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Student Media
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:23
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | KSK_239 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Communication Sciences; Communication Theory | Target Audience: | Communication Science | ||||||
| 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) | 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: | Completed course Introduction to the Studies and Speciality. | ||||||||
| 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, ethics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Basic principles of an interview, genres | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Preparing for an interview - research, biography, structure, questions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Transcripting. Writing titles and leads. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Photography as part of an interview. Portrait and environment. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 6 | Publishing online | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Social media story | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Student media and how it works, ethics | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Basic principles of an interview, genres | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Preparing for an interview - research, biography, structure, questions. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Transcripting. Writing titles and leads. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Photography as part of an interview. Portrait and environment. | Classes | 0.50 | computer room | |||||
| 6 | Publishing online | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Social media story | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
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| Assessment Criteria: | |||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Bradshaw, Paul. The Online Journalism Handbook : Skills to Survive and Thrive in the Digital Age. 2018. | ||||||||
| 2 | Briggs, Mark. Journalism Next. 4th edition. 2019. | ||||||||
| 3 | Fuchs, Christian. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. 2017. | ||||||||
| 4 | Zinsser, William. On Writing Well. 2016. | ||||||||
| 5 | Good, J. Understanding Photojournalism. 2017. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Radio 1.programma, LTV1 Panorāma, De Facto un citi ziņu un kultūras raidījumi, TV3 raidījums Nekā personīga, intervijas un apraksti žurnālos Rīgas Laiks, IR. | ||||||||
