APG5351 International reporting
Faculty of Arts
APG5351 International reporting is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for APG5351. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Overview
The unit will enable students to understand how international news stories are sourced, gathered and distributed around the world. The unit explores the changing nature of the media ecosystem, from staff foreign correspondents working for international news organisations to local journalists and eyewitnesses. The content for this unit includes the history of the international news agencies, global news flows, transnational broadcasters, the role and practice of the foreign correspondent, the evolution of the citizen journalist, and the big world news stories dominating the international news agenda. Students will use international news resources to research, study and write their own international stories.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for APG5351.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
identify and explain how international news stories are selected, gathered and distributed;
- 2
compare the particular approaches to news gathering and publishing in different countries;
- 3
conceptualise how big global news stories contain inherent ethical dilemmas;
- 4
analyse an international news issue;
- 5
explain the role of news and media in the international system;
- 6
research, source and write an international story.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Johan Lidberg
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Johan Lidberg
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5351?
APG5351 has no prerequisites.
When is APG5351 offered?
APG5351 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is APG5351?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Journalism
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020