Introduction to News Media

Catalog description

This course explores the fundamentals of journalism and how It operates in diverse news media: print (newspapersand magazines), broadcast (radio and television) and the Internet (news websites, news biogs, online magazines, etc.). It tackles the issues of journalistic independence, objectivity, commitment to truth, press ethics, and globalization. Furthermore, the course examines the nature of news media today and their future in a technologically turbulent time.