1. General information
Course:
JOURNALISM THEORY
Code:
16304
Type:
BASIC
ECTS credits:
6
Degree:
377 - UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMME IN JOURNALISM
Academic year:
2021-22
Center:
12 - FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Group(s):
30
31
Year:
1
Duration:
First semester
Main language:
Spanish
Second language:
English
Use of additional languages:
English Friendly:
Y
Web site:
Bilingual:
N
Lecturer:
JOSE MARIA HERRANZ DE LA CASA
- Group(s):
31
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
Facultad de Comunicación / 2.04
DPTO. EN CONSTITUCIÓN
4776
josemaria.herranz@uclm.es
Lecturer:
VANESA SAIZ ECHEZARRETA
- Group(s):
30
Building/Office
Department
Phone number
Email
Office hours
2.09
DPTO. EN CONSTITUCIÓN
vanesa.saiz@uclm.es
2. Pre-Requisites
Not established
3. Justification in the curriculum, relation to other subjects and to the profession
This subject, Theory of Journalism, is carried out in the first semester of the 1st year of the degree and belongs to the field of Theory of Communication and Journalistic Information. The main objective of this subject is that the students become familiar with the journalistic activity and the informative speech in general terms. This course provides students with a series of basic conceptual tools from which to address the understanding and assimilation of contemporary information processes and theoretical reflections on journalism.
According to the White Paper of the Degree in Communication (2004: 192), in the section on Journalism Studies, a subject such as Theory of Journalism contributes to the knowledge of the informative processes, as well as the main currents and theories approached from a conceptual, methodological and investigative point of view.
The subject to which this subject belongs includes four other subjects: Media Literacy, Communication Theory; Political Communication (2nd year) and Basic and applied research in communication (3rd year).
Journalism Theory tackles with issues such as the scientific perspective on journalism, the notion of news, production and journalistic routines, as well as aspects related to the social function of the journalistic profession, among others.
4. Degree competences achieved in this course
| Course competences | |
|---|---|
| Code | Description |
| E04 | Capacity to read and analyse specialised texts and documents on any relevant topic, and to summarise or adapt them using language or vocabulary understandable to the general public. |
| E05 | Basic capacity to understand informative or communicative production, either written or audiovisual, in standard English. |
| E15 | Knowledge of the new trends and behaviours related to consumption of information and entertainment content, as well as of the incidence of NICT on audience behaviour. |
| E17 | Knowledge of current sciences, capacity to analyse their informative and communicative processing and ability to convey such knowledge and progress to a vast non-specialised public in an understandable and efficient manner. |
| G01 | B1 level of a second foreign language, as per the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages |
| G05 | Gain knowledge and understanding of Journalism by acquiring rational and critical knowledge of world current affairs in order to understand social phenomena that occur in society today. |
| G09 | Develop the abilities required for Journalism and Communications in general, in order to pursue further postgraduate and professional retraining studies. |
| G11 | Gain insight into the most relevant concepts, categories, theories and topics of the different subfields of Information & Communications research. |
5. Objectives or Learning Outcomes
| Course learning outcomes | |
|---|---|
| Not established. | |
| Additional outcomes | |
| Description | |
| This course trains students to address the understanding and assimilation of contemporary information processes and theoretical reflections on journalism, as well as the notion of news, production and journalistic routines, and aspects related to the social function of the journalistic profession. | |
6. Units / Contents
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Unit 1: Information, mediation and social organization of knowledge
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Unit 1.1: Information as a cultural code, a practice and an institution
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Unit 1.2: Historical and cultural conditions in the exercise of journalism
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Unit 2: Communicative Processes and sociocultural information context
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Unit 2.1: The social construction of reality: systems of sense-making, representations, social discourses and social use of media
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Unit 2.2: Mediatization, collective representations and power relations
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Unit 2.3: Intercultural communication, identities and collective action
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Unit 2.4: Mass culture: genesis of journalistic information
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Unit 3: Journalism and information production
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Unit 3.1: The transformation of information in the digital and virtual era
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Unit 3.2: Professional routines and Newsmaking: conditioning factors and paradigm shifts
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Unit 3.3: Newsworthiness criteria, information hierarchy and journalistic genres
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Unit 3.4: Production of the journalistic event, pseudo-events and fake news
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Unit 3.5: Ethical perspective and values: objectivity, impartiality and journalistic credibility
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Unit 4: Journalism, mediati and democracy
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Unit 4.1: Public space, public opinion and audience
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Unit 4.2: An approach to the theoretical and analytical perspectives about the construction of public opinion
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Unit 4.3: Journalism and controversiy in the public space
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7. Activities, Units/Modules and Methodology
| Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
| Class Attendance (theory) [ON-SITE] | Lectures | E15 E17 G05 G09 G11 | 1 | 25 | N | N | ||
| Workshops or seminars [ON-SITE] | Debates | E15 E17 G05 G11 | 0.8 | 20 | Y | Y | ||
| Group tutoring sessions [ON-SITE] | Group tutoring sessions | E17 G09 | 0.16 | 4 | N | N | ||
| Project or Topic Presentations [ON-SITE] | Guided or supervised work | E04 E15 E17 G05 G09 | 0.2 | 5 | Y | Y | ||
| Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | E17 G09 G11 | 0.24 | 6 | Y | Y | ||
| Study and Exam Preparation [OFF-SITE] | Self-study | E04 E05 E15 G01 G05 G09 G11 | 1.2 | 30 | N | N | ||
| Analysis of articles and reviews [OFF-SITE] | Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles | E04 E05 E15 G01 G09 G11 | 2 | 50 | N | N | ||
| On-line debates and forums [OFF-SITE] | Online Forums | E05 E17 G09 | 0.4 | 10 | N | N | ||
| Total: | 6 | 150 | ||||||
| Total credits of in-class work: 2.4 | Total class time hours: 60 | |||||||
| Total credits of out of class work: 3.6 | Total hours of out of class work: 90 | |||||||
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
8. Evaluation criteria and Grading System
| Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
| Theoretical papers assessment | 50.00% | 15.00% | As stipulated |
| Final test | 50.00% | 0.00% | As stipulated |
| Theoretical exam | 0.00% | 45.00% | |
| Assessment of problem solving and/or case studies | 0.00% | 40.00% | |
| Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
According to art. 4 of the UCLM Student Evaluation Regulations, it must be provided to students who cannot regularly attend face-to-face training activities the passing of the subject, having the right (art. 12.2) to be globally graded, in 2 annual calls per subject , an ordinary and an extraordinary one (evaluating 100% of the competences).
Evaluation criteria for the final exam:
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Continuous assessment:TThis subject will apply the evaluation criteria agreed in the Evaluation Regulation of the UCLM, as well as the specific evaluation rules approved by the Faculty Board of the center.
In the event that the final exam does not reach 4 -since it cannot be averaged with the rest of the grades of the course-, even if the final calculation exceeds 5, the grade of the minutes will be a 4.5.
Any student may change to the non-continuous evaluation modality as long as he/she has not participated during the period of classes in evaluable activities that represent at least 50% of the total evaluation of the subject. If a student has reached that 50% of evaluable activities or if, in any case, the class period has ended, he/she will be considered in continuous evaluation without the possibility of changing the evaluation mode.
This planning may be adapted and undergo slight modifications in case any extraordinary measure related to the COVID-19 health pandemic is undertaken. However, even in an unforeseen scenario, we will try to maintain the evaluation percentages with the maximum fidelity to what is indicated in this guide.
This subject will apply the evaluation criteria agreed upon in the UCLM Evaluation Regulations, as well as the specific evaluation rules approved by the Faculty Board of the center. -
Non-continuous evaluation:In the event that the final exam does not reach 4 -since it cannot be averaged with the rest of the grades of the course-, even if the final calculation exceeds 5, the grade of the minutes will be a 4.5.
The non-continuous evaluation will be through a final test where there will be a part of theoretical aspects (45%) and finally a practical part (40%). In addition, the student will have to present one week before the final exam all the obligatory works, which will have a value of 15% of the final grade.
Specifications for the resit/retake exam:
The grade of the practical work, carried out in the classroom, if it exceeds 4, will be averaged with the grade of the final exam taken in the extraordinary exam. Likewise, if the final exam is passed with a 5 in the ordinary exam, in the extraordinary exam only the practical work will have to be recovered by means of an exercise that will be carried out on the day of the official exam. In the case that the final exam does not reach 4, given that it will not be possible to average it with the rest of the grades of the course, even if the final calculation exceeds 5, the grade of the minutes will be a 4.5.
This subject will apply the evaluation criteria agreed upon in the UCLM Evaluation Regulations, as well as the specific evaluation rules approved by the Faculty Board of the center.
This subject will apply the evaluation criteria agreed upon in the UCLM Evaluation Regulations, as well as the specific evaluation rules approved by the Faculty Board of the center.
Specifications for the second resit / retake exam:
Evaluation criteria not defined
9. Assignments, course calendar and important dates
| Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
|---|---|
| Hours | hours |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | 2 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 4 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 4 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 10 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2 |
| On-line debates and forums [AUTÓNOMA][Online Forums] | 4 |
| Unit 1 (de 4): Information, mediation and social organization of knowledge | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 8 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 6 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 5 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 13 |
| On-line debates and forums [AUTÓNOMA][Online Forums] | 2 |
| Unit 2 (de 4): Communicative Processes and sociocultural information context | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 8 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 6 |
| Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 1 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 5 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 13 |
| On-line debates and forums [AUTÓNOMA][Online Forums] | 2 |
| Unit 3 (de 4): Journalism and information production | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 7 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 6 |
| Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 5 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 14 |
| On-line debates and forums [AUTÓNOMA][Online Forums] | 2 |
| Unit 4 (de 4): Journalism, mediati and democracy | |
|---|---|
| Activities | Hours |
| Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 2 |
| Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 2 |
| Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | 2 |
| Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 5 |
| Analysis of articles and reviews [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 8 |
| Global activity | |
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| Activities | hours |
10. Bibliography and Sources
| Author(s) | Title | Book/Journal | Citv | Publishing house | ISBN | Year | Description | Link | Catálogo biblioteca |
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| Abril, Gonzalo | Teoría general de la información : datos, relatos y ritos | Libro | Madrid | Cátedra | 84-376-1495-3 | 1997 |
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| Alandete, David | Fake News: la nueva arma de destrucción masiva | Deusto | 978-84-234-3019-2 | 2019 |
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| Alandete, David | Fake news: la nueva arma de destrucción masiva | Barcelona | Planeta | 2019 | |||||
| Amado, A. y Omar, R. | La comunicación en mutación | Bogotá | Friedrich Ebert Stiftung FES COMUNICACIÓN | 2015 | |||||
| Amado, Adriana | La prensa de la prensa. Periodismo y relaciones públicas en la información | Buenos Aires | Biblos | 2016 | |||||
| Amorós García, Marc | Fake news: la verdad de las noticias falsas | Plataforma Editorial | 978-84-17114-72-5 | 2018 |
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| Armada, Alfonso (1958-) | Por carreteras secundarias | Malpaso | 978-84-17081-49-2 | 2018 |
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| Armada, Alfonso (1958-) | El rumor de la frontera: viaje por el borde entre Estados Unidos | Península | 978-84-9942-520-7 | 2016 |
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| Armada, Alfonso (1958-) | Cuadernos africanos | Península | 978-84-9942-803-1 | 2019 |
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| Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid | Informe Anual de la Profesión Periodística 2018 | 2019 | |||||||
| Bartlett | The People Vs Tech How the internet is killing democracy (and how we save it) | libro | London | Ebury Press | 2018 | ||||
| Bastenier, Miguel Ángel | El Blanco móvil: curso de periodismo: con la experiencia de la Escuela de El País | El País | 84-03-09242-3 | 2001 |
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| Benjamin, Walter (1892-1940) | El narrador | Ediciones Metales Pesados | 978-956-8415-20-4 | 2008 |
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| Boczkowski, P | Digitalizar las noticias. Innovación en los diarios online | Buenos Aires | Manantial | 2006 | |||||
| Boczkowski,P | The Choice Gap: The Divergent Online News Preferences of Journalists and Consumers | 2011 | http://jonathanstray.com/papers/divergent%20online%20news%20preferences%20of%20journalists%20and%20readers.pdf | ||||||
| Bradlee, Benjamin C. | La vida de un periodista | El País | 84-03-59014-6 | 2000 |
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| Briggs, Asa | De Gutenberg a internet : una historia social de los medios | Santillana | 84-306-0479-0 | 2002 |
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| Burgos, Carmen de (1867-1932) | Carmen de Burgos, Colombine, periodista universal | Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Cultura, | 978-84-9959-313-5 ( | 2018 |
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| Burguet Ardiaga, Francesc | Las trampas de los periodistas | Libro | Tripodos | 2008 | |||||
| Camba, Julio (1882-1962) | Maneras de ser periodista | Libros del K.O. | 978-84-941245-9-4 | 2013 |
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| Castells, Manuel y Díaz, María Hernández | Comunicación y Poder | Libro | Madrid | Alianza Ensayo | 788420684994 | 2009 | |||
| Clauso, Raúl | Cómo se construyen las noticias. Los secretos de las técnicas periodísticas | Argentina | La Crujía | 2007 | |||||
| Durandin, Guy | La información, la desinformación y la realidad | Barcelona | Paidós | 1993 | |||||
| Echevarría Llombart, Begoña | El reportaje periodístico: una radiografía de la realidad | Comunicación social | 978-84-92860-56-2 | 2011 |
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| Errea, Javier (1966-) | El diario o la vida: una defensa a tiros de los periódicos | Libros del Cuerno | 978-84-608-4011-4 | 2015 |
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| Evgeny Morozov | The net delusion. The Dark Side of Internet Freedom | libro | New York | Public Affairs | 2012 | ||||
| Fenton, N | New Media Old News | Londres | Sage | 2010 | |||||
| García Avilés, José Alberto (1965-) | Comunicar en la sociedad red: teorías, modelos y prácticas | UOC | 978-84-9064-605-2 | 2015 |
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| Gillmor, D | We the Media. Grassroots Journalism by the People for the People | O'Reilly Media | 2008 | http://books.google.es/books?id=5DMSVPEv86gC&printsec=frontcover&hl=es&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | |||||
| Gomis, Lorenzo | Teoria del Periodismo | Libro | Madrid | Paidos | 9788475096551 | 1991 | |||
| González, Enric (ed.) | Cada mesa, un Vietnam. Sobre el oficio del periodismo | Jot Down Books | 2017 | ||||||
| Graham, Katharine | Una historia personal: sobre cómo alcancé la cima del perio | Libros del K.O. | 978-84-16001-56-9 | 2018 |
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| Jarvis, Jeff | El fin de los medios de comunicación de masas | Barcelona | Gestión 2000 | 2015 | |||||
| Jenkins, H | Transmedia Storytelling | 2003 | |||||||
| Jenkins, Henry (1958-) | Convergence culture : la cultura de la convergencia de los m | Paidós | 978-84-493-2153-5 | 2008 |
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| Jímenez García, David (1971-) | El director: secretos e intrigas de la prensa narrados por | Libros del K.O. | 978-84-17678-08-1 | 2019 |
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| Klemperer, Víctor (1881-1960) | LTI : [la lengua del Tercer Reich] : apuntes de un filólogo | Minúscula | 978-84-95587-07-7 | 2007 |
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| Kovach, Bill y Rosenstiel, Tom | Los elementos del periodismo | Aguilar | 2012 | ||||||
| Lakoff, George | No pienses en un elefante : lenguaje y debate político | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 978-84-7491-813-7 | 2007 |
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| Lippmann, Walter | La opinión pública | Madrid | Cuadernos de Langre | 2003 | |||||
| Lobo, Ramón (1955-) | El día que murió Kapuscinski | Círculo de Tiza | 978-84-949131-4-3 | 2019 |
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| Lopez Hidalgo, A. y Mellado Ruiz, C | Periodistas atrapados en la Red: rutinas de trabajo y situación laboral | 2006 | http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ESMP/article/view/13145 | ||||||
| Lorusso, AM y Violi, P | Semiotica del testo giornalistico | Bari | Laterza | 2004 | |||||
| López, Manuel | Cómo se fabrican las noticias | Barcelona | Paidós | 2007 | |||||
| Magallón Rosa, Raúl | Unfaking news: cómo combatir la desinformación | Pirámide | 978-84-368-4105-3 | 2019 |
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| Mancini, Pablo | Hackear el periodismo: manual de laboratorio | La Crujia Ediciones | 978-987-601-134-1 | 2011 |
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| Manovich, Lev | El lenguaje de los nuevos medios de comunicación : la imagen | Paidós | 84-493-1769-X | 2005 |
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| Martini, S | Periodismo, noticia y noticiabilidad | Bogota | Norma | 2000 | http://books.google.es/books?id=dSITRGdycwsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=es&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false | ||||
| Martín-Barbero, Jesús | De los medios a las mediaciones : comunicación, cultura y he | Arthropos | 978-84-7658-950-2 | 2010 |
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| Martínez Vallvey, Fernando | Teoría del Periodismo | Libro | Madrid | Udima | 978-84-454-1770-6 | 2010 | |||
| Millás, Juan José (1946-) | Vidas al límite | Seix Barral | 978-84-322-1049-5 | 2012 |
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| Nafría, Ismael | La reinvención de The New York Times | 2017 | www.ismaelnafria.com/nytimes/suscripcion-newsletter-y-descarga-libro/ | ||||||
| Noelle-Neumann, Elisabeth, (1916- -) | La espiral del silencio : opinión pública, nuestra piel soci | Paidós | 84-493-0025-8 | 2003 |
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| Noguera, José Manuel | Redes y periodismo: cuando las noticias se socializan | UOC | 2012 | ||||||
| Ortega, Félix (Coord.) | Periodismo sin información | Madrid | Tecnos | 2006 | |||||
| Paso, Ana del | Reporteras españolas, testigos de guerra: de las pioneras a las actuales | Debate | 978-84-9992-830-2 | 2018 |
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| Peñamarin, C | ¿¿Hay vida política en el espacio público mediatizado? | Madrid | Complutense | 2008 | |||||
| Phillips, Angela | Journalism in Contex. Practice and Theory for the Digital Age | London and New York | Routledge | 2015 | |||||
| Pulitzer, Joseph (1847-1911) | Sobre el periodismo | GalloNero | 978-84-937932-8-9 | 2011 |
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| Pérez Colomé, Jordi | Cómo escribir claro | UOC | 2013 | ||||||
| Redondo, Myriam | Verificación digital para periodistas: manual contra bulos y desinformación internacional | UOC | 2018 | ||||||
| Reig, Ramón | Los dueños del periodismo | Barcelona | Gedisa | 2011 | |||||
| Scolari, Carlos | Narrativas Transmedia. Cuando los medios cuentan. | Libro | Madrid | Deusto | 10: 8423413365 | 2013 | |||
| Scolari, Carlos Alberto | Hacer clic: Hacia una sociosemiótica de las integraciones digitales | Madrid | Gedisa | 9788497844475 | 2004 | ||||
| Scolari, Carlos Alberto | Hipermediaciones. Elementos para una teoría de la comunicación digital | Madrid | Gedisa | 9788497842730 | 2008 | ||||
| Serraller Calvo, Amelia | Cenizas y fuego: crónicas de Ryszard Kapuscinski | Amargord | 978-84-949645-6-5 | 2018 |
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| Solar, María (1970-) | ¿Quieres ser periodista?: todo lo que tienes que saber... | Siruela | 978-84-17151-33-1 | 2017 |
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| Steen Steensen, Laura Ahva | Theories of journalism in a digital age | Routledge | 978-0-367-02945-6 | 2018 |
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| Steensen, Steen and Ahva, Laura | Theories of Journalism in a Digital Age | UK and NY | Routledge | 2017 | |||||
| Sánchez Aranda, José Javier | Pulitzer: luces y sombras en la vida de un periodista genial | Eunsa | 84-313-2034-6 (pág. | 2002 |
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| Sánchez, Manuel | Las noticias están en los bares: veintidós años en El Mundo | Libros.com | 978-84-16176-76-2 | 2015 |
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| Tagliagambe, Silvano (1945-) | El espacio intermedio: red, individuo y comunidad | Fragua | 978-84-7074-330-6 | 2009 |
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| Teodoro León Gross | El periodismo débil | Almuzara | 2005 | ||||||
| Thompson, John B. | Los media y la modernidad : una teoría de los medios de comu | Paidós | 978-84-493-0578-8 | 2010 |
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| Thomson, John | Los medios y la modernidad: Una teoría de los medios de comunicación | Libro | Paidós | 2008 | |||||
| Tuchman, G | La objetividad como ritual estratégico: un análisis de las nociones de objetividad de los periodistas | Madrid | Complutense | 1996 | |||||
| Vara Miguel, Alfonso; Negredo, Samuel; Amoedo, Avelino y Moreno, Elsa | Digital News Report España 2019 | Universidad de Navarra | 2019 | http://www.digitalnewsreport.es/los-usuarios-espanoles-se-previenen-de-la-desinformacion-y-demandan-a-los-medios-mayor-profundidad-y-vigilancia/ | |||||
| Wolf, Mauro | La investigación de la comunicación de masas | Paidós | 84-7509-437-6 | 1996 |
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| Woodward, Bob | Miedo: Trump en la Casa Blanca | Roca | 978-84-17541-41-5 | 2018 |
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