JOURNALISM THEORY
Focus on the content and purposes of journalism, explores cultural values associated with journalism, relationships between journalism and other institutions, and current issues facing journalists at a time when the profession faces many challenges.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Review a wide breadth of scholarship in the fields of media studies and communication pertaining to journalism, both classical and contemporary text. Audience: Graduate 2. Critique scholarship, journal articles, and journalism. Audience: Graduate 3. Conduct group discussions on these topics. Audience: Graduate 4. Write a literature review on these topics. Audience: Graduate 5. Produce a conference-ready manuscript or other kinds of concepts-based journalistic project. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Review a wide breadth of scholarship in the fields of media studies and communication pertaining to journalism, both classical and contemporary text. Audience: Graduate 2. Critique scholarship, journal articles, and journalism. Audience: Graduate 3. Conduct group discussions on these topics. Audience: Graduate 4. Write a literature review on these topics. Audience: Graduate 5. Produce a conference-ready manuscript or other kinds of concepts-based journalistic project. Audience: Graduate
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- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
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Catalogue variants
- JOURNALISM THEORY · 3 credits.