ZURn6222 News Content Analysis

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Tkaczyk, Ph.D.
Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Boris Rafailov, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Media Studies and Journalism – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Fri 8:00–9:40 Rádio 544
Prerequisites
The course is addressed to students of the master's degree program, who are expected to have basic knowledge in the field of qualitative and quantitative research.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is a) to give students the knowledge of the established and current topics, analytical concepts and research problems in journalisms content research b) to involve students in a basic application of this knowledge in their own research projects (eg. diploma thesis, research paper).
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- list and define basic research problems and analytical concepts in the research of news and current affairs content;
- to design their own research of news content ;
- to gather relevant news and current affairs stories and to create a sample for her or his own analysis of news and current affairs content;
-conceptualize the research problem and operationalize the analytical concepts that will be observed in the news content of students choice;
- apply the discussed analytical concepts and types of analyzes in own analysis of news/editorial content of student’ choice;
- to present the results of own research activity in the form of an oral presentation and in writing, in the form of short research report from a pilot study.
Syllabus
  • 1st Week: News and editorial content as an object of research
  • 2nd Week: Exploring news sources
  • 3rd Week: Media Agenda Building Analysis
  • 4th week: Presentations of students' analyses I
  • 5th week: News framing analysis
  • 6th Week: Analysis of reporting styles and role models of news reporting
  • 7th week: Presentations of students' analyses II
  • 8th Week: Analysis of objectivity and its violation I
  • 9th week: Analysis of objectivity and its violation II
  • 10th week: Presentations of students' analyses III
  • 11th week: Analysis of ideology in news
  • 12th week: Analysis of news photography and relations between text and image
  • 13th week: Presentations of students' analyses IV
Literature
    required literature
  • BEDNAREK, Monika and Helen CAPLE. News discourse. London: Bloomsbury, 2012, xii, 267. ISBN 9781441147998. info
  • TRAMPOTA, Tomáš. Zpravodajství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2006, 191 s. ISBN 8073670968. URL info
  • MCQUAIL, Denis. Media performance : mass communication and the public interest. London: Sage Publications, 1992, xvii, 350. ISBN 080398295X. info
Teaching methods
lecture / presentation, discussion, problem solving, critical reading, problem solving, small groups
Assessment methods
CONDITIONS FOR OF COMPLETION OF THE COURSE
-Participation in seminars
-Readings (min. 16 points in 6 short online tests)
-Completing practical tasks in small groups (min. 40 points for content and min. 16 points for team-work).
ASSEMSSMENTS (TASKS):
a) 6 x online test (6 x 1-5 points)
b) 3 x presentation of practice analyzes in groups (3 x 0-25 points)
c) Team work throughout the semester (0-30 points)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
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