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About Study Course

ECTS:3
Course supervisor:Marta Herca
Study type:Part-Time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Communication Science; Information and Communication Science
Language:Latvian
Study course description Full description, Part-Time, Full time
Branch of science:Media and communications

Objective

To provide a theoretical and practical insight into the specifics of the internet environment reviewing media use habits, change of language and relations, importance of a story, diversity of media perception and role, diversity of multimedia environment contents and forms.

Prerequisites

Not necessary.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students recognise and/or respectively use:
• story in online environment, storytelling;
• photo – basic principles, quality elements in photography, creation of a photo story;
• social media, branding and community;
• visualization of data – tools and formats;
• sound – recording of audio, voice, technique, editing;
• language, text – writing of a text for the internet, typography, text layout, language use;
• video – composition, camera angles, camera movements, editing, interview;
• multimedia story platforms – their possibilities and shortcomings.

Skills

1.During the course students practically create a multimedia human interest story using reviewed forms – photo, audio, video, infographics – and post it on any internet platform appropriate for the study.

Competence

1.Able to autonomously and responsibly produce, analyse and evaluate multimedia stories.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2025, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Multimedia Communication1BachelorRequiredMarta Herca
Multimedia Communication1BachelorRequiredMarta Herca
Public Relations1BachelorRequiredMarta Herca
Journalism1BachelorRequiredMarta Herca