Model curricula for journalism education for developing countries ...

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Week 9
Lecture: Functions of media for society.
Seminar: Discussion of how different audiences use the country’s media
Reading for Week 10: Hachten’s (1993) Chapter 9 Changing Theory and Ideology
Week 10
Lecture: Culture and media. Critical/cultural studies.
Seminar: Discussion of how women are portrayed in two or three of the country’s
media.
Reading for Week 11: Dominick’s (2007) Chapter 18, Social Effects of Mass
Communication
Week 11
Lecture: The impact of media on society. Shaping attitudes and beliefs.
Seminar: Discussion of how college students are portrayed by local media and by
student media.
Reading for Week 12: Most recent Freedom House, Freedom of the press. A global
survey of media independence. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
Week 12
Lecture: Freedom of the press. The concepts of free and independent media.
Censorship.
Evaluations of freedom of the press.( Instructors will use Lee B. Becker, Tudor
Vlad and Nancy Nusser (2007). An evaluation of press freedom indicators. In The
International Communication Gazette 69: 5-28.)
Seminar: Discussion of how accurate is the country’s evaluation in Freedom House,
Freedom of the press. A global survey of media independence. New York: Rowman &
Littlefield.
Reading for Week 13: Rozumilowicz’s (Price, 2002) Chapter Democratic change.
Week 13
Lecture: The role of media in the democratization process. Stages of media reform.
Seminar: Discussion of the country’s stage of the media reform and of challenges of
the process.
Reading for week 14: Ross Howard (2004). Conflict Sensitive Journalism. A
Handbook. Available at:
http://www.i-m-s.dk/media/pdf/Handbook%20pdf-vers%20eng%20220404.pdf
Week 14
Lecture: Media and conflict