Introducing Journalism and Media Studies - Graham Greer

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• About this Publication:

  In this resource for learners an attempt is made to bridge the gap between media studies and journalism. Journalists and media workers should be critical thinkers, and for that reason the authors explain key media concepts and provide the key skills for good journalistic writing.

  Contents Include:

  • Preface
  • Critical thinking for journalists
  • The virtue of journalism
  • Media literacy
  • Media ideology
  • Media representation
  • Narrative
  • Genre
  • Media audiences
  • Ethics and the code of conduct
  • What is news?
  • Sources of news
  • Interviewing
  • News writing
  • Newspaper language
  • Feature writing
  • Editing – getting it right!
  • Development journalism
  • Investigative journalism
  • Online journalism
  • Index

   

  Key Benefits:

  • Approaches journalism and media studies from a practical perspective
  • Accessible to students of all language backgrounds
  • Provides a solid grounding in writing skills for the media
  • Makes complicated theories and practice easy to digest
  • Follows an outcomes-based approach
  • Tasks of various complexities are provided to assist the lecturer
  • Includes group work which enhances the sharing of ideas and collaborative learning