Rhedir gan School of Languages, Literatures, Linguistics and Media

20 Credyd neu 10 Credyd ECTS

Semester 2

Trefnydd: Prof Vian Bakir

This module will enable students to appreciate the fast developing world of digital journalism, together with its social, political and economic drivers and impacts. It will map the digital terrain, exploring the impact on journalism of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and convergence. Students will examine new ways of doing journalism, and will evaluate the impact of digital journalism on political manipulation and social resistance. Throughout, issues of trust, authenticity and immediacy - all issues that are intensified in the digital environment - will be explored.

The module will map the digital terrain exploring the hopes and fears surrounding Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 technologies; and technological and cultural convergence of old and new media. New ways of doing journalism will examine the phenomenon of citizen journalism, the financing of online journalism when audiences no longer want to pay, and new methods of sourcing information (such as Wikileaks and Twitter). The impact of digital journalism on political manipulation and social resistance will be explored, through examining cultural practices such as sousveillance ('watching from below'). Throughout, issues of trust, authenticity and immediacy - all issues that are intensified in the digital environment - will be explored.

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D: • Knowledge of key areas/principles only • Weaknesses in understanding of main areas • Limited evidence of background study • Answer only poorly focussed on question and with some irrelevant material and poor structure • Arguments presented but lack coherence • Several factual/computational errors • No original interpretation • Only major links between topics are described • Limited problem solving • Many weaknesses in presentation and accuracy

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C: Good • Knowledge of key areas/principles • Understands main areas • Limited evidence of background study • Answer focussed on question but also with some irrelevant material and weaknesses in structure • Arguments presented but lack coherence • Has several factual/computational errors • No original interpretation • Only major links between topics are described • Limited problem solving • Some weaknesses in presentation and accuracy B: Very Good • Strong knowledge • Understands most but not all • Evidence of background study • Focussed answer with good structure • Arguments presented coherently • Mostly free of factual and computational errors • Some limited original interpretation • Well known links between topics are described • Problems addressed by existing methods/approaches • Good presentation with accurate communication

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A: • Comprehensive knowledge • Detailed understanding • Extensive background study • Highly focussed answer and well structured • Logically presented and defended arguments • No factual/computational errors • Original interpretation • New links between topics are developed • New approach to a problem • Excellent presentation with very accurate communication

1. Develop a clear understanding of what Digital Journalism is.

2. Reflecting on knowledge gleaned from the degree programme so far, analyse and appreciate how digital journalism is impacting on traditional journalism.

3. Analyse and examine digital tools such as Wikileaks and blogs in terms of their reliability, authenticity and trustworthiness as news providers.

4. Examine how traditional media are adapting new methods of news gathering and dissemination available in the digital age.

5. Examine how digital journalism impacts processes of political manipulation and resistance.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
TRAETHAWD	essay	See Module Guide for full essay title and guidance. (The essay will ask you to evaluate the impact of digital journalism on traditional journalism.)	70
CYFLWYNIAD GRWP	Leading the Seminar	This will take place across the semester in specified seminar slots. In small groups you will co-lead a seminar and discuss a set of pre-arranged seminar questions, detailed in the Module Guide. Working in groups, you will receive a group mark. The time length of the seminar is not an indication of how long you should "present", but rather the period of the seminar. The aim is to employ engaging activities so that the entire seminar group debates, explores, creates and develops insight into the issues of the week. The livelier and more engaging the better! Ensure that you are prepared, read around the topic, find good examples to explain ideas simply.	30

		Oriau
Lecture	Lecture, 1 hour per week x 11	11
Seminar	Seminar, 1 hour per week x 11	11
Private study	Read up on the essential readings and some of the extra reading in the Module Guide. Do this on a weekly basis throughout the semester.	178

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
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• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.
• Arweinyddiaeth - Gallu arwain a rheoli, datblygu cynlluniau gweithredu ac amcanion, cynnig arweiniad a chyfarwyddyd i eraill, ac ymdopi â'r pwysau sy'n gysylltiedig ag awdurdod o'r fath

• Extract and synthesise key information from written and/or spoken sources in English / Welsh and/or the target language. (Benchmark statement 5.14)
• The ability to organise and present ideas within the framework of a structured and reasoned argument in written and/or oral assignments and class discussions. (Benchmark statement 5.14)
• Critical skills in the close reading, description, reasoning and analysis of primary and secondary sources in the target language and/or English or Welsh (incl. filmic, literary and other sources). (Benchmark statement 5.13, 5.14, 5.15)
• Competence in the planning and execution of essays, presentations and other written and project work; bibliographic skills, including the accurate citation of sources and consistent use of conventions and appropriate style in the presentation of scholarly work. (Benchmark statement 5.10, 5.14, 5.15)
• The ability to gather information, analyse, interpret and discuss different viewpoints and to place these in a wider socio-cultural and/or geo-historical and political and/or socio-linguistic context and to revise and re-evaluate judgements in light of those of the course leader, certain individuals or groups studied and/or fellow students. (Benchmark statement 5.13, 5.15 and 5.16)
• The ability to write and think under pressure and meet deadlines. (Benchmark statement 5.15)
• The ability to write effective notes and access and manage course materials including electronic resources / information provided on online learning platforms and library resources. (Benchmark statement 5.15, 5.16)
• The ability to work creatively and flexibly both independently and/or as part of a team. (Benchmark statement 5.15).
• The ability and willingness to engage with and appreciate other cultures and to articulate to others (in written and verbal form) the contribution that the culture has made at a regional and global level. (Benchmark statement 5.7)
• The ability to comprehend, critically engage with and apply relevant theoretical concepts to materials being studied. (Benchmark statement 5.10)
• The ability to engage in analytical, evaluative and original thinking. (Benchmark statement 5.14)
• The ability to organise and present ideas and arguments in presentations, classroom discussions and debates. (Benchmark statement 5.14, 5.16)

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/uxs-2100.html

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There is no single key textbook to cover the module’s reading, as the topics embraced are diverse. Key book chapters and journal articles that comprise the minimum essential reading for each week can be found via Blackboard. Below are some useful academic journals, which you should browse regularly.
- Digital Journalism
- Political Communication - Journalism Practice
-Journalism Studies -Journalism -Columbia Journalism Review -European Journal of Communication
-Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media -International Journal of Press and Politics
-British Journalism Review - Journal of Transnational Broadcasting Studies http://www.tbsjournal.com/ - Media, Culture and Society - American Journalism Review http://www.ajr.org - Convergence: the international journal of research into new media technologies - Global Media Journal-Mediterranean Edition http://globalmedia.emu.edu.tr/ - Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication http://jcmc.indiana.edu/

You may also want to browse the following web-sites as they contain discussions of contemporary digital journalism issues.

Pew Research Centre’s Project for Excellence in Journalism http://journalism.org/

Pew Internet and American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/

NMIT Working Papers: Working Papers on New Media and Information Technology in the Middle East http://nmit.wordpress.com/

The Online Journalism Review http://www.ojr.org/ojr/technology/1057780670.php

Wired http://www.wired.co.uk/

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• R1P5: BA French with Journalism year 2 (BA/FRJO)
• R2P5: BA German with Journalism year 2 (BA/GJO)
• V1P5: BA History with Journalism year 2 (BA/HJ)
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• PP53: BA Journalism and Media Studies year 2 (BA/JMS)
• PP5B: BA Journalism & Media Studies (4yr with Incorp Foundation) year 2 (BA/JMS1)
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