Download Course unit code/title: com emp-3- 1-27 television journalism

Course unit title: TELEVISION JOURNALISM
Course unit code: 3-1-27
Type of course unit: compulsory
Level of course unit: first cycle
Year of study: 3st
Semester: 1st
Number of ECTS credits allocated: 6 ECTS
Name of lecturer: Judite de Sousa
Objectives
Television Journalism (included in the Communication Scientific Area) of the Business
Communication Course aims at making students aware of the importance of acquiring
knowledge in the media area, as a means to better understand, interact and become inserted in
present society, strongly influenced by the media and especially by Television. The students
will be informed about journalistic styles, adapted to television and about the method of
operation and specificities of the field.
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Understand the importance of TV in present societies.
Analyse the importance of the different publics and their weight on audiences.
Learnt how to write for TV.
Learn reporting, interviewing and debating techniques.
Evaluate the importance of TV adapted to political communication.
Use the knowledge acquired by producing practical tasks.
Mode of delivery: face-to-face
Prerequisites and co-requisites: none
Recommended optional programme components: none
Course contents
The television a social communication space; Agents and politicians; The television as political
communication tool; television journalism specialities: the image and the writing for television
propose; The journalistic sorts adapted to the audiovisual logic. The reportage, the interview,
the debate and the television presentation.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods: Theoretical‐practical lessons
Assessment methods and criteria
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ISCEM There is no register for presences in classroom;
Each discipline will have the following assessment:
¾ 1 Test in the classroom (20% weighted)
¾ 1 or more group or individual work (30% weighted)
¾ Participation /attendance ( 10% weighted)
¾ 1 Assessment at end of Semester to be fixed in Calendar (40% weighted)
Should the student have a grade inferior to 8 (7.5) in the Assessment, he will immediately be
given an EXAM.
Language of instruction: portuguese