IJ Course List
JOUR2023 Introduction to Journalism
新闻学导论
This course explores both the practical and theoretical dimensions of journalism and introduces the discipline as a social process and as a profession.
Check DetailsJOUR3203 Journalism and Truth
新闻与事实
This course introduces students to a variety of journalistic epistemologies, including their theoretical and practical aspects. The course emphasizes not only practice with these epistemologies, but also a theoretical understanding of how these epistemologies have evolved. How they impact journalism regarding writing, publication, distribution, and consumption will be covered as well.
Check DetailsJOUR3053 Mass Media Research Methods
大众传媒研究方法
This class introduces the student to the issues and processes involved in designing, conducting, and interpreting media research. This class is designed to help the student understand the benefits and limitations of research. The goal of this course is to educate the student in the benefits, costs, and limitations of research, and the appropriate use and interpretation of research methods.
Check DetailsGCNU1023 Mathematics Around Us
生活中的数学
This course stresses the prevalence, relevance, and practicality of mathematics in the modern society especially in the context of planning and scheduling in management science, and issues concerning social choice and decision-making. Numerous real world examples are discussed. The mathematical techniques involved are taught through hands-on applications
Check DetailsJOUR3023 Media Law and Ethics
媒体法律与道德
The course introduces students to the media law in China and internationally and provides the opportunity for an in-depth study of the ethical problems and implications of media practices. The protection of fundamental rights and freedoms will be emphasised throughout the course and principles will be considered in the light of practical examples from a wide variety of media and circumstances. Students will be encouraged to develop their own views and rules about the boundaries of ethical journalism, protect and promote media freedom but also respect dignity and rights of others. Practical day-to-day examples and important court cases will be used as illustrations and current developments and trends will be highlighted.
Check DetailsJOUR4033 Media and Liberalism
媒体思想史
This course will examine ideas and issues involving the role of the media in the western tradition. It introduces to students the key works in the history of liberalism which have guided the development of media institutions in modern society. It then takes students to contemporary issues regarding the contentious practices and understandings of media and journalism.
Check DetailsJOUR3213 New Media, Culture and Society
新媒体,文化与社会
This course provides a critical survey of the field new media studies and communications. It begins with thinking about the individual as living in a fast-changing new media ecology; it then examines the political-economic and cultural aspects of new media as it develops in contemporary societies such as the U.S. and mainland China. The course will introduce students to some leading research as well as creative works on new media developments in order to explore the role of new media and media practices in modern life.
Check DetailsJOUR3083 News Translation
新闻翻译
This course aims at enhancing the student’s ability in handling information for news purpose in the bilingual context of Hong Kong. Emphasis is put on developing the student’s sensitivity to the difference between the Chinese and English language and awareness of the cultural role of the news translator. Against this background, principles and methods appropriate to a variety of contexts of news translation are introduced.
Check DetailsJOUR3183 Persuasion in Media
媒体游说
The aim of the course is to help students to be informed consumers of media, to examine Media Persuasion theory, forms and uses in the various media channels, and to explore how the media industry and culture treats persuasive messages. These objectives will result in a raised awareness of how Media influences society.
Check DetailsJOUR2033 Photojournalism
新闻摄影
To enhance student’s awareness of the possibility as well as the limitation of images in news reporting, and to develop their ability in producing visual report of news events independently. In response to the digital technology that has become widely used in today’s news business, this course will equip students with basic knowledge in handling, transmitting and preserving the quality of image files captured by digital devices.
Check DetailsJOUR2073 Popular Culture and Journalism
流行文化与新闻
This course examines representations of journalists and journalism in the popular culture, focusing on TV and film. The secondary emphasis will be on the influences on different types of journalism (i.e. investigative reporting, war reporting, political journalism), different issues in journalism (i.e. objectivity, ethics, Fourth Estate role, sensationalism, commercialism, whistleblowing), and how gender, sexuality, nationality, and ethnicity inform journalistic practice.
Check DetailsJOUR2013 Reporting Laboratory I
报道实验室 I
In this course, students learn to produce experimental reporting work for print, broadcast and/or on-line media. Under supervision, each student is required to work throughout the four semesters.
Check DetailsJOUR3103 Reporting Laboratory II
报道实验室 II
Students learn to produce an experimental newspaper under supervision.
Check DetailsJOUR3113 Reporting Laboratory III
报道实验室 III
Students learn to produce an experimental newspaper under supervision.
Check DetailsJOUR4123 Reporting Laboratory IV
报道实验室 IV
Students learn to produce an experimental newspaper under supervision.
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