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Lehrende: Prof. Dr. Wiebke Loosen
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
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Credits:
5,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
5 | 16
Kommentare/ Inhalte:
If I could choose, I would prefer not to publish a comment for this course before the beginning of the semester. Then I could ask you completely openly what you imagine under "X Journalism" and expect from a seminar that wants to deal with it. Of course, I will do this anyway, because part of the course will be to further develop the idea of X Journalism and to bring it to life through small projects and case studies.
The idea of X Journalism owes its existence to a simple observation: the emergence of ever new journalistic terms such as algorithmic and computational journalism, but also robot journalism, foundation-funded journalism, solutions journalism, participatory journalism, or cross-border journalism - just to name a few. There are of course also X Journalism terms from the pre-digital era that have signified, for example, the increasing differentiation of journalism practice into print, radio and television journalism, and later the de-differentiation into cross-media journalism. Professional journalism has thus constantly been giving itself new names - just like its scientific observers. There is thus an incredible abundance of such journalism terms originating from both domains.
Together with colleagues, I have collected about 160 English X Journalism terms so far - and this list should continue to grow and could also be extended to other languages. In the seminar, we will use this list to develop research questions and empirical case studies working with these terms, both together and in working groups. The aim is to explore the transformation, the diverse manifestations, and understandings of journalism through the names we give it.
Lernziel:
- An understanding of current developments concerning journalism and how to explore, theorize, and investigate these developments.
- A capacity to engage critically and analytically with different theoretical and methodological approaches to journalism research.
- A capacity to structure existing research in order to formulate relevant research questions based on an understanding of current developments concerning journalism.
- A capacity to identify research questions and transform these into a methodologically appropriate study design as well as implement such a design and academically communicate (preliminary) research findings.
Vorgehen:
The phenomena under study as well as research in this field(s) are evolving very quickly. This is why I aim for an open, explorative, and creative approach to the topics under discussion and to phenomena, you decide to study within the framework of X Journalism. I understand our class also as a space for collaborative learning and developing out-of-the-box research ideas and questions. In a working group, and accompanied by readings, class discussions, and presentations by me as your lecturer, you have the opportunity to develop and carry out your own small research project and thus gain new scientific knowledge through research.
This course is developed around a current research project and thus offers a unique learning context. In the course of the semester, I will give insights into the status of this project repeatedly.
You are asked to develop your own small research project related to the overall framework of this course. In a first step, this means to develop questions for a own small case study with first ideas on the research design (paper 1, not graded). This paper will undergo peer-review and review by me as your lecturer. On the basis of this reviews, the working groups will further develop the research question and an adequate research design (paper 2) and implement it in order to arrive at first results which will be presented at the end of the course.
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
Non-graded assignments
- Reading response to one text
- Project outline - first draft (about 3-5 p., not graded)
- Individual peer review of a first draft for another project group (not graded, max. 2 p.)
- Critical, i.e. problem-oriented presentation of the project’s status quo at the end of semester
Graded assignments
- Presentation and handout (20% of the overall grade)
- Project outline - extended version (20%) (due date around December)
- Project proposal – final version (60%) (due date: 20 January 2020)
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