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MMC 910 Journalism and Society

MMC 910 Journalism and Society. Session 1: What is Journalism? What is a Journalist? Is Journalism a Trade, Craft, or Profession? Has New Technology Changed Journalism?. MMC910 Journalism and Society. New Master of Arts at UOWD in Media and Communications Why not Mass Communications?

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MMC 910 Journalism and Society

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  1. MMC 910 Journalism and Society Session 1: What is Journalism? What is a Journalist? Is Journalism a Trade, Craft, or Profession? Has New Technology Changed Journalism?

  2. MMC910 Journalism and Society • New Master of Arts at UOWD in Media and Communications • Why not Mass Communications? • Answering market need for more professional specialists in various areas: Journalism, Media Studies, Public Relations, Professional Writing • No requirement of previous knowledge • Starting from ground and moving up fast

  3. Daily MMC910 Students should • Read 2 newspapers in print or online • Read in more than 1 language if possible • Receive news alerts from at least 2 news sites • Identify continuing news and feature stories • Find news about the UAE • Find news about another country • Follow news about the UAE and the other country

  4. MMC910 Students should consider • Joining Twitter: www.twitter.com • Following me: @almakad • Starting a blog: www.wordpress.com, www.blogspot.com • Joining the MMC blog: coming • Joining YouTube: www.YouTube.com • Any other ideas?

  5. MMC Students Will Learn • To find the right sources • To use the UOWD library • To access the UOW library • To use paraphrases and quotes • To reference sources • To avoid plagiarism • To conduct a literature review • To integrate theories learned in readings and class with your own material

  6. MMC Students will learn • To work individually • To work in teams as leader and member • To meet deadlines • To organize work • To produce increasingly professional writing • To work in various media • To use a variety of formats • To select the best medium and best format

  7. Journalism and Society Program Schedule may be flexible Lectures and guest speakers Student team project Exam Individual report Individual essay

  8. What is Journalism? • Wikipedia: In modern society, news media have become the chief purveyor of information and opinion about public affairs; but the role and status of journalism, along with other forms of mass media, are undergoing changes resulting from the Internet. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism See Role of Press Legal Status Ethics

  9. What is a Journalist From The News Manual, Australian guide for pros “We define journalists principally as men and women who present that information as news to the audiences of newspapers, magazines, radio or television stations or the Internet.” • http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Manuals%20Volume%201/volume1_02.htm

  10. Has technology changed journalism? What is journalism worth: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/robert/201108/2002/ Check out Online Journalism Review from USC Annenberg School/UC Berkeley Journalism School http://www.knightdigitalmediacenter.org/about/mission_statement/

  11. Before Session 2 next week • Prepare by going over Week 1 readings in the Syllabus • Take notes – some material will be included in Week 8 Exam • Save information, references, titles that seem interesting – for presentation, paper, and/or essay • Come to class with comments about your reading • Come to class with observations about what journalism is doing in today’s society • Bring examples

  12. MMC910 Journalism and Society That’s it for tonight. See you Wednesday in MMC911 Call, email with questions. Don’t wait till next class to get answers, solve problems. Tomorrow is too late!

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