Online journalism

communication and media studies

elementary

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Classes on creating and editing online publications using basic internet tools and journalistic genres.

nternet journalism as the ability to prepare a message regarding facts and events, in accordance with the specificity of the Internet (and its dissemination via the Internet) is a mandatory skill for a modern journalist. Knowledge of online media, tools, and journalistic genres is knowledge that a student of journalism studies should be able to use in his or her work.

Topics covered:

1. Online journalism - definitions.

2. Elements of the history of the Internet (in Poland and in the world).

3. The process of shaping online journalism in Poland and around the world.

4. Internet portals - from a catalog to an information tycoon.

5. Reception of the Internet text by the reader.

6. Elements that distinguish online journalism.

7. Rules for creating online texts.

8. Elements of editing online texts, rules of linguistic correctness. Proofreading and editing texts.

9. Genres of online journalism. Common to online journalism, as well as those specific to online journalism.

10. Differences in the creation and organization of work of online editorial offices and traditional media editorial offices (e.g. work).

11. Blogosphere (specificity, catalog of the most important bloggers and blogs in Poland) and online journalism. Social media and online journalism.

12. Text, graphics, interactive elements. Website functionality research.

13. Text for the Internet. "Golden rules" of creating texts. Where to look for inspiration. What to do when you have no idea for a text?

J. Billingham, Redagowanie tekstów, przeł. A. Dąbrowska, WN PWN, Warszawa 2006.

L. Olszański, Dziennikarstwo internetowe, Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne, Warszawa 2006.

M. Chyliński, S. Russ-Mohl, Dziennikarstwo, Grupa Wydawnicza Polskapresse, Warszawa 2007.

M. Lisowska-Magdziarz, Analiza zawartości mediów. Przewodnik dla studentów, Kraków 2004.

M. Karciarz, M. Dutko, Informacja w internecie, PWN, 2010.

1. The student knows the specificity of online journalism, its characteristic features that distinguish it from other types of journalism.

2. The student knows the specificity of individual genres of Internet journalism, is able to distinguish them and select the appropriate genre for appropriate Internet information.

3. Has practical ability to prepare typical dishes

information written for the Internet, in accordance with the rules and principles of rhetoric, pronunciation, grammar and style of the Polish language.

4. The student knows well the environment of the Internet, portals, websites, blogosphere, social media and is able to use them in his work.

Student workload:

30 hours - participation in classes

10 hours - preparation for classes

15 hours - preparing and presenting homework, preparing presentations

5 hours - consultations with the teacher

60 hours - Together

2 ECTS points

LO 1.: "The student knows the specificity of online journalism, its characteristic features that distinguish it from other types of journalism."

5 - the student knows very well the specificity of online journalism, its characteristic features that distinguish it from other types of journalism.

4 - the student knows well the specificity of online journalism, its characteristic features that distinguish it from other types of journalism.

3 - the student knows well enough the specificity of online journalism, its characteristic features that distinguish it from other types of journalism.

2 - the student does not know the specifics of online journalism, its characteristic features that distinguish it from other types of journalism.

LO 2.: "The student knows the specificity of individual genres of Internet journalism, is able to distinguish them and select the appropriate genre for appropriate Internet information."

5 - the student knows the specificity of individual genres of online journalism very well, is able to distinguish them and select the appropriate genre for appropriate internet information.

4 - the student knows well the specificity of individual genres of Internet journalism, is able to distinguish them and select the appropriate genre for appropriate Internet information.

3 - the student knows the specificity of individual genres of Internet journalism well enough, is able to distinguish them and select the appropriate genre for appropriate Internet information.

2 - the student does not know the specificity of individual genres of Internet journalism, is able to distinguish them and select the appropriate genre for appropriate Internet information.

LO 3.: "Has practical ability to prepare typical dishes

information written for the Internet, in accordance with the rules and principles of rhetoric, pronunciation, grammar and style of the Polish language.

5 - has (at a very good level) practical ability to prepare typical written information for the Internet, in accordance with the rules and principles of rhetoric, pronunciation, grammar and style of the Polish language.

4 - has (at a good level) practical ability to prepare typical written information for the Internet, in accordance with the rules and principles of rhetoric, pronunciation, grammar and style of the Polish language.

3 - has sufficient practical ability to prepare typical information written for the Internet, in accordance with the rules and principles of rhetoric, pronunciation, grammar and style of the Polish language.

2 - does not even have sufficient practical skills to prepare typical information written for the Internet, in accordance with the rules and principles of rhetoric, pronunciation, grammar and style of the Polish language.

LO 4.: "The student knows well the environment of the Internet, portals, websites, blogosphere, social media and is able to use them in his work."

5 - the student knows the environment of the Internet, portals, websites, blogosphere, social media very well and is able to use them in his work.

4 - the student knows well the environment of the Internet, portals, websites, blogosphere, social media and is able to use them in his work.

3 - the student knows the environment of the Internet, portals, websites, blogosphere, social media well enough and is able to use them in his work.

2 - the student does not know the environment of the Internet, portals, websites, blogosphere, social media and is unable to use them in his work.

Students regularly run an online project during the semester, where they post their original materials throughout the entire semester of the project.

Additionally, students' knowledge is regularly checked during classes through practical exercises and interactive quizzes/tests. The final grade for the classes is the resultant grade (for the online project, involvement in the exercises and knowledge of the classes).

A student may have 3 absences from classes.

Class methods: input, case study, group work, brainstorming, exercises.