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96 Week 15 Class Activity: Discussion on journalism laws and press freedom in different countries. Writing Assignment: Students will choose a country to write a news story on press freedom. Week 16 Lecture: The development theory. Historical approaches of studies on national development. Class Activity: Discussion on the concept of national development Required reading: Research at the Unesco Institute for Statistics website for the Institute’s most recent global literacy statistics. Week 17 Guest lecturer: Professor of international relations to present main development topics. Writing Assignment: Students will write a 45 lines’ news story on their country’s literacy situation compared to another country from a list indicated by the instructor. Required reading: Potter’s (2005) – chapters chosen by instructors Week 18 Lecture: Media organizations and the international coverage of development issues Class Activity: Discussion on media literacy and/or media influence on the audience. Reporting / writing Assignment: Students will develop a news story on the influence of mass media in at least 2 countries from a list indicated by the instructor. Required reading: Naji’s (2006) report on citizens and media. Week 19 Lecture: The status of the mass media in developing nations; newspaper readership, radio and television audiences. Class Activity: Development journalism versus mass media in developing countries Reporting / writing Assignment: Research in the websites of The World Bank and of the United Nations Development Program to identify sources for news stories on development. Week 20 Class Activity: Development issues: how journalists may cover environment and health issues. External Activity: Visit a local NGO (or a local embassy or consulate) which develops projects related to environmental issues. Required reading: Research in the website of Independent Media Center
97 Week 21 Class Activity: Production of news for independent media: open access information sources. Writing Assignment: Students will write a news story on environment or health for a regional/international independent medium. Required reading: Winocur’s (2002) chapter 3; and research in the website of AMARC. Week 22 Guest lecturer: a local representative of AMARC. Class Activity: Discussion on community radio stations and how citizens inform and are informed. Week 23 External Activity: Visit to a community radio station; interview with community broadcasters. Required reading: Gopnik’s 1999 article ‘Culture Vultures’ Week 24 Class Activity: Discussion on violence coverage by the international media. Writing Assignment: Students will write international news stories on community radio stations Required reading: Research in the website of Transparency International Week 25 Guest lecturer: a local Transparency International official or a representative of an international organization such as ONU. Class Activity: Discussion on covering corruption cases – sources and databases for journalists. Week 26 Class Activity: Discussion on public interest: do people in developing countries know what development issues are about Writing Assignment: News stories on fraud or corruption for international media. Required reading: Chester’s (2007), chapter 11. Week 27 Class Activity: Discussion on digital communication, media systems, and democracy External Activity: Visit to a government communication office. Required reading: Transcript of ABC’s The Media Report - 03/05/2007 edition
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