Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...
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statistic of the evolution of one of the social issues addressed (poverty,<br />
unemployment, etc.) Reading <strong>for</strong> week 12: Jenkins and Thorburn (2003), Yantek and<br />
Harper (2003), and De Burgh (2005).<br />
Week 12<br />
Lecture: The media. The media as an influential political actor. Politics with and<br />
without media. The media as an institution-building actor and as an institutionthreat<br />
actor. Media and democracy. Seminar: discussion of the texts required.<br />
Reading <strong>for</strong> week 13: Jenkins and Thorburn (2003), Priess (2002), Yantek and Harper<br />
(2003), and De Burgh (2005).<br />
Week 13<br />
Lecture: The public-private ownership debate. Multimedia and mergers. Freedom<br />
of speech and the new challenges. State and private censorships. Regulations.<br />
Restrictions on access to public in<strong>for</strong>mation. State advertising as a tool of pressure.<br />
Politicians as owners of media. Seminar: analysis of some NGOs’ comparative index<br />
of worldwide freedom of speech (International Press Institute’s Annual Press Review,<br />
the Committee to Protect Journalists’ annual review, Reporters Sans Frontiers’<br />
Annual Press Freedom Index). Assignment: written report with comparative critical<br />
analysis of the indexes discussed in the seminar. Reading <strong>for</strong> week 14: Jenkins and<br />
Thorburn (2003), Freedom House (2006), Ghunter and Mughan (2000), and De Burgh<br />
(2005).<br />
Week 14<br />
Lecture: The media in a political environment. Credibility and impact. Objectivity and<br />
subjectivity. Political manipulation. A journalist caught in a set of pressures. Telling<br />
“the truth” or telling “what people wish to hear”. Seminar: discussion of the texts<br />
required.<br />
Week 15<br />
Seminar and workshop: Oral presentation and discussion of the second special<br />
report on one of the main political, economic or social issues and policies discussed<br />
during the course. Reading <strong>for</strong> week 16: Lavrakas and Traugott (2000) and<br />
Armstrong (2004).<br />
Week 16<br />
Lecture: Public opinion. Public opinion as a decisive political actor in a democratic<br />
system. Measuring public opinion tendencies: purposes, types and usefulness of<br />
opinion polls. Manipulating public opinion: same numbers, different outcomes.<br />
Seminar: discussion of traditional voting behavior: district, socio-economic class,<br />
age and gender as determinants of political patterns. Assignment: written report
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