Editing of the Media Texts
Course code
SKS6304.HT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Meediatekstide toimetamine
Course title in English
Editing of the Media Texts
ECTS credits
6.0
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
During the course students get an idea of what editing is and how to edit a journalistic text. Students obtain both theoretical and practical knowledge in editing.
Brief description of the course
Types of editing procedures, the logic of editing, the meaning of a text. The work of an editor from a stylistic perspective; assessment criteria; communicational errors and the ways to correct them. The ethical side of editing. Readers’ interests and the ways to understand them (subject – title - the opening sentence).
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has get theoretical and practical editing skills;
- has get theoretical and practical editing skills;
- is able independently deliver a variety of media texts;
- is able to distinguish the media texts from other texts;
. has acquired the ability to work with the authors of texts.
- has get theoretical and practical editing skills;
- has get theoretical and practical editing skills;
- is able independently deliver a variety of media texts;
- is able to distinguish the media texts from other texts;
. has acquired the ability to work with the authors of texts.
Teacher
Lektor Vitali Belobrovtsev
Study programmes containing that course