Summer 2024 - CMNS 314 D100
Topics in Media Production and Aesthetics (4)
Class Number: 1878
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jun 25 – Aug 2, 2024: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Christopher Jeschelnik
cjeschel@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
17 CMNS units with a minimum grade of C- or 45 units with a minimum CGPA of 2.00.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Topics on the cultural production of acoustic, visual, and/or multimodal communication. Explores cultural contexts of media production, media artifacts, media perceptions, and alternative media practices. Topics include: advertising, film, gaming, radio, television, and questions of representation in media professions. This course can be repeated once for credit (up to a maximum of two times).
COURSE DETAILS:
Topic for Summer Session 2024: Applied Media Workshop:On The Hill
NOTE: This course is taught in Summer Session 2024 -- 25 June - 2 August 2024.
The day-to-day work of news reporting is a creative process, involving self-determined actors interacting with constantly evolving cultural and technological environments. Contemporary data management techniques and networked distribution systems have transformed journalistic practice and opened opportunities for new forms of public communication and information dissemination.
This course explores these opportunities from two intertwined and reciprocally shaping perspectives. First, by studying the traditions of journalistic practice and analysis; looking at the theories, structures, organizations, content, effects, and audiences of news media. Second, by working in production teams to produce multi modal material to explore and innovate new forms of journalistic practice.
Students will be required to employ journalistic practices in the form of research, interviewing, audio and video recording, editing, presentation, and distribution of media. Group meetings, seminars, and workshops are scheduled weekly. Students should expect to spend an additional minimum of four hours per week in related activities.
Grading
- Engagement 20%
- Online Discussions 20%
- Your Story (First Video Assignment) 10%
- Argumentative Essay 20%
- Fake News Case Study (Final Group Project) 30%
NOTES:
The school expects that the grades awarded in this course will bear some reasonable relation to established university-wide practices with respect to both levels and distribution of grades. In addition, the School will follow Policy S10.01 with respect to Academic Integrity, and Policies S10.02, S10.03 and S10.04 as regards Student Discipline (note: as of May 1, 2009 the previous T10 series of policies covering Intellectual Honesty (T10.02) and Academic Discipline (T10.03) have been replaced with the new S10 series of policies). For further information see: www.sfu.ca/policies/Students/index.html.
REQUIREMENTS:
Students with credit for CMNS 326 may not take this course for further credit.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Readings will be posted on the course page on Canvas https://canvas.sfu.ca/
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.
Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html