AJ93100 Running a student magazine (Re:Views)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Kateřina Tomková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Blanka Šustrová (assistant)
Mgr. Bc. Tereza Walsbergerová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Wednesday 12:30–14:05 G34
Prerequisites
( SOUHLAS ) && (! NOW ( AJ93110 Writing for a StudentNewspaper ))
SOUHLAS Please fill in this questionnaire by 23 February 2017 and ask Dr. Tomková for an exception in the IS (požádat o výjimku). https://goo.gl/forms/HjcgTrQbT4WFge9P2 The exception will be granted to you by 26 February 2017. You can contribute as an editor, PR manager, graphic designer, photographer, manager or proof-reader. In exceptional cases (such as a student´s stay abroad on Erasmus, on condition he/she attended sessions in one of the previous semesters and he/she still contributes to the magazine´s current issue) the course can be completed in absentia.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course consists in the preparation of the current issue of Re:Views (for issues to date see www.reviewsmagazine.net) by writing an article and/or carrying out other work related to running an online student journal. The topic of Issue IV that is to be published on May 15, 2017 is “Visual Culture” but the articles are not limited by this topic. Re:Views Magazine is a registered online periodical with its own ISSN number (2464-7306). It is published fully in English and it is closely associated with the Department of English and American Studies by whose students is the editorial board Re:Views Magazine, z.s. run. The course is based on workshop-like meetings during which the students learn how to write different types of articles as well as how the editorial processes of the magazine work.
Syllabus
  • The course is held on odd Wednesdays, 10:50-12:25 in the SAC. 1 March – topics, structure of articles + writing tips, copyright 15 March – first drafts and copyright discussion 29 March – final drafts discussion 12 April – preparation for typesetting, PR strategies 26 April – magazine management 10 May – photography
Literature
    recommended literature
  • DICK, Murray. Search : theory and practice in journalism online. 1st ed. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, ix, 153. ISBN 9780230301894. info
  • MCLUHAN, Marshall. Understanding media : the extensions of man. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995, xxiii, 365. ISBN 0262631598. info
Teaching methods
The course is a workshop, a publishing office of an online student magazine. By consistent use of English, students will practice their speaking and writing skills. A lot of communication will and must be done between sessions.
Assessment methods
For the credit, a student must produce an article or contribute in other ways to the successful publication of the current issue of Re:Views.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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