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Jour 3900: Visual Journalism (Syllabus), Lana Sumpter Jan 2011

Jour 3900: Visual Journalism (Syllabus), Lana Sumpter

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Introduction to design software of Photoshop and InDesign; application of fundamental design principles and visual journalism principles; development of publication projects.


Jour 4130: Writing Internship (Syllabus), Beena White Jan 2011

Jour 4130: Writing Internship (Syllabus), Beena White

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Work in practical assignments at local media under supervision of qualified practitioners.


How Do We Keep A Distance From Our Subjects, While Creating In-Depth Stories?, Heather Kay Ericson Jan 2011

How Do We Keep A Distance From Our Subjects, While Creating In-Depth Stories?, Heather Kay Ericson

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Goma Rai was sold into prostitution in Bombay when she was thirteen years old. She was raped and brutalized and endured situations many of us only see in our nightmares. She escaped this life, but not without repercussions. Rai has AIDS, was shunned from her country and society, and now has to cope with these struggles. She formed an organization, Shakti Milan Samaj, to empower HIV/AIDS affected women by involving themselves in society through training and to change the negative attitude against HIV. The organization also pays for medications and medical treatment. I went to Nepal this summer for six …


Community Newspapers Play Significant Role In Election, Lee Shaker Jan 2011

Community Newspapers Play Significant Role In Election, Lee Shaker

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article compares coverage of the 2007 Philadelphia mayoral campaign in the city's major daily and community newspapers. The findings show that community newspapers serve as a complement to the dailies but also prove to be sources of campaign information in their own right.


The Need For Foreign Correspondents: A Cost Benefit Analysis, Haley Petersen Jan 2011

The Need For Foreign Correspondents: A Cost Benefit Analysis, Haley Petersen

Journalism

This paper includes an examination of the decline in foreign news coverage, the factors contributing to the decline, the implications of decreased coverage in a democratic society, the market for international news, and an explanation of various models of foreign correspondence in relation to the quality of work produced contrasted against the cost of production.


Bp's Use Of Twitter As A Crisis Communication Tool During The Gulf Oil Spill Crisis Response Phase, Lindsay Ann Jordan Jan 2011

Bp's Use Of Twitter As A Crisis Communication Tool During The Gulf Oil Spill Crisis Response Phase, Lindsay Ann Jordan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

On April 20, 2010, British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig located in the Gulf of Mexico exploded, creating the largest oil spill in U.S. history. BP launched a major public relations response that targeted its online audience through strategic use of its corporate website, Twitter feed, Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Flickr photostream. This content analysis examines BP's use of Twitter during the crisis response phase of the oil spill. BP tweeted on 1,161 occasions from the time of the explosion to the capping of the well. All tweets during this 13-week period were coded by two separate coders to …


Jour 4120/6120: Reporting Public Issues (Syllabus), Candy Justice Jan 2011

Jour 4120/6120: Reporting Public Issues (Syllabus), Candy Justice

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Analyzing and writing news reports about government, courts, energy, economy, taxes, education, environment, medicine and science; emphasis on relationship between current issues and public’s need to be informed; topics vital to large urban society.


Jour 4130/4330/4430/4630/7600: Internship (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley Jan 2011

Jour 4130/4330/4430/4630/7600: Internship (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Work in practical assignments at local media under supervision of qualified practitioners.


Jour 4327: Media Planning (Syllabus), Sandra H. Utt Jan 2011

Jour 4327: Media Planning (Syllabus), Sandra H. Utt

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Procedures for analyzing the advertising situation, writing advertising and media goals, and setting advertising appropriations. Use of a microcomputer program to develop and evaluate optimum advertising media schedules.


Jour 4420: Public Relations Case Study (Syllabus), Erin Willis Jan 2011

Jour 4420: Public Relations Case Study (Syllabus), Erin Willis

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Case studies and typical public relations problems; planning and preparation of communications materials for various media; application of public relations techniques.


Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Grant Smith Jan 2011

Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Grant Smith

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Creation and development of journalism/mass media web sites; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; application of information products' conceptualization and layout.


Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang Jan 2011

Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Creation and development of journalism/mass media web sites; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; application of information products' conceptualization and layout.


Jour 4560/6560: Interactive News/Flash (Syllabus), Jin Yang Jan 2011

Jour 4560/6560: Interactive News/Flash (Syllabus), Jin Yang

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Creation and development of interactive news story for web using Flash and its ActionScript; integrating writing, reporting, designing and presenting audio, video, slideshows elements in production of multimedia story.


Jour 4440: Public Relations Campaigns (Syllabus), Darrin M. Devault Jan 2011

Jour 4440: Public Relations Campaigns (Syllabus), Darrin M. Devault

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Application of theory, research data, and problem-solving techniques in the development of comprehensive public relations strategies.


Jour 4716/6716: History Of Mass Communication (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach Jan 2011

Jour 4716/6716: History Of Mass Communication (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Major events, stories, personalities, and issues shaping development of mass communication with special emphasis on the history of American journalism, from advent of printing to the age of the Internet.


Jour 4900/6900: Multimedia Mass Communication (Syllabus), Andrew A. Smith Jan 2011

Jour 4900/6900: Multimedia Mass Communication (Syllabus), Andrew A. Smith

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Using computers to learn process/software/production design concepts involved in multimedia primarily designed for computer communication; digital editing of still images, off-line video editing, animation and production techniques for assembling all into a single CD or video to convey advertising, public relations, or news editorial concepts.


Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang Jan 2011

Jour 4500/6500: Web Publishing I: Html/Css (Syllabus), Jin Yang

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Creation and development of journalism/mass media web sites; incorporation of target audience analysis and web usability; application of information products' conceptualization and layout.


Jour 4998: Multimedia News Lab (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley Jan 2011

Jour 4998: Multimedia News Lab (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Applied skills in writing, videography, editing and studio work to present a multi-media product.


Jour 6708: Mass Media Ethics (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford Jan 2011

Jour 6708: Mass Media Ethics (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: In this course, you will learn how to analyze ethical dilemmas of media practice. First, you will learn elementary principles of moral philosophy. Second, you will apply those principles to professional decisions. Third, you will analyze ethical dilemmas faced by media professionals. In particular, you will analyze ethical dilemmas in gathering and disseminating news and practicing public relations and advertising. Objectives of this course include learning how to tolerate disagreement, increasing respect for ethnic and gender diversity, and developing sensitivity to the ethical dimensions of your professional practice.


Jour 4708/6708: Mass Media Professional Ethics (Syllabus), David Arant Jan 2011

Jour 4708/6708: Mass Media Professional Ethics (Syllabus), David Arant

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: In this course, you will learn how to analyze ethical dilemmas of media practice. First, you will learn elementary principles of moral philosophy. Second, you will apply those principles to professional decisions. Third, you will analyze ethical dilemmas faced by media professionals. In particular, you will analyze ethical dilemmas in gathering and disseminating news and practicing public relations and advertising. Objectives of this course include learning how to tolerate disagreement, increasing respect for ethnic and gender diversity, and developing sensitivity to the ethical dimensions of your professional practice.


Jour 4639: Television News Producing (Syllabus), Joe Hayden Jan 2011

Jour 4639: Television News Producing (Syllabus), Joe Hayden

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Producing, writing, editing and using electronic equipment to assemble a television newscast. Emphasis on performing the various tasks in a newsroom.


Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach Jan 2011

Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Thomas J. Hrach

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Information gathering, writing, and editing skills necessary for any field within journalism and mass communication through lectures, discussions, and exercises that meld theory to technique; both laboratory writing and field assignments.


Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford Jan 2011

Jour 7000: Media Writing & Editing (Syllabus), Otis L. Sanford

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Information gathering, writing, and editing skills necessary for any field within journalism and mass communication through lectures, discussions, and exercises that meld theory to technique; both laboratory writing and field assignments.


Jour 4629: Television News Reporting (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley Jan 2011

Jour 4629: Television News Reporting (Syllabus), Lurene Kelley

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Gathering, writing and presentation of news for television. Students will shoot, write, edit, and voice packages for use in both the reporting and producing classes.


Jour 7015: Precision Language For Journalists (Syllabus), David Waters Jan 2011

Jour 7015: Precision Language For Journalists (Syllabus), David Waters

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Designed to help students become more precise as well as versatile writers by diagnosing their writing, polishing their grammar and editing skills, and teaching them to write with clarity, cohesiveness, and conciseness.


Jour 7025: Law Of Mass Communication (Syllabus), Elinor Kelley Grusin Jan 2011

Jour 7025: Law Of Mass Communication (Syllabus), Elinor Kelley Grusin

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: The study of laws and regulations affecting mass media with attention to the social and political forces that shape the law; exploration of First Amendment theories as well as the constitutional framework of the legal system; in-depth legal research in the student's selected area of interest.


Jour 7050/8050: Mass Communication Theories (Syllabus), Carrie Brown-Smith Jan 2011

Jour 7050/8050: Mass Communication Theories (Syllabus), Carrie Brown-Smith

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Key concepts and development of theories offered to explain operation and effects of mass communication media; multidiscipline overview of theories dealing with advertising, broadcasting, print, and public relations messages, media, and effects.


Jour 7075: Mass Communication Research Methods (Syllabus), Rick Fischer Jan 2011

Jour 7075: Mass Communication Research Methods (Syllabus), Rick Fischer

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Familiarization with content analysis, survey research, data analysis, and field studies as practiced by reporters, editors, and public relations decision makers; modern research techniques and class project using computer analysis.


Jour 7100: Mass Communication Administration Methods (Syllabus), Jim Redmond Jan 2011

Jour 7100: Mass Communication Administration Methods (Syllabus), Jim Redmond

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Administration of advertising, news, and public relations enterprises; systems analysis exploration of classic management principles in organization, assessment of environment, planning and strategy, budgeting, staffing, decision-making, and other functions in advertising, news, and public relations.


Jour 7450/8450: Public Relations Management (Syllabus), Rick Fischer Jan 2011

Jour 7450/8450: Public Relations Management (Syllabus), Rick Fischer

Journalism and Strategic Media Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Development and management of public relations practice, department, or consultancy through study of planning and decision-making techniques; aspects of public relations practice that differ significantly from other enterprises; development of proposals and presentations; and management of financial and human resources.