Course: Political Journalism

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Course title Political Journalism
Course code KZU/PLZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Bartošek Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Concept of politics, journalists and politicians 2. Types of political news and current affairs 3. The structure and language of news, commentaries and interviews on the political issue 4. Content analysis of the current (particularly the election), political reporting and journalism in MF Dnes, LN, HN and Právo 5. Television discussions on political issues 6. - 12. Making, presentation and evaluation of their communication on a selected topic related to local or regional policy and its makers

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The course is designed for students who are interested in news and current affairs in the sphere of practical governmental, parliamentary and party politics. The methodological part deals: - A simple concept of practical politics and typical genres of political news and current affairs, particularly interview; - Evaluation of nationwide newspapers, magazines and TV besedách and political debates.
Students will acquire skills of the course according to sylabus.
Prerequisites
Interesting in news and current affairs in the sphere of practical governmental, parliamentary and party politics. Writing own text.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Conditions for granting credit: - At least 75% participation in lessons; - Presentation and defending own spoken or written communication to selected topics from current local or regional policy (for each hour of the practical, ie 6 to 12, a one); - Presentation on a topic related to political journalism, or recommended by other literature, are appropriate sources from the Internet. For performance, the expected period of 5 to 8 minutes in the rhetoric style (part reading, part spontaneously reproduced the text, cultured non-verbal behavior). Colloquium: debate by defense communication are developed and verify the theoretical knowledge acquired under the thematic headings course.
Recommended literature
  • ANONYMUS. Barvy moci. Praha : Prostor, 1996.
  • Bartošek, J. Jazyk současné české politiky, Olomouc 1993.
  • Bartošek, J.. Zpravodajství a publicistika, FF UP, Olomouc 2001..
  • ČMEJRKOVÁ, S., HOFFMANNOVÁ, J. Jazyk, média, politika. Praha : Academia, 2003.
  • KELLER, J. Politika s ručením omezeným. Praha : Evropský literární klub, 2001.
  • OSVALDOVÁ, B. A KOL. Zpravodajství v médiích. Praha : Karolinum, 2001.
  • Schulz, W. a kol. (2004). Analýza obsahu mediálního sdělení.. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Vybíral, Z. (2003). Lži, polopravdy a pravda v lidské komunikaci. Praha: Portál.


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