Comparative Journalism Course 1.) Course Introduction What is Comparative Journalism? History of Comparative Journalism? What Compare?

Why Compare?

2.) Introduction to major print newspapers in the UK and United States - Major Publications - Patterns of Ownership Activities Ten highest selling newspapers in the UK ownership? Activities - Ten highest selling newspaper in the United States ownership? - Give some historical background to the development of these newspapers - How are the circulation figures collected? Weekend newspapers 3.) Introduction to radio and television news in the UK and United States - The BBC and the role of the state Activities Public, Private, Satellite TV news in US ratings Activities Public, Private, Satellite TV news in UK http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/cable-news/ (cable news ratings) network news ratings? UK news ratings http://www.tv-ratings.free-satellite-tv.co.uk/tv-ratings/uk-tv-ratings090111.htm 4.) Comparisons with Chinese Journalism Most popular Chinese newspapers Ownership of Chinese newspapers Four Theories of Journalism Book Go through the four theories What do they think is different. Differences in funding of newspapers Funding models in Europe in Hallin and Mancini 5.) Newspaper regulation UK and US broadcasting, newspaper ownership privacy laws Wikileaks Phone hacking Twitter vs Ryan Giggs Europe Hallin and Mancini 6.) Politics and the news - Access to political sources and the role of political communication

More differences between UK/US model and some from Europe 7.) - Public relations (commercial and charity) free newspapers - Advertising Noam Chomsky News of the World 8.) Introduction to Internet News outside traditional newspapers - 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 - - journalists on twitter 9) Citizen journalists versus professional journalists - citizen journalists democratic or unprofessional? - User Generated Content - professional journalists and access to information - independent journalist blogs/twitter 10.) 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` - The effects of the internet on news research and production - Current employment situation 11.) The future of local news - Local news and community identity - Patterns of ownership - local radio - The BBC and national and local news 12.) 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 13.) TV news style - Styles of television news presentation - Newscasts and other forms of news programming - Rolling news channels - CNN, BBC News - Television news regulation 14.) 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 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? 12a) Reporting War - embedding journalists in the military - journalists and `fixers` in dangerous areas - explaining war 13.). Investigative Journalism - methods of investigative journalism - is investigative journalism still economically viable - should there be any limits to investigative journalism? 14.) Tabloid Journalism -language in tabloid journalism -tabloid journalism and nationalism 14a.) 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 14b.) News and emotional effects - contemporary television news - emotional reaction or information? - photojournalism - news and fear 15) News in Asia Japan India Hong Kong 16.) Course Summary + 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