Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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Court. Assignment: coverage of a press conference held by an official or of a
legislative session. Reading for week 3: Armstrong (2002, 2004) and Perloff (1998)
Week 3
Lecture: Interest groups, other sources of power. Armed Forces, trade unions,
religious organizations, private companies, NGOs. Non formal groups of pressure:
terrorists, guerrillas, drug and weapon dealers, demonstrators, activists, picketers.
Discussion of journalistic difficulties in the following fields and actors. Seminar:
Challenges of reporting and writing in a hostile environment. Assignment: interviews
with two members of an interest group. Reading for week 4: Armstrong (2002, 2004)
and Perloff (1998)
Week 4
Lecture: Political parties. Main political parties, their background, their ideological
foundation, their intervention in recent national history, their main referents.
Political system and constitutional law. Electoral law, electoral system, participation
and voting. Seminar: Analysis of main political parties current situation and
their perspective vis-à-vis electoral campaign. Assignment: coverage of a party
convention. Reading for week 5: Curran and Park (2000), Armstrong (2004) and
Perloff (1998).
Week 5
Lecture: Political processes. Recent history: account of the most relevant recent
national events, causes and political contexts, main political actors, consequences,
effects on current political scenario. Regional and international frameworks.
Seminar: analysis of media coverage of events addressed. Assignment: interview two
politicians involved in the events discussed. Reading for week 6: Curran and Park
(2000), Armstrong (2004) and Perloff (1998).
Week 6
Lecture: Political debates. Recent history: account of the most relevant political,
economic and ideological debates in the last decade, explanations, political
framework, supporters and antagonists. Regional and international frameworks.
Seminar: discussion of major ideological trends related to debates addressed in
the lecture. Assignment: interview with a historian and with a sociologist about the
events discussed. Reading for week 7: Curran and Park (2000) and United Nations
(2006).
Week 7
Lecture: Regional processes. Relationship with the neighborhood. Integration
and cooperation. Institutional architecture. Thorny regional issues. Economic