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| module properties module number 101646 - common information | |
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| module number | 101646 |
| department | Department of Economic Sciences and Media |
| ID of group | 2552 (Media Studies) |
| module leader | Prof. Dr. Martin Löffelholz |
| language | english |
| term | unbekannt |
| previous knowledge and experience | None |
| learning outcome | Students will get an idea of how social media is effecting the traditional Foreign News gathering and perception and how the respective processes are intertwined. |
| content | The gathering of Foreign News has changed significantly in the era of the internet, since social media and global chat functions are available on every smartphone. Foreign countries and their citizens seem so much closer, so much more accessible as we can follow their politicians and other figures of public life on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. And yet some basics of foreign news reporting remain just the same (the art of finding and investigating a good foreign news story, the principles of research in foreign socio-political environments, and the way of approaching people in different cultural contexts). The seminar gives an overview on what has changed and how it has changed; focusing on the way of perceiving Foreign News as well as on Foreign News production. Students attending the seminar will (1) be made familiar with the principles of Foreign News gathering. (2) They will be requested to analyze in which way social media channels are changing the traditional appearance of Foreign News Stories and (3) how it is influencing journalistic work. |
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| literature / references | To be disseminated at the first seminar session |
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| module name | Foreign News and Social Media |
| examination number | 90370 |
| credit points | 6 |
| SWS | 0 |
| on-campus program (h) | 0 |
| self-study (h) | 180 |
| obligation | elective module |
| exam | multiple performances |
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| Details in degree program Master Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft/Media and Communication Science 2013 | |
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| module name | Foreign News and Social Media |
| examination number | 90370 |
| credit points | 6 |
| on-campus program (h) | 22 |
| self-study (h) | 158 |
| obligation | elective module |
| exam | multiple performances |
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