ir245 intro lecture 2016 (3)
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IR245: International Journalism and Society – The Role of the Media in the Modern World.
Polis/LSE Summer SchoolJune 2016
Prof. Charlie BeckettDr Shani OrgadBrooks DeCilliaCesar Jimenez
What I used to do
What I used to do
What I used to do
What I used to do
What I do now
PolisThe LSE’s journalism think-tank
Charlie Beckett’s blog:http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/Follow me on Twitter:@CharlieBeckettThe Polis website:http://www2.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/POLIS/home.aspxThe Departmental website:www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/
Timetable for IR245
• Lectures 10.00-11.15 NAB 104• Guest speakers 11.30-12.30 NAB 104• Seminar 1 2-3.30pm• Seminar 2 3.30-5pm NAB 118• You must attend all lectures, guest
lectures and classes – nothing is optional!
Assessment• Assessment will be by an essay of 1500 words (worth
25% of the final marks) to be handed in at 10am on Monday July 16th
• And an exam of two hours with questions on aspects of the course (75% of the final marks).
• Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical background to journalism studies as well as relate this to case-studies
• Assessment is optional!• We will help you prepare and you will have two clear
days for revision• Get help here on studying: http://learning.lse.ac.uk/• We will mark them straight away and the Summer
School will give you the results
Contacts
• For all practical problems: talk to the Summer School office
• For specific IR245 Course issues: email [email protected] and put ‘Summer School’ in the subject
• Talk to your class teachers
What will you know after this course?
• What’s happening in the world’s news media• All about digital media and media change• How media can change the world• The big ethical issues• About a career in the media: talk to Charlie
Beckett or our guest speakers• Get published on the Polis blog
Is this journalism?
Is this journalism?
Block 1: What is journalism today?
• What is journalism?
• Media and Democracy
• Networked Journalism
• Journalism and ‘new media’
Block 2: News in the global context
• News, globalisation and immigration
• Reporting War and Conflict
• Representations of suffering
• The newsroom perspective on suffering
Block 3 Journalism and ideology
• News journalism and gender
• WikiLeaks and Snowden: disruptive news in the networked era
• Journalism and celebrity – beyond the dumbing down thesis
Sources• Course handbook – you must read these! • Additional readings on course outline• Key texts: Silverstone ‘Media and Morality’ Beckett ‘SuperMedia’ and ‘WikiLeaks’ Orgad ‘Media Representation & the Global
Imagination’• Polis Blog• Twitter – TV – Newspaper – Radio - Websites!
Guest Speakers:
All cutting edge practitionersAsk them questionsUse them as case studies for your assessment
Media as our environment
• “I want to endorse the idea of the media as an environment, an environment which provides at the most fundamental level the resources we all need for the conduct of everyday life. It follows that such an environment may be or may become polluted”
• Roger Silverstone Media and Morality
Why study journalism?
