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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

1557 (v.12) Journalism Introduction to Print 111

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Tutition Patterns

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Area: Department of Journalism
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Journalism 111 lays the foundations for students to write publishable news reports, and for further study in second- and third-year journalism units. It introduces and equips students with the skills and techniques necessary for the practice of journalism and news gathering and writing, including: definitions of news; research skills; news sources; interviewing; the structure of news reports; news language and conventions such as news style; and lead and news-report writing. This unit explains, examines and critiques the principles and concepts fundamental to reflective journalism practice: the role of journalism in a democracy; the history of news; the importance of ethical decision making in journalism; the professional values of journalism; the law as it affects journalists and the media; the institutions regulating journalism and the media; reporting race and other minority groups; the impact of the internet on journalism and the way journalists work; and the role of media ownership and advertisingon journalism practice. These concepts and topics are applied in the context of the practice of journalism.
Field of Education: 100703 Journalism
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External