UCJNU043 Language in the Media - the Newspaper

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
With increasing competition of electronic media, newspapers have changed significantly world-wide. The changes mainly concern the presentation of information. The course aims to enable students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various stages in the development of the presentation of information. Great attention is paid to the relationship between image and text.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of form and content
    2. Newspaper market in Germany and Austria
    3. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
    4. Tabloids
    5. Newspaper genres
    6. Design of text
    7. Text structure
    8. Images and photographs
    9. Text and image
    10. Infographics
    11. Motivation to read
    12. Online journalism
    Literatur:
    Blum, Joachim / Bucher, Hans-Jürgen: Die Zeitung: Ein Multimedium. Textdesign - ein Gestaltungskonzept für Text, Bild und Grafik. UVK Medien 1998.
    Hüffel, Clemens: Die Medienlandschaft in Deutschland und Österreich: Zahlen - Daten - Fakten. Wien 2001.
    Knieper, Thomas: Infografiken: Das visuelle Informationspotential der Tageszeitung. Medien Skripten, Bd. 23. München 1995.
    Meier, Klaus (Hrsg.): Internet-Journalismus. 3.Aufl. Konstanz 2002.
    Straßner, Erich: Zeitung. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1999.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
- 80% active participation
- short contribution to the lecture topic
- sitting an oral exam
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
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