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.
Course competences | |
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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. |
Course learning outcomes | |
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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. |
This teaching guide is conceived as a working tool, a planning proposed by the teacher of the subject but which, once the work and dialogue in the classroom has begun, should function as a living, modifiable and flexible instrument.
To this end, in the development of the subject there will be room for negotiation of its execution, which will take into account the needs, feelings, projects and expectations shared by the group (teacher-students) during the teaching-learning process. Reformulations, additions, etc. that may occur will be established throughout the course and will be set down in writing in the shared space of the virtual campus.
Students who are unable to attend classes will be facilitated to follow the course through the virtual campus, raising doubts through the forum and requesting individual or group tutorials to reinforce the reading of those texts or topics that are more complicated or that have been incorporated as new material to the syllabus.
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 | 1.2 | 30 | N | N | ||
Workshops or seminars [ON-SITE] | Debates | E15 E17 G05 G11 | 0.56 | 14 | 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 | 0.24 | 6 | 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 | 2 | 50 | N | N | ||
On-line debates and forums [OFF-SITE] | Online Forums | E05 E17 G09 | 0.08 | 2 | N | N | ||
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Combination of methods | 1.52 | 38 | Y | 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).
Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
Theoretical exam | 25.00% | 35.00% | Test to be held in accordance with the official timetable. The acquisition of the theoretical contents of the material will be assessed. |
Final test | 25.00% | 35.00% | Practical test to be held on the dates of the official calendar which will assess the acquisition of competences, such as the capacity to understand, conceptual conceptual, analytical approach and dissemination of scientific content. |
Theoretical papers assessment | 40.00% | 0.00% | Preparation of assignments and exercises to be submitted through the virtual campus and graded. through the virtual campus and which will be graded. The breakdown of these assignments will be posted on the virtual campus. You will have to to achieve a 4 in order to take the final exam, otherwise, this practical part will have to be made up in the retake exam. |
Theoretical papers assessment | 0.00% | 30.00% | Students who take advantage of non-continuous assessment must carry out individual tutored theoretical work on one of the subjects of the one of the subjects of the course. The format will be published on the virtual campus. It must be agreed with the lecturer responsible for the subject and approach. |
Assessment of active participation | 10.00% | 0.00% | Participation in debates, topical quizzes, answering questions and completing exercises will be taken into questions and exercises that are proposed in class will be taken into account. |
Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
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Hours | hours |
Group tutoring sessions [PRESENCIAL][Group tutoring sessions] | 4 |
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 6 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 18 |
Unit 1 (de 4): Information, mediation and social organization of knowledge | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 6 |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 3 |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 1 |
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 10 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 5 |
Unit 2 (de 4): Communicative Processes and sociocultural information context | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 8 |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 3 |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 1 |
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 10 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 5 |
Unit 3 (de 4): Journalism and information production | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 8 |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 5 |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | 2 |
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 15 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 5 |
Unit 4 (de 4): Journalism, mediati and democracy | |
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Activities | Hours |
Class Attendance (theory) [PRESENCIAL][Lectures] | 8 |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Debates] | 3 |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Guided or supervised work] | 2 |
Study and Exam Preparation [AUTÓNOMA][Self-study] | 15 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Combination of methods] | 5 |
Global activity | |
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Activities | hours |
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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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 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
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 | |||||
Deuze, M. y Witschge, T. | Beyond journalism: Theorizing the transformation of journalism | Journalism | 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884916688550 | |||||
Djerf-Pierre, M., & Edström, M. (Eds.). | Comparing gender and media equality across the globe | Nordicom | -2020 | ||||||
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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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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García-Calahorra, Z.-M., & Peñamarín-Beristain, C | Las emociones de los públicos en los textos periodísticos durante la confrontación catalano-española | Revista Mediterránea | 2020 | https://doi.org/10.14198/MEDCOM2020.11.2.21 | |||||
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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Hanitzsch, T., Hanusch, F., Ramaprasad, J., & de Beer, A. S. (Eds.). | Worlds of journalism. Journalistic cultures around the globe | Columbia | 2019 | ||||||
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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Lorusso, AM y Violi, P | Semiotica del testo giornalistico | Bari | Laterza | 2004 | |||||
López, Manuel | Cómo se fabrican las noticias | Barcelona | Paidós | 2007 | |||||
Lünenborg, M., & Medeiros, D. | Journalism as an affective institution. Emotional labor and the discourse on fraud at Der Spiegel | Journalism Studies | 2020 | ||||||
Magallón Rosa, Raúl | Unfaking news: cómo combatir la desinformación | Pirámide | 978-84-368-4105-3 | 2019 |
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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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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 | |||
Mellado, C. | Beyond journalistic norms: Role performance and news in comparative perspective | Routledge | 2021 | ||||||
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 | 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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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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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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Tuchman, Gay | 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 2023 | Universidad de Navarra | 2023 | https://www.digitalnewsreport.es | |||||
Woodward, Bob | Miedo: Trump en la Casa Blanca | Roca | 978-84-17541-41-5 | 2018 |
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