Journalism: Principles and Practices G

Course aim

To provide students with an understanding and appreciation of contemporary journalism practice.

Course content

Approaches to journalism; journalism theory; theories of news; theories of news reception and audience; news values; bias and objectivity; the working journalist; journalism ethics; print and broadcast news; commercial pressures; public broadcasting.

Textbook(s)

Tapsall, S & Varley, C 2001, Journalism: theory in practice, Oxford University Press, Melbourne

Richards, I 2005, Quagmires and quandaries: exploring journalism ethics, 1st, Univeristy of NSW Press, Sydney

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Media analysis, Semester paper, Seminar paper and presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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