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Cultural Journalism

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:10.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:26:20
Study Course Information
Course Code:KSK_268LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Communication SciencesTarget Audience:Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ilva Skulte
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfatrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)8Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures16
Classes (count)2Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes4
Total Contact Hours20
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)5Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures10
Classes (count)3Class Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Classes6
Total Contact Hours16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Basic knowledge in media and communication theories, history of communication and ethics.
Objective:
To master the theoretical perspective and analytical approach to understand the changing field of cultural journalism in the context of modern media system and cultural life.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Cultural journalism today. Cultural journalism and media system in Latvia. Anda RožukalneLectures1.00auditorium
2Culture, industry and personality. Art of an interview and a review in cultural journalism. Dita RietumaLectures1.00auditorium
3Cultural journalism as a contemporary reflection. Theoretical perspectives and practical problems. History and traditions of cultural journalism in Latvia and in the world. Ilva SkulteLectures2.00auditorium
4Cultural criticism and criticism as a genre in cultural journalism. Genres of cultural journalism. Presentation and approval of creative work ideasClasses1.00auditorium
5Cultural journalism TV: Cultural editorial office, LTV, Zane BrikmaneLectures1.00auditorium
6Cultural and artistic production and broadcasting of programmes on social media. Ingvilda Strautmane, Latvian Radio 1Lectures1.00auditorium
7Music Journalism LR5: Edgars RaginskisLectures1.00auditorium
8Cultural journalism online: Satori, Henriks Eliass ZēgnersLectures1.00auditorium
9Specificity of cultural presentation in different media and formats. Final work presentationClasses1.00auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Cultural journalism today. Cultural journalism and media system in Latvia. Anda RožukalneLectures2.00auditorium
2Culture, industry and personality. Art of an interview and a review in cultural journalism. Dita RietumaLectures2.00auditorium
3Cultural journalism as a contemporary reflection. Theoretical perspectives and practical problems. History and traditions of cultural journalism in Latvia and in the world. Ilva SkulteLectures1.00auditorium
4Cultural criticism and criticism as a genre in cultural journalism. Genres of cultural journalism. Presentation and approval of creative work ideasClasses1.00auditorium
9Specificity of cultural presentation in different media and formats. Final work presentationClasses2.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
To read scientific articles on modern culture, cultural journalism and media communication. To get acquainted (with 5 – 7 content units) before each guest lecture with the aims and ideas, structure and content of each lecturer's represented media. To prepare the following questions: • What are the professional problems of journalists in the particular media? • How to create original content in cultural journalism? • How to create new formats? • What are the main ethical problems of cultural journalism? • What is the influence of public relations and cultural manegement industry on the media? • What knowledge is required for a cultural journalist? • What professional skills are required for a cultural journalist? • What indicates qualitative cultural journalism? 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:
Participation in lectures and discussions, preparation of creative works and presentation of them by publishing in Student media.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students can name and explain theoretical approaches and main discussed matters in the area of cultural media and cultural journalism, as well as basic elements of analysis for the analysis of cultural journalism.
Skills:Students are ready: • to critically analyse products of cultural journalism in different types of media; • to provide consultations to media and public relations specialists on matters of cultural journalism; • to create critical articles and/or shows in the field of cultural journalism.
Competencies:Students are able to use their knowledge in the field of cultural media and cultural journalism to be able to develop independent, sustainable cultural journalism projects and to identify problems related to the agenda, journalistic quality, audience and media specifics of cultural journalism.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Bourdieu, P. The Field of Cultural Production: Essays on Art and Literature. Cambridge: Polity Press. 1993
2Elkins, J., Engelke, M. What Happened to Art Criticism? Prickly Paradigm Press, 2003.
3Hellman, H., Jaakkola, M. "From Aesthetes to Reporters: The Paradigm Shift in Arts Journalism in Finland." Journalism 13.6 (2012): 783-801.
4Jaakkola, M. „Witnesses of a Cultural Crisis: Representations of Media-Related Meta processes as Professional Metacriticism of Arts and Cultural Journalism” International Journal of Cultural Studies. (2014):1-18
5Janssen, M. S. S. E., Verboord, M. N. M., Kuipers, G. M. M. "Comparing Cultural Classification: High and Popular Arts in European and US Elite Newspapers, 1955-2005." Kölner Zeitschriftfür Soziologie und Sozial psychologie 63.51 (2011): 139-168.
6Keller, J. "Backpack Journalism: Observations on Digital Media’s Effect on Arts Journalism & Criticism in the US." International Journal of the Arts in Society 4.5 (2010): 169-178.
7Kristensen, N. N. "The Historical Transformation of Cultural Journalism." Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook 8.1 (2010): 69-92.
8Strahan, L. "Sources of Arts Journalism." Journalists, Sources, and Credibility: New Perspectives (2011).
9Kristensen NN. Cultural journalism—Journalism about culture. Sociology Compass. 2019 Jun;13(6):e12701.
10Santos-Silva D. Paradigmatic innovation in European cultural journalism: the pursuit of sustainability. The Journal of Media Innovations. 2021 May 11;7(1):95-108.
11Plesner U. Reassembling Cultural Journalism in the Digital Age. InTechnology and Creativity 2020 (pp. 211-238). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
12Riegert, K. Negotiating boundaries in a changing media ecosystem: The case of Swedish cultural journalism. Journalism Studies, 2021. 22(4), 418-434.
Additional Reading
1Bourdieu, P. TheRulesof Art: GenesisandStructureoftheLiteraryField. Stanford, CA: StanfordUniversityPress. 1996
2Flew, T. "Is Journalism Best Located in the Creative arts or as a Communication Discipline?" Australian Journalism Review 33.1 (2011).
3Golin, C., Keller, S., Cardoso, E. "The City In Cultural Journalism: A Perspective Of Porto Alegre In The Coverage Of Diário Do Sul (1986-1988)." Brazilian Journalism Research 8.1 (2012): 176-192.
4Jaakkola, M. "Promoting Aesthetic Tourism: Transgressions between Generalist and Specialist Subfields in Cultural Journalism." Journalism Practice 6.4 (2012): 482-496.
5Janssen, S. "Art Journalism and Cultural Change: The Coverage of the Arts in Dutch Newspapers 1965–1990." Poetics 26.5 (1999): 329-348.
6Janssen,S., Kuipers,G.,Verboord, M.,"Cultural Globalization and Arts Journalism: The International Orientation of Arts and Culture Coverage in Dutch, French, German, and US Newspapers, 1955 to 2005."American Sociological Review 73.5 (2008): 719-740.
7Wulff, H. "Cultural Journalism and Anthropology: A Tale of Two Translations." Archivio Antropologico Mediterraneo, n. 13 (1) (2011): 19.
8Kotisova J. An elixir of life? Emotional labour in cultural journalism. Journalism. 2020 Apr 28:1464884920917289.
Other Information Sources
1Rodriguez, M. N. "Comparative Models of Cooperative Journalism." (2012).
2kultūras medijs "Satori"
3Kultūras medijs arterritory.com