Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | TV NEWS PRESENTATION | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | ACOM240 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 2 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | NONE | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | Collection of news: Basic principles of collecting and writing news. Categories and sources of news. Television news writing: Oral presentation of news. Guide to writing TV news. Television interview: Definition, organisation and preparation of TV interviews. Television presentation of news:The anchor and his/her audience. Qualifications and skills of the anchor. Preparation of the anchor. Types of anchors and news bulletins. Anchor’s non-verbal communication (kinetics, paralanguage, self-presentation, space management). Practical exercises: News-casting and news report (political, police, cultural, social and sports news stories). In-class presentation and analysis of news bulletins and anchors from various | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | The theoretical part of the course is delivered to the students by means of lectures, while the empirical part of the course is based on tv presentation practice (speech training, non verbal communication). | ||||||||
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Language of instruction | Greek | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |