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Student Media
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_202 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Communication Theory | Target Audience: | Information and Communication Science; Marketing and Advertising | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Marta Herca | ||||||||
| 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) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 8 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The course “Introduction to the Studies and Speciality” has been mastered. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Student media operates as a laboratory where students practice developing of qualitative media materials. During the study course students learn how to develop a story from ideas, plan gathering of materials, process it, work with text, photography and sound and prepare work until its publishing stage. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Student media and how it works, journalism ethics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Basic principles of an interview, genres | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Preparing for an interview - research, biography, structure, questions | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Technical processing of the interview - text encryption, editing | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Language, structure. Title, lead, subtitles | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 5 | Language, structure. Title, lead, subtitles | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Publishing online. Social media stories | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During the course students will create and publish a multimedia story online. Exact task and evaluation criteria - in the first lesson. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Workshop and small assignments during the week (30%); a publication (70%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students understand and are able to apply the benefits of performance elements in a story. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Ability to create a story using different storytelling techniques and forms, including performance. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to deconstruct and analyze a multimedia story in a proffesional way. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ward, Frazer. No Innocent Bystanders: Performance Art and Audience. 2012 (PRIMO) | ||||||||
| 2 | Apple, J., Lapalma M. Performance / Media / Art / Culture: Selected Essays. 2019 (PRIMO) | ||||||||
| 3 | Spencer, C., Meskimmon M., Jones, A. Beyond the Happening: Performance Art and the Politics of Communication. 2020. (PRIMO) | ||||||||
| 4 | Rosenberg, Tiina. Don’t Be Quiet, Start a Riot! 2016. (PRIMO) | ||||||||
