School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

Course Syllabus

General Aims for Second Level Education

Second level education shall involve a deepening of knowledge, skills and abilities relative to first level education and, in addition to what applies to first level education, shall
- further develop the students' ability to independently integrate and use knowledge;
- develop the students' ability to deal with complex phenomena, issues and situations; and
- develop the students' potential for professional activities that demand considerable independence or for research and development work.
(Chapter 1, Section 9, Higher Education Act)

Knowledge
After completed studies, the student will be able to
- describe the central features of current global media and journalism theories.
- differentiate current theories in terms of focus and approach
- differentiate global news, media and journalism from other types of news, media and journalism.

Skills and abilities
After completed studies, the student will be able to
- present and discuss the development of news media and journalism from a global perspective
- apply current theories on empirical materials.

Evaluation abilities
After completed studies, the student will be able to
- discuss the pros and cons of current theories
- evaluate the relevance of current theories by empirical applications on news production and news texts.

In this course, media and ICTs in the context of globalisation are studied. A particular attention is given to new ICTs and foreign news reporting, and the question whether a global news journalism culture is emerging as a consequence of an increasing transnational integration of news media is addressed. The democratic challenges brought about by globalisation are dealt with. Also, structural aspects such as ownership, market trends, product diversification, technological convergence, and the consequences for professional news journalism are studied, with respect to qualification needs, skills, norms and routines.

The course is characterised by a flexible and student active approach and the students own cultural and professional knowledge and needs are central. Moments of problem based learning are combined with lectures and seminars. All tutoring is in English. Attendance at seminars is compulsory.
Should a student be absent from a compulsory course session, the examiner will set him/her an assignment to make up for the missed session or decide that the student should retake the module at a later course date.

Students who have been admitted to and registered on a course have the right to receive tuition and/or supervision for the duration of the time period specified for the particular course to which they were accepted (see, the university's admission regulations (in Swedish)). After that, the right to receive tuition and/or supervision expires.

For further information, see the university's local examination regulations (in Swedish).

Unless otherwise prescribed in the course syllabus, a grade is to be awarded on completion of a course. The grade is to be determined by a teacher specifically appointed by the higher education institution (an examiner) (Chapter 6, Section 18, Higher Education Ordinance).

Unless the higher education institution prescribes another grading system, one of the following grades is to be used: fail, pass, or pass with distinction (Chapter 6, Section 19, Higher Education Ordinance).

Grades used on course are Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG).

For further information, see the university's local examination regulations (in Swedish).

Please see programme syllabus in force at the time of admission.

For further information, see the university's admission regulations (in Swedish).

Students who have previously completed higher education or other activities are, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, entitled to have these credited towards the current programme, providing that the previous studies or activities meet certain criteria.

For further information, see the university's local credit transfer regulations (in Swedish).

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For further information, see the university's local examination regulations (in Swedish).

About the time of the examination is not held examiner decides how the examination should be conducted, and where appropriate time frame for it.


Reading List and Other Teaching Materials

Required Reading

Articles, approximately 150 pages.
Artiklar tillkommer om ca 150 sidor.

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