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International Journalism I: Global Information Course Overview
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Journalism
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 13284
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Prerequisites: Political Philosophy. First course. Basic formation
* Economy. First course. Basic formation
* Search techniques and use of information. Second course. Compulsory
* Journalistic Information on Situations, Trends and Social Problems. Third course. Compulsory
*Universal history. Third course. Optional
* Statistics Applied to Journalism. First course. Basic formation
* The News Journal. First course. Compulsory
* Skills: English. First course. Basic formation
DESCRIPTION
The course syllabus is divided into seven thematic topics:
1) General: 1.1 .- The background of global and international journalism and the different theoretical frameworks 1.2.- Correspondents, envoys and legal coverage 1.3 .- The functions and dysfunctions of international information 1.4 .- The traditional and current sources.
2) Evolution of war and conflict journalism. Propaganda: 2.1 .- The type of conflict information 2.2 .- Forms of censorship and propaganda and ethical and professional response 2.3 .- The coverage of the wars in the twentieth and twenty-first century 2.4 .- The treatment of conflicts less visible and e-wars.
3) The information on terrorism and disasters: 3.1 .- AlQaeda and cyberterrorism 3.2 .- Organized crime 3.3 .- Climate change, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, volcanoes, accidents etc.
4) The information from international agencies: 4.1 .- The UN, NATO, the EU, WHO, the G-8, the G-20 4.2 .- The large NGOs 4.3 .- International cooperation.
5) The international political information: 5.1 .- International relationships: principles and current status. The leading think tanks and their analysis and proposals 5.2 .- The elections, the crisis of governance, and regime change 5.3 .- The internal information of the countries.
6) Information on geopolitical areas: 6.1.- Europe 6.2 .- United States 6.3 .- Latin America 6.4 .- China and East Asia 6.5 .- Near and Middle East 6.6 .- Arab World and Africa.
7) Global Information in the Twenty-First Century 7.1 .- The global information available to everyone: culture, religion, events, science 7.2 .- The Internet's impact on the evolution of international society: social networks and the Wikileaks case 7.3 .- The international section in the digital age.
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