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Social Journalism
Communication, Journalism & Media Studies Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Social Journalism
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Journalism
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 13459
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: News reporting, Investigative journalism
DESCRIPTION
1. Introduction to social issues in journalism
2. An insight into the history of social and human interest stories in journalism
3. Sociological grounds for reporting on civil society and social movements
4. Reporting techniques in social journalism
5. Service and public journalism
6. Other cross-related issues in social journalism: migration
7. Media and gender
8. Media and disability
9. Environment journalism
10. Civil and professional codes in relation to the treatment of vulnerable groups and individuals.
9. Social journalism in different media outlets: newspaper, television, radio, and the internet
10. Service Journalism: usefulness as an added value to information
2. An insight into the history of social and human interest stories in journalism
3. Sociological grounds for reporting on civil society and social movements
4. Reporting techniques in social journalism
5. Service and public journalism
6. Other cross-related issues in social journalism: migration
7. Media and gender
8. Media and disability
9. Environment journalism
10. Civil and professional codes in relation to the treatment of vulnerable groups and individuals.
9. Social journalism in different media outlets: newspaper, television, radio, and the internet
10. Service Journalism: usefulness as an added value to information