Module WP2: Global Journalism aims to broaden and deepen knowledge and understanding of journalism and globalization by using a global approach to journalism. In a global world, issues cross national boundaries. Thus, “global journalism” as specific reporting style and concept seeks to provide a global perspective through analyzing and reflecting on globally relevant issues and how they affect different parts of the world differently. The compulsory elective module will focus on theoretical discussions on “global journalism”, and it is research-based and focuses on selected, globally relevant issues in the news:
(1) Students will review the concept of “global journalism” critically and discuss its implications as well as strengths and weaknesses using practical examples of selected issues (e.g., climate change and migration).
(2) Students will form teams to develop and conduct their own independent research project addressing research questions dealing with global journalism in the broader context.
- المعلم: Thomas Hanitzsch-Markiewitz
Module P7
In this module, we will explore how journalism is practiced and what shapes and forms it can take around the globe. We will cover introductory works on comparative journalism research with a focus on models of media systems, from Four Theories of the Press, to Comparing Media Systems, and, finally, current developments in De-Westernization and Critiques & Extensions of those models. This first part of the module will culminate in student country reports and presentations on select media systems.
After that, in part 2, we will move on to more focused approaches, such as the Hierarchy of Influences framework, Boundary Work in journalism, and socio-technical perspectives to understand intersections between journalism and technology. At the end of the semester, both parts will culminate in a final term paper.
- المعلم: Florian Stalph
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- المعلم: Alexis von Mirbach
French economist Thomas Piketty has shown that economic inequality has increased dramatically in the age of hyper-capitalism since the 1980s in all regions of the world analyzed, including the United States, Europe, Russia, India, and China. What is the role of journalism in the shift of wealth from the bottom to the top? We approach this question in two ways: 1) We compare on a global scale how the "hyper-meritocratic" ideology of neoliberalism varies across the world and how it is disseminated in selected media. 2) Based on audience data, we construct fields of journalism to analyze which media represent which class in terms of their economic and cultural interests. Putting one and two together, we will compare and measure media inequality. The result of this class will be the starting point for the project of a "World Media Inequality Report".
- المعلم: Alexis von Mirbach