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TV Journalism
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:48
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | KSK_075 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Library Science | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Sergejs Kruks | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to communication theories. | ||||||||
Objective: | To familiarise students with principles of creating an audio-visual message; to explain goals and structure of different shows; to foster critical understanding about a documentary show and verbal and visual content of a news story; to promote visual thinking. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Creation and understanding of TV messages: coding/decoding. Genres and types of TV shows; principles of classification of shows. Importance of understanding the genre in creating a show. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Work routine of a newsroom. Selection of events. Definition of the problem of a story. Selection of sources and contacting the sources. Interviewing. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Filming. Types of frames. Editing. Components of a news story. Interaction between the text and the image of news. Types of news shows. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | News shows. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Interview, discussion and documentary shows. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
6 | Daily context of perception of TV shows. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Entertainment shows. Soap operas and series. Reality television. Sports. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Entertainment shows. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
9 | Public and commercial TV. Media convergence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Creation and understanding of TV messages: coding/decoding. Genres and types of TV shows; principles of classification of shows. Importance of understanding the genre in creating a show. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Work routine of a newsroom. Selection of events. Definition of the problem of a story. Selection of sources and contacting the sources. Interviewing. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Filming. Types of frames. Editing. Components of a news story. Interaction between the text and the image of news. Types of news shows. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | News shows. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Interview, discussion and documentary shows. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
7 | Entertainment shows. Soap operas and series. Reality television. Sports. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
9 | Public and commercial TV. Media convergence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | To deepen the knowledge obtained during lectures by reading required reading; to do home assignments selecting from two options: 1) qualitative analysis of a news story; an interview, discussion or documentary show; an entertainment show; 2) quantitative analysis of 5 evening newscasts according to the offered methodology) . | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | Home assignments done (3 papers or Quantitative analysis Excel table), participation in seminars, an examination. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | On completion of the study course students understand the principles of creation and interpretation of audio-visual messages and television shows. | ||||||||
Skills: | On completion of the study course students create audio-visual messages at the stage of concept development observing principles of interaction between image and text, as well as perception by audience in the daily context. | ||||||||
Competencies: | On completion of the study course students evaluate audio-visual messages and their contextual interpretations. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | Allan, S. (2010) “News, Audiences and Everyday Life”. Pp. 121-122, 130-141 in News Culture. | ||||||||
2 | Boyd, Andrew (2001) Broadcast journalism. Techniques of Radio and TV News. Oxford: Focal Press. | ||||||||
3 | Hall, S. (2006) „Encoding/Decoding”, Pp. 163-173 in Media and Cultural Studies. Key Works. | ||||||||
4 | Morley, D. (1992) Gender, domestic leisure and viewing practices. Pp. 123-162 in Television, Audiences and Cultural Studies. | ||||||||
5 | Nichols, Bill (2001) Introduction to documentary. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. | ||||||||
6 | Walters, Roger (1994) Broadcast Writing. McGriw-Hill. | ||||||||
7 | Wasko, Janet (2005) A companion to television. London: Blackwell. | ||||||||
8 | White, Ted and Frank Barnas (2010) Broadcast News: Writing, Reporting, and Producing. 5th Edition. London: Focal Press. | ||||||||
9 | Dayan, D., E. Katz (1992) Media Events. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | Kruks, S., J. Juzefovičs (2007) Ziņas Latvijas televīzijās. LTV1, LTV7, TV3, LNT, TV5 un PBK ziņu raidījumu satura analīze. Rīga: NRTP. | ||||||||
2 | Kruks, S., J. Juzefovičs, G. Kikusts, E. Kikuste (2007) Ziņas Latvijas televīzijās. LTV1, LTV7, TV3, LNT, TV5 un PBK ziņu raidījumu satura analīze. Rīga: NRTP. | ||||||||
3 | Lange, P. (2014) Kids on Youtube. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press. | ||||||||
4 | Millerson, G., J. Owens (2009) Television Production. 14th ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. | ||||||||
5 | Juzefovičs, J. (2012) Ziņas sabiedriskajā televīzijā. Valmiera: Vidzemes Augstskola. |