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About Study Course

Department: Faculty of Communication
Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Marta Herca
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Information and Communication Science; Communication Science
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Communication Sciences

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

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

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

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

Study course planning

Course planning not avalible right now.