Comparative Journalism Course 1.) Course Introduction -What is News? -Journalism Theory vs Newsroom Practice 2.

) Introduction to major print newspapers in the UK and United States - Major Publications - Patterns of Ownership - Regulation 3.) Introduction to radio and television news in the UK and United States - Styles of television news presentation - Newscasts and other forms of news programming - The BBC and the role of the state - Rolling news channels - CNN, BBC News - Television news regulation 4.) Introduction to Internet News - the effects of new technology - broadband, mobile internet, social networks - web portals` and news aggregation - googlenews - filtering /importance of content over content-provider - alternative news organs - indymedia, huffington post 5) Citizen journalists versus professional journalists - citizen journalists democratic or unprofessional? - professional journalists and access to information - independent journalist blogs 6.) Online Mainstream Newspapers - Methods of incorporating blogs and forms of reader feedback - Multimedia journalism - New business models - free content vs paywalls - online newspapers incorporation of subsidiary businesses -newspapers as `brands` 7.) Issues in Contemporary Journalism in Western Countries - Access to political sources and the role of political communication - Public relations - The effects of the internet on news research and production - Current employment situation 8.) The future of local news - Local news and community identity - Patterns of ownership - local radio - The BBC and national and local news 9.) Reporting international news in the British and American media - what counts as `international news`? Galtung and Ruge - working practices of international correspondents - news agencies -News about China in the UK and USA 10.) Transnational news

- international television news stations: BBC world, CNN, Al-Jazeera, CNBC - national government involvement in international news channels - diasporic audiences - news magazines - The Economist, Time, Newsweek 11.) News and emotional effects - contemporary television news - emotional reaction or information? - photojournalism - news and fear 12.) Special areas of reporting: economics, science, environment problems - financial journalism - science/technology journalism - environmental journalism -can the news address important areas of public interest without a significant event? 13.). Investigative Journalism - methods of investigative journalism - is investigative journalism still economically viable - should there be any limits to investigative journalism? 14.) Reporting War - embedding journalists in the military - journalists and `fixers` in dangerous areas - explaining war 15.) The Techniques of Tabloid Journalism -language in tabloid journalism -tabloid journalism and nationalism 16.) Celebrity culture/Sports/Tabloids -`dumbing down` of news in UK and USA -what do people want from the news? - pressures of tabloids on other forms of newspaper reporting 17.) Government media policy in the 21st Century - national press/media policies - journalism and national security issues - wikileaks - journalism and the protection of privacy - media policies in a time of media convergence/transnational media 18) Course Summary