| Lecturer: Ruth Rodriguez |
| email: ruth.rodriguez@upf.edu |
| Office: 52.913 Roc Boronat Building (Communication Campus) |
1) Final exam (40%), about the issues treated in the lessons.
2) Midterm exam (30%), about the issues treated in the lessons.
1) Student's homework assignment (20%). There is one homework assignment.
2) Active participation in classes (10%).
Session 1: Comparing Media Introduction
Presentation of the course.
Differences between hard news and soft news.
Specialized reporting characteristics.
Session 2: Latin Media Characteristics
Latin Countries Characteristics
Latin Media Characteristics
The French and Spanish Case: Society, Newspapers and Television
*Assignment: Spanish Newspapers Analysis.
Session 3: Politics in Latin Countries
Political Parallelism in Latin Countries
Opinion in Latin Media
Political Newspapers - Dictatorships and Media
Media and Transition to Democracy in Latin Countries
*Assignment: Political Content analysis in Spanish Newspapers. Writing an article according to Latin Journalism style.
Session 4: Literature and Newspapers in Latin Countries
Literary Influences on Latin Media
Writers and Journalists in France and Spain
The Chronique: between literature and journalism
Intellectuals and Media in Latin Countries
*Assignment: Emile Zola and J'accuse. Writing a literary article.
Session 5: The State and Media in Latin Countries
Late Democracies in Latin Countries
Polarized Political Systems
Spanish Political Context and Spanish Media
State's role and Media
*Assignment: Article "Vichy France and Postwar Economic Modernization: The Case of the Shopkeepers" by Joseph Jones
Session 6: Journalism Profession in Latin Countries
Journalism recognition in Latin Countries
Dimensions of Professionalization
Consequences of Low Professionalization in Latin Countries
*Assignment: Article "The Image of the Journalist in France, Germany, and England, 1815-1848" by Leonore Boyle. Writing an essay about the image of journalism.
Session 7: North European Countries and Media
North European Countries Characteristics
State and Media in North European Countries
Professionalization in North European Countries and Journalistic Autonomy
Political Parallelism in North European Countries
Session 8: Discussion on Mohammed Cartoons
Mohammed Cartoons in the Danish and North European Context
Worldwide Reactions
Free Speech and Journalists' Self-Censorship
Session 9: Discussion on the novel Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant
Bel Ami as a Journalist
Connection between newspapers and politics
Monsieur Walter: newspaper and business
Women in the novel
Session 10: Midterm exam
Questions about some of the issues treated in the lessons
Session 11: Liberal Media Characteristics
Liberal Countries Characteristics
The British Case: Quality Newspapers and Sensationalists Tabloids
Commercial Press in Liberal Countries
The British and the US Case: Society, Newspapers and Television
*Assignment: British Newspapers Analysis
Session 12: Politics in Liberal Countries
Political Parallelism in Liberal Countries
Neutralism in Liberal Media
Party press in UK - British Tabloid and Political content
*Assignment: Political Content analysis in British Newspapers. Writing an article in tabloid style.
Session 13: Literature and Newspapers in Liberal Countries
Origins of New Journalism
Two forms of New Journalism: Realism and Modernism
Realist texts and authors
Modernist text and authors
*Assignment: Writing a piece in Realist Style
Session 14: The State and Media in Liberal Countries
The role played by the State in the following countries:
The United Kingdom
The United States
Canada
*Assignment: Writing a piece in Modernist Style
Session 15: Journalism Profession in Liberal Countries
Journalism recognition in Liberal Countries
Education and Professionalism
Instrumentalism in Liberal Countries
*Assignment: Article "Journalism as an Anglo-American invention. A comparison of the Development of French and Anglo-American Journalism, 1830-1920" by Jean K. Chalaby
Session 16: Online Media
Traditional and New Media
New Media Characteristics
Online Websites Content Analysis
New Newsroom
*Assignment: News Websites Analysis. Designing an online newspaper or magazine.
Session 17: Objectivity and American Journalism
Definition of Objectivity
Origins of Objectivity
*Assignment: Writing an objective article
Session 18. Discussion on Conglomerates Media
Creation of a Conglomerates Media Worldwide Map
Discussion on the effects of Conglomerates Media
Session 19: Discussion on the future of Media
Homogenization and Globalization
Commercialization and New Society
Discussion on the future of Media
Session 20: Discussion on the novel The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Political Context in Indochina
Thomas Fowler as a journalist
The image of France and the US in the novel
Bel Ami and Thomas Fowler
Session 21: Final Discussion and Doubts
Essay about one of the issues treated in the previous lessons.
Questions and doubts
Session 22: Final Exam
Questions about some of the issues treated in the lessons
CHALABY, Jean K., (1996), "Journalism as an Anglo-American invention. A comparison of the Development of French and Anglo-American Journalism, 1830-1920". European Journal of Communication, September, Ps. 303-323.
FERENCZI, Thomas, (1993), L'Invention du journalisme en France, Paris, Plon.
GREENE, Graham, (1973), The Quiet American, London, Penguin.
HALLIN, Daniel, y Paolo Mancini, (2004), Comparing Media Systems: Three models of media and politics, New York, Cambridge University Press.
KOVACH, Bill, y ROSENSTIEL, Tom, (2001), The Elements of Journalism, New York, Three Rivers Press.
MAUPASSANT, Guy de, (2001), Bel Ami, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
RANDALL, David, (1999), El Periodista Universal, Madrid, Siglo Veintiuno editores.
WOLFE, Tom, (1996), The New Journalism, London, Picador.