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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
COM00481 - The Fourth Estate: News Journalism AND 144 credit points in any SCU units
Unit aim
Develops an understanding of contemporary online news journalism production models and transmedia publication platforms. The forms, styles and features of online reporting and publication in the contemporary digital news environment are critically analysed. Students develop practical skills through researching, planning and transmedia production of an online journalism website.
Unit content
- Global audiences
- Online news formats
- Transmedia narrative
- Text in online news
- Production Technology: audio, images and video
- Audience interaction in online news
- User generated content
- Media workers in an online world
- Publishing: Content Management Systems
- Social media and online news
- Editing online: Style and coding content
- Law and online communication
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | identify and critically analyse the different forms of online journalism | |||||||
| 2 | discuss the implications of the digital revolution for journalism and the media industries | |||||||
| 3 | plan, research, and contribute to the production of a news website | |||||||
| 4 | evaluate and manage different information sources on the internet | |||||||
| 5 | demonstrate an understanding of the various roles involved in online news production, working effectively and professionally as part of a production team. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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identify and critically analyse the different forms of online journalism
- GA1:
- GA2:
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discuss the implications of the digital revolution for journalism and the media industries
- GA1:
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plan, research, and contribute to the production of a news website
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA6:
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evaluate and manage different information sources on the internet
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA6:
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demonstrate an understanding of the various roles involved in online news production, working effectively and professionally as part of a production team.
- GA1:
- GA6: