Mobile and Social Media Journalism.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 lecture and 2 laboratory hours. 3 credits. Prerequisites: MASC 303 , 363 and 367 , each with minimum grade of C. Capstone course for print-online journalism students. Integrates journalism skills and concepts from previous writing and reporting classes and adapts them to mobile and social media. Students work in a newsroom environment to utilize mobile devices and social media platforms to identify compelling story ideas, effectively break news and report on important news events and issues while applying theories and concepts of online social networking to journalism. Students develop their own professional social media portfolios and build online communities. This course may not be taken simultaneously with MASC 403 , MASC 404 or MASC 475 without permission from the instructor.