Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit Title

RESEARCH ON MEDIA IN CYPRUS I

Course Unit Code

AJER101

Course Unit Details

Number of ECTS credits allocated

Learning Outcomes of the course unit

By the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Describe the function of Mass Media in Cyprus and their particularities.
Use their theoretical knowledge for observing and commenting the function of Mass Media in Cyprus.
Analyze the content of journalistic and columnist texts of Mass Media, to detect and make known their particularities.
Evaluate the work of their colleagues and to develop a good collaboration with each other.
Create journalistic texts for publication in specific Mass Media.

Mode of Delivery

Face-to-face

Prerequisites

NONE

Co-requisites

NONE

Recommended optional program components

NONE

Course Contents

Mass Media and Cyprus: The nature of Mass Media in Cyprus

Observation of the Mass Media in Cyprus: Theoretical and practical function of the media in Cyprus

Journalistic Team: Work distribution.

Lectures: Series of Lectures regarding Mass Media in Cyprus. Research on Media in Cyprus.

Recommended and/or required reading:

Textbooks

Reader with a collection of articles.
John Thompson, Νεωτερικότητα και Μέσα Επικοινωνίας (Νίκος Δεμερτζής: Επιμέλεια-Πρόλογος), εκδ. Παπαζήση, Αθήνα.1998
Χρυσούλα Κωσταντοπούλου. Θέματα Μεταμοντέρνας Επικοινωνίας. Εκδοτικός Οίκος Αδελφών Κυριακίδη Α.Ε. Θεσσαλονίκη 1995.

References

Ντένις ΜακΚουεϊλ. Εισαγωγή στην θεωρία της Μαζικής Επικοινωνίας. Καστανιώτη. 1997.
Ιγνάσιο Ραμονέ .Η τυραννία των ΜΜΕ. Αθήνα: Πόλις, 2000.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

This course is delivered to the students by means of lectures and discussions.

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments	40%
Final Project	60%

Language of instruction

Greek

Work placement(s)