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Radio Communication
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_022 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences | 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, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To teach about the latest trends in digital audio communication and teach podcasting. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Listening habits of digital radio. Genres and formats of radio journalism. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Radio semiotics: words, noises, music. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Digital audio technologies. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Podcast and radio magazine. | Classes | 3.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Literature studies and practical work (podcast preparation). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Independent practical work. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students gain in-depth knowledge of digital audio communication technologies and their application in the creative process. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students apply the latest knowledge in creating podcasts and magazines working with digital sound recording and editing technologies, evaluate the quality of podcasts and radio magazines, and advise and direct the creative work of journalists. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students integrate knowledge of digital technologies and the journalist’s creative processes, making decisions on individual creative work and media programming. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chapman J. (ed.) (2009) Broadcast journalism. London: Routledge. | ||||||||
| 2 | Crisell, A. (1994) Understanding Radio. London: Routledge. | ||||||||
| 3 | Geller, V. (2011) Beyond powerful radio. A Communicator’s guide to the Internet Age. London: Taylor & Francis. | ||||||||
| 4 | Geoghegan, M., Dan Klass (2007) Podcast solutions. Springer. | ||||||||
| 5 | Dubber, Andrew (2013) Radio in the digital age. Cambridge: Polity. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Fenton, N. (ed.) (2010) New media, old news. London: Sage. | ||||||||
| 2 | Sauer, M. Weblogs, Podcasting und Online-Journalismus. | ||||||||
