Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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integration. Regional involvement in fundamental international processes.
Assignment: interviews with a member of the government and with a member of a
non-governmental organization working in those processes. Seminar: discussion of
ongoing regional processes and their impact on the media coverage.
Week 8
Seminar and workshop: Oral presentation and discussion of the first special report
on a political institution or an interest group. Reading for week 9: Armstrong (2002),
Buzan (2003) and Howard (2004).
Week 9
Lecture: Main national security issues and policies. Foreign and security policies:
brief historical background, main outlines, strategies, allies and rivals. Domestic
insecurity and global threats. Terrorism, drug-dealing, smuggling, insurgency.
Seminar: analysis of the most relevant media stories in the field. A guest journalist
with expertise in the field is suggested. Assignment: written report with comparative
statistic of domestic insecurity. Explanation of the second special report (due in
week 15): students will choose one of the main political, economic or social issues
and policies discussed in weeks 9, 10 and 11. They will work in teams of three. They
will prepare a 2500-word in-depth written report on the chosen topic, including
interviews and statistic. Students will depict the impact of the issue in their country
and will provide a regional comparative framework. Reading for week 10: World
Bank (2004).
Week 10
Lecture: Main national economic issues and policies. Political economy: actors
and functions. Treasury, Central Bank-Federal Reserve, financial sector. Economic
variables. Economic sectors: agriculture, industry, services. Energy crisis. Influence
of national interest groups in economic policies. International actors: IMF, World
Bank, regional organizations. Seminar: analysis of the most relevant media stories
on the field. A guest journalist with expertise in the field is suggested. Assignment:
written report with comparative statistic of economic evolution of the country,
stressing the changing influence of every economic sector. Reading for week 11:
Perloff (1998).
Week 11
Lecture: Main social issues and policies. Poverty, unemployment, migration,
discrimination. Global changes and their impact on domestic scenario.
Environmentalism. Health services. Education. Regional framework. Seminar:
analysis of the most relevant media stories on the field. A guest journalist with
expertise in the field is suggested. Assignment: written report with comparative