Trends in international journalism Jour 3422 Jour 4421

Trends in international journalism Jour 3422 & Jour 4421

Learning outcomes • Providing a basic understanding of news media in relation to political power and democracy • Understanding central issues facing international journalism • Getting a deeper understanding of news values and the institutional framework of journalism in various parts of the world

BA and MA • BA-students (Jour 3422): Take-home exam April 16 to April 19 • MA-students (Jour 4421): Term paper.

Exam Jour 3422, spring 2006 • Media frames involve principles of selection, emphasis and presentation and influences our understanding and interpretation of news events. Sometimes there will also be framing contests and framing conflicts between different actors, both inside and outside, the media. • Discuss framing contests from a more theoretical point of view and apply this approach in an analysis of either (1) The ongoing war in Iraq or 2) The international debate about the Mohammed cartoons. • The examination paper can be up to ten pages (a 2300 characters without spaces). Not more than 1/3 should be used to the introductory theoretical part.

Writing a term paper • 1) Introducing the reader to the topic. Make it clear and limited. Present your thesis and subtopics. • 2 -4: Restatements of the three supporting ideas presented in the first paragraph. Each of these is again supported by supporting sentences. Present your empirical evidence. • 5: The summary paragraph: the last chance to convince the reader of the validity of the information presented.

Lectures • MA and BA, 1. 2: Global news, national news. Sigurd Allern • MA, 8. 2: Alternative models of journalism. Paolo Mancini. NB: This lecture is arranged 14. 15 - 16. 00, earlier than the normal time. • MA/BA, 15. 2: Comparing media systems. Paolo Mancini. NB: this lecture is arranged at Fritt Ord • MA/BA, 1/3: Journalism, media and power. The South African and Zimbabwian experience. Kristin Orgeret

Lectures (2) • MA/BA, 8. 3: Journalism and war. Sigurd Allern • MA/BA, 15. 3: Blogs as news source and news • MA/BA, 22. 3: (To be decided later) • MA, 29. 3: EU in the news. Sigurd Allern • MA, 12. 4: Net journalism. Technological possibilities and markets constraints.

Group seminars • • Jour 3422 (BA) Group 1. Tuesdays 08. 15 -10. 00. Room 207. Group 2: Tuesdays 14. 15 -16. 00. Room 207 Dates: 30. 1, 6. 2, 6. 3, 13. 3, 20. 3, 27. 3 and 10. 4 • Jour 4421 (MA) • Tuesdays, 10. 15 – 12. 00, Room 2007. • Dates: 30. 1, 6. 2, 13. 2, 27. 2, 6. 3, 13. 3, 20, 3, 27. 3, 10, 4, 17/4, 24. 4

Common Curriculum • Jamieson/Campell: The interplay of influence. A basic, updated American style text book about news media, journalism and the different factors that shape the news. Chapter 6 -8 is not part of the curriculum. • Hallin & Mancini: Comparing media systems. A study of the three modern media systems in the west: The North Atlantic/ Liberal Model, The North/Central European/Democratic Corporatist Model and the Mediterranean /polarized pluralist model. •

Common curriculum (2) • Curran & Park (eds): De-westernizing media studies. (Chapters 14, 15, 17 & 18 are not part of the curriculum). Articles about the important differences between different media systems and national news cultures. • Allan & Zelizer (eds): Reporting war. Journalism in wartime. Articles on Iraq, the “war on terrorism”, wars in Africa, the Balkans. Topics like censorship, military news management and embedded journalism.

Group discussion, topic • Independent journalism is an ideal for most news organizations around in the world. Discuss internal and external factors in different political/economic systems influencing the possibilities to realize this.