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Objectives and competences

The main objective of this course is to acquaint students with basic types, features and production conditions of contemporary electronic media contents

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Digital journalism (definition and characteristics, influence of the technological context on the development of digital journalism). • Creating content on social media. • Creating vlogs (definition, historical development, types and characteristics of vlogs and vloggers). • Creating podcasts (definition, historical development, characteristics of podcasts, RSS, podcast content, creating podcasts). • Selected contents of digital media and their impact on users, ways of consumption of digital media contents and new forms of literacy.

Learning and teaching methods

• lectures, seminar exercises, individual work, group work (identification of a problem, division of tasks, analysis, creation of the presentation), work of a group within the larger group (presentation, discussion, conclusion).

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Knowledge and understanding: • know the historical development of individual electronic media and their content, • analyse and evaluate individual types of electronic media contents, • understand the characteristics and needs of electronic media audiences, • understand media business models, • actively participate in production of contemporary electronic media contents.

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

• Communication skills: discussions with colleagues within the group, oral and multimedia presentation of the results of the work, written communication in final exam. • Use of information technology: use of contemporary technologies for analysis of electronic media contents. • Organisation skills: division of tasks, planning and execution of the presentation. • Problem solving: planning and execution of basic contents for various types of mass media. • Working in a group: division of tasks within the group, creation of presentation, participation in the presentation, the ability of public evaluation.

Readings

• Witschge, T., Anderson, C.W., Domingo, D. & Hermida, A. (2016). The SAGE Handbook of Digital Journalism. • Thompson, J.D., & Weldon, J. (2022). Content Production for Digital Media. Singapore: Springer. • Sullivan, J. L. (2024). Podcasting in a Platform Age: From an Amateur to a Professional Medium. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. • Ingram, G. P. (2023). Adolescent use of new media and internet technologies: debating risks and opportunities in the digital age. Routledge. • Potter, W. J. (2018). Media literacy. Sage publications. • Negreira-Rey, M. C. (2023). Blurring Boundaries of Journalism in Digital Media: New Actors, Models and Practices (Vol. 140). Springer Nature.

Prerequisits

None

  • izr. prof. dr. INES KOŽUH, univ. dipl. med. kom.

  • Written examination: 70
  • Output: 30

  • : 30
  • : 30
  • : 90

  • Slovenian
  • Slovenian

  • MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (MEDIA PRODUCTION) - 2nd
  • MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (VISUAL COMMUNICATION) - 3rd