Critical Analysis of Mediatexts
Course code
KOA6005.FK
old course code
KOA6005
Course title in Estonian
Meediatekstide analüüs
Course title in English
Critical Analysis of Mediatexts
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
The aim of the course is for the student to know how to make critical analysis on mediatexts; ability to see the structure of the texts and skills to complete texts. Main news journalism terms and principles are introduced to students in theory and practice.
Brief description of the course
There are seminars where students must be active in participating.
During the semester students will do several homeworks and group works:
First homeowork (group work): selecting different given texts into different parts of the newspaper, according to nature and target group of the newspaper.
Second homework (groupwork): Reformulating given texts accroding to the core of the news.
Third homework (individual): Finding and formulating valuable topic for news.
Forth homework (individual): Finding valuable topic for news, it is suggested to use database and document register (gives 5 bonus points).
During the semester students will do several homeworks and group works:
First homeowork (group work): selecting different given texts into different parts of the newspaper, according to nature and target group of the newspaper.
Second homework (groupwork): Reformulating given texts accroding to the core of the news.
Third homework (individual): Finding and formulating valuable topic for news.
Forth homework (individual): Finding valuable topic for news, it is suggested to use database and document register (gives 5 bonus points).
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Students know different journalistic terms and knows how to use them in practice.
Students know different journalism genres and how to distinguish them; knows main principles of construction of the texts.
Students are able to see structural problems of newsstories and is capable of giving solutions to them.
Students are able to work with written sources.
Student knows easier techniques of working as reporter.
Student is able to do easier media text discourse analysis.
Students know different journalistic terms and knows how to use them in practice.
Students know different journalism genres and how to distinguish them; knows main principles of construction of the texts.
Students are able to see structural problems of newsstories and is capable of giving solutions to them.
Students are able to work with written sources.
Student knows easier techniques of working as reporter.
Student is able to do easier media text discourse analysis.
Teacher
Mart Raudsaar, M. Phil, Anu Kuusmaa.
The course is a prerequisite
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