalism for Social Change (5 op) on Viestintä ja kehitys -säätiön (Vikes) ja IPS:n Kulmakivi-hankkeessa syntynyt englanninkielinen verkko-opintojakso.

Enrollment by email to paivi.lukin@uta.fi. Deadline: 8.9.2011 at 16:00.
Priority to the students of journalism and international exchange students. / Ilmoittautumiset sähköpostitse: paivi.lukin@uta 8.9.2010 kello 16 menessä. Etusija journalismin opiskelijoilla ja vaihto-opiskelijoilla.

Journalism for Social Change (5 ECTS) is an online course initiated by Vikes (The Finnish Foundation for Media, Communication and Development) and IPS Finland (Inter Press Service News Agency Finland) as an integral part of their project called Kulmakivi (cornerstone, referring to the role of journalism in democracy).

Journalism for Social Change (5 op) on Viestintä ja kehitys -säätiön (Vikes) ja IPS:n Kulmakivi-hankkeessa syntynyt englanninkielinen verkko-opintojakso.

Enrollment by email to paivi.lukin@uta.fi. Deadline: 8.9.2011 at 16:00.
Priority to the students of journalism and international exchange students. / Ilmoittautumiset sähköpostitse: paivi.lukin@uta 8.9.2010 kello 16 menessä. Etusija journalismin opiskelijoilla ja vaihto-opiskelijoilla.

Lectures 7 hours, obligatory readings (an article) and a learning diary.

Materials: see homepage

(MEJOS3: 3 ECTS of lecture and 2 ECTS of readings.)

Team project work in weeks 47, 48 and 49 (no lectures)

NB! Other than Media Management students: Preliminary enrolment - the number of places in the courses is limited.

(MEJOS6: Lectures 2 ects and readings 3 ects).

NB! Other than Media Management students: Preliminary enrolment - the number of places in the courses is limited.

Current themes and latest results of the research on media literacies and education are discussed and, the models of teaching and learning materials are explored.

After the course students recognize the current questions in the research on media literacy education and common models of teaching media literacies in the Nordic Countries and abroad. Students get familiar with learning materials on media literacies.

Required performance: lectures 16 h and an assignment based on literature delivered during lectures.

Evaluation of the course: 1-5.

The course is alternative to Mekap5B Kirjallisuus ja vaihtoehtoiset opinnot (responsible teacher: Heidi Keinonen, heidi.keinonen@uta.fi)

This course discusses the role of journalism in the changing economic, political, cultural and technological landscape of the 21st century, shaped by increasingly transnational relations and trends. On the one hand journalism is shaped by the forces of "globalization", on the other hand it is a (relatively) active agent in these processes. We will look at both of these issues and try to link questions concerning journalism with broader debates and conceptualizations of social theory.

We start with locating journalism in the context of modernity, then look at the emergence and challenges of professional journalism. Then we move on to think about transnational trends and journalism in four dimensions: 1) economy, 2) politics/representation, 3) culture/identities and 4) technology/networks.

Normally, the lectures take from 9:15 to about 11 or 11:30, depending on the amount of intelligent discussion we produce.

Passing the course will require

1) active participation at the lectures

2) knowledge of readings (distributed through Moodle)

3) short assignments (mostly weekly)

4) Submission of a final course paper (5 pages) by March 9.

Fri 20.1. 9.15-11:30.

Introduction: Journalism, modernity and the transnational

* What is journalism: a contextual definition?

* Globalization/ transnationalization: its interfaces to journalism

* Obstacles and opportunities

Friday 27.1. 9:15-11.30

Professionalism and Ideology: The journalistic field?

* Emergence of the profession?

* Journalistic field and its autonomy?

* Transnational ? transcultural dimensions/characteristics

Friday 3.2. 9:15- 11:30

Economy: structural characteristics

* Crisis of journalism? Public solutions?

* Transnational media economies and journalism?

* Journalism and the financial crisis

Friday 10.2. 9:15-11:30

Politics/Representation

* Journalism and political power

* Source-relations

* structures and events

* journalism and climate change (summits)

Friday 17.2. 9:15-11:30

Culture/Identity

* Communication and culture?

* Mediatization, globalization and identities

* Diasporic communities

Friday 24.2. 9:15-11.30

Technology /Networks

Friday 9.3.

DEADLINE FOR FINAL PAPERS!

Friday 16.3. 9:15-11.30.

Concluding session

Objective of the course is to enable students to understand processes of globalization, media convergence and the transformation from the industrial to the information society, in particular the role of the Internet as the basic infrastructure for global information society with its political, legal, economic, social and cultural implications. The course covers a range of issues, which have been negotiated in the process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

Current themes and latest results of the research on media literacies and education are discussed and, the models of teaching and learning materials are explored.

After the course students recognize the current questions in the research on media literacy education and common models of teaching media literacies in the Nordic Countries and abroad. Students get familiar with learning materials on media literacies.

Required performance: lectures 16 h and an assignment based on literature delivered during lectures.

Evaluation of the course: 1-5.

The course is alternative to Mekap5B Kirjallisuus ja vaihtoehtoiset opinnot (responsible teacher: Heidi Keinonen, heidi.keinonen@uta.fi)

Objective of the course is to enable students to understand processes of globalization, media convergence and the transformation from the industrial to the information society, in particular the role of the Internet as the basic infrastructure for global information society with its political, legal, economic, social and cultural implications. The course covers a range of issues, which have been negotiated in the process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

This course discusses the role of journalism in the changing economic, political, cultural and technological landscape of the 21st century, shaped by increasingly transnational relations and trends. On the one hand journalism is shaped by the forces of "globalization", on the other hand it is a (relatively) active agent in these processes. We will look at both of these issues and try to link questions concerning journalism with broader debates and conceptualizations of social theory.

We start with locating journalism in the context of modernity, then look at the emergence and challenges of professional journalism. Then we move on to think about transnational trends and journalism in four dimensions: 1) economy, 2) politics/representation, 3) culture/identities and 4) technology/networks.

Normally, the lectures take from 9:15 to about 11 or 11:30, depending on the amount of intelligent discussion we produce.

Passing the course will require

1) active participation at the lectures

2) knowledge of readings (distributed through Moodle)

3) short assignments (mostly weekly)

4) Submission of a final course paper (5 pages) by March 9.

Fri 20.1. 9.15-11:30.

Introduction: Journalism, modernity and the transnational

* What is journalism: a contextual definition?

* Globalization/ transnationalization: its interfaces to journalism

* Obstacles and opportunities

Friday 27.1. 9:15-11.30

Professionalism and Ideology: The journalistic field?

* Emergence of the profession?

* Journalistic field and its autonomy?

* Transnational ? transcultural dimensions/characteristics

Friday 3.2. 9:15- 11:30

Economy: structural characteristics

* Crisis of journalism? Public solutions?

* Transnational media economies and journalism?

* Journalism and the financial crisis

Friday 10.2. 9:15-11:30

Politics/Representation

* Journalism and political power

* Source-relations

* structures and events

* journalism and climate change (summits)

Friday 17.2. 9:15-11:30

Culture/Identity

* Communication and culture?

* Mediatization, globalization and identities

* Diasporic communities

Friday 24.2. 9:15-11.30

Technology /Networks

Friday 9.3.

DEADLINE FOR FINAL PAPERS!

Friday 16.3. 9:15-11.30.

Concluding session