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Radio Journalism
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:45
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_023 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| 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) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to journalism. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To teach how to write radio texts of different genres, interview, create reports, edit production, speak into a microphone. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Audio communication. Main directions of development of radio. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Oral language as a radio language. Writing and editing of texts. Types of news shows. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 3 | Organs of speech: articulation, diction, breathing. Speaking into a microphone. Types of interviews, interviewing skills. Third dimension. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Writing of a press review and a comment. Shows with involvement of listeners. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||||
| 5 | Creation of a report (podcast). Collection of information, live/recorded report, arrangement of equipment, location description, environmental sounds. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | other | |||||||
| 6 | Radio listening habits. Radio format. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Editing and reading of radio news into a microphone. Writing and reading of a report text into a microphone. Preparation and reading of a press review into a microphone. Preparation of audio productions (report, podcast). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Four home assignments and an examination form the assessment 20% each. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students classify types of radio shows and formats. Able to characterise and analyse the audience. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students write news, press reviews, interviews, video reports, speak into a microphone. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students analyse and evaluate radio shows and radio ratings. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kruks, S. (2005) Radiožurnālistika. Rīga: Valters un Rapa. (3., 5.-20. nodaļas). | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dubber, Andrew (2013) Radio in the digital. Cambridge: Polity Press. | ||||||||
| 2 | Chantler, P., P. Stewart (2009) Essential radio journalism. London: A&C Black. | ||||||||
| 3 | Fleming, C. (2002) The Radio handbook. London: Routledge. | ||||||||
