ZURb1221 Data in journalism

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Boček (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Lenka Waschková Císařová, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ZURb1113 Methods of journalistic work
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The goal of the course is to learn how to use quantitative data as a source for a journalistic story. In blocks, students will get a taste of data acquisition, analysis and visualization. The comprehensiveness of the course is based on the requirements of the application sphere as elaborated in the labor market analysis.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn the basics of data journalism, basic principles of data analysis and data visualization by working on their own data article. (1) They will learn how to acquire publicly available data; (2) They will try working with tools for analyzing different types of data; (3) They will try out procedures and tools for data visualization.
Syllabus
  • Structure Block 1: Course organization, syllabus and requirements. Simple data analysis. Block 2: Data sources. Choosing a topic for the final data paper. Block 3: Data visualization. Block 4: Presentation of the final data paper.
Literature
  • Knaflic, C. N. (2015). Storytelling with data: A data visualization guide for business professionals. John Wiley & Sons.
  • VALLANCE-JONES, Fred and David MCKIE. The data journalist : getting the story. Edited by William Wolfe-Wylie - Glen McGregor. Ontario: Oxford university press, 2017, xiii, 266. ISBN 9780199020065. info
  • The SAGE handbook of social media research methods. Edited by Luke Sloan - Anabel Quan-Haase. Los Angeles: SAGE Reference, 2017, xxvii, 679. ISBN 9781473916326. info
  • KIRK, Andy. Data visualisation : a handbook for data driven design. First published. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016, xiv, 347. ISBN 9781473912137. info
  • USHER, Nikki. Interactive journalism : hackers, data, and code. Urbana: University of Illinois press, 2016, xv, 252. ISBN 9780252081989. info
  • Social media, sociality, and survey research. Edited by Craig A. Hill - Elizabeth Dean - Joe Murphy. Hoboken: Wiley, 2014, xxv, 334. ISBN 9781118379738. info
  • The data journalism handbook. Edited by Jonathan Gray - Liliana Bounegru - Lucy Chambers. 1st ed. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, 2012, xvii, 220. ISBN 9781449330064. URL info
Teaching methods
Seminar.
Assessment methods
To get credit, students must submit a final data paper - a text based on the analysis of real data. Participation in at least three of the four sessions is a prerequisite for credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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