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California State University, Long Beach JOUR 312I-02 (4640) GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA

Fall 2013

Tuesdays/Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. SS/PA 029C

Professor: Dr. Heloiza G. Herscovitz

http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/departments/journalism/people/herscovitz.htm

Office: SS/PA 009 Office hours: 8:50 am to 9:50 am

E-mail: [email protected] (Please, include Jour 312I (02) and your full name in the subject line) Phone: (562) 985-5667 (e-mail is better!)

Course Description:

This course focuses on global news media structure and characteristics, global multimedia practices and operations, foreign correspondents’ profiles, international news flow, and the impact of new technologies and convergence on production and delivery of global news as wel as the new role of social media in international events. It explores the economic, political, social and cultural forces that shape global media content, production and distribution. Particular attention is devoted to the changing media landscape, advertising and public relations, diversity and inequalities in the global media system, global media ethics, war coverage, press freedom around the world and public diplomacy and propaganda efforts. Major theories related to globalization such as electronic colonialism and world system theory, gatekeeping, agenda setting and framing will help to explain trends in global news media. Special attention is devoted to understanding how the world's leading media houses operate, the differences and similarities between Western, non-Western media outlets, and journalism values in different cultures.

Course Outcomes:

This is a GE capstone course that also meets your interdisciplinary (I) requirements. As a result, a lot is expected from you in terms of outcomes at the completion of the course. Here are some of the intended outcomes: 2

• Learn to relate the content material from readings and class discussions to specific examples of news media practices in different countries in order to produce informed analyses of those institutions. Measured through class exercises and tests. • Explain and synthesize news media interactions with economic, political, social and cultural trends worldwide. Measured through essays and class presentations. • Apply different theories, data and analytical tools to explain how the news media operate and help to shape people’s perceptions in times of peace and conflict. Measured through essays, and tests. • Train critical thinking skills about Western media biases and ethnocentric views, gender and ethnic-based influences behind the news coverage on a global scale. Measured through class and online exercises, essays about films/videos shown in class and tests. • Acknowledge cultural diversity and the multiple, sometimes conflicting perspectives that involve understanding and evaluating global news media and news events. Measured through class exercises, essays and class presentations. • Identify complex problems, relationships and discrepancies in the international communication arena and formulate solutions to concrete situations that reflect logical reasoning, creativity, and ingenuity based on compelling evidence. Measured through class exercises and essays.

Modes of Instruction:

The course combines lectures, small and large group discussions, group assignments and class presentations, written assignments and film/video/Internet presentations. Above all, it involves class participation!

Course Readings

Please, purchase the book “The World News Prism, Challenges of Digital Communication,” by William A. Hachten and James F. Scotton, Eight Edition, 2012. Bring it to every class. Additional required texts are posted on Beachboard.

Follow what’s going on in the world!

You are expected to read/watch frequently the online versions of

The New York Times (www.nytimes.com): sections World and Media Business The Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com) section World The Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/public/us) section World (look at all regions) The Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/WORLD?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME Reuters: http://www.reuters.com BBC news (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/default.stm) CNN (http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/?hpt=sitenav.com) Al Jazeera (http://english.aljazeera.net) 3

NPR world news (http://www.npr.org/sections/world/) The Economist (http://www.economist.com)

Follow these media outlets on Twitter as well.

You will be quizzed on world events! We will discuss current world events in class. There will be a class game on world events at the end of the semester.

All reading assignments must be completed on schedule. Failure to keep up with the readings will affect your grade negatively.

You are required to use APA style for all in-text citations and bibliography in your essays. Check it out at http://www.apastyle.org http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/, http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apa

There is no need to produce a cover sheet for your essays. Every essay needs a creative title.

Assignments & Grading

You work will be judged on your ability to understand, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate evidence and offer conclusions. Originality, quality of writing, creativity, adherence to journalistic principles, grammar, punctuation and style also count. “Because students operate on different levels and will not all catch on at the same time” as explained by Ken Bain, p. 44, in “What the Best Colleges Teachers Do”, I take a developmental view of learning and challenge your knowledge and curiosity through different assignments. You grade will be based on your overall performance and the sum of your points on the assignments below.

Group Presentation 100 points Mid Term 100 points Final Exam 100 points Essays (2) 100 (50 points each) In-Class Written Exercises/Quizzes 50 points Online Posts 30 points Class Participation* 20 points

*I keep a record of your class participation in class. Class participation is unrelated to attendance. See attendance policy below.

Total 500 points 4

Extra Credit (The World News Game) up to 5 points

Calculate your grade based on the total points (500).

A= + 450 points (outstanding performance) B= 400 –449 points (superior performance) C= 350- 399 points (adequate performance) D= 300 – 349 points (marginal performance) F= below 299 points (unacceptable performance)

If, at the end of the semester, you miss the cutoff by one point, I will automatically move your final grade up to the next grade.

Course Requirements

All assignments will be submitted via Beachboard with the exception of special class activities, quizzes and exams. All assignments have a cut-off time to be uploaded to Beachboard, which is 11:59 pm on the day they are due. Plan accordingly because technical difficulties do happen and they won’t concern me. Any assignment turned in the day after it was due will be marked down 20 points (they need to be printed and stamped by a department office assistant). On the second day it will be marked down 50 points. An assignment that is more than two days late will receive zero points.

Please, read CSULB policy on attendance, late assignments and missed exams: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/grad_undergrad/senate/documents/policy/2001/01/

Attendance is mandatory. After two unexcused absences during this semester, each additional absence will lead to a 5-point penalty for each one. I will excuse only legitimate absences as defined by the Journalism Department and CSULB (see the syllabus addendum) and only with adequate supporting documents and my consent.

Perpetual tardiness is disruptive and will be affect your grade. After the second one, every tardy one will lead to a 2–point penalty.

Therefore, missed points related to absences and tardies will lower your final grade. 5

Style: I expect your work to be well-written and well-edited. Essays and papers should be double-spaced, with paragraph indents and without extra spacing between paragraphs. Use Times New Roman 12 point font. Pay attention to spelling, accuracy, clarity and grammar. Poorly written assignments will be penalized. Any instance of plagiarism, fabrication of sources or other information will be grounds for failure in this course. Do not use Wikepedia as a source.

Plagiarism: Any student caught cheating or plagiarizing at any time and on any type of assignment, exam, quiz or homework risks receiving an “F” for the course or some component of the course at the instructor’s discretion. Additionally, a copy of the offense may be forwarded to the Office of Judicial Affairs for review and potentially action on your permanent school record. Ignorance of what constitutes plagiarism or cheating is not a valid excuse. For this course, we will be using Turnn for the essay assignment. Please read the CSULB policy on Turnitin carefully:

Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. You may submit your paper in such a way that no identifying information about you is included. Another option is that you may request, in writing from your instructor, that your papers not be submitted to Turnitin.com. However, if you choose this option you will be required to provide documentation to substantiate that the papers are your original work and do not include any plagiarized material. (http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/turnitin_assignments.html).

☺☺☺ Interacting with students is my passion. My office is always open to you. Feel free to stop by and/or email me at [email protected]. If you feel confused, bored, unchallenged, or distressed, please talk to me. If you are facing a problem that affects your class performance, talk to me. Don’t wait until the end of the semester to tell me something serious is happening to you. I will go out of my way to help you and make sure you get back on track and do not drop the course.

Assignments

Assignments are detailed in a separate document posted on Beachboard.

Other Important Observations:

Grading: The grading policies and practices in this class are explained elsewhere in the syllabus. It is the student’s responsibility to read them and to seek clarification if necessary. The student should be fully aware of what is required for success in the course, such as group participation, writing, speaking, completing assigned.

Seat in Class: An enrolled student may lose his/her seat in class if he/she misses the first class meeting without notifying the instructor. At the instructor’s discretion, a student who attends the first class but not subsequent classes may also be dropped from the course. 6

Withdrawal from Class: Students may withdraw from a class from the third to the 12th week for “serious and compelling reasons.” Normally these are defined as anything of importance that is beyond the control of the student. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, death or serious illness in a student’s immediate family or a documented change in a student’s work schedule. Poor performance, tardiness and unexcused absences are not considered serious or compelling reasons beyond the student’s control for purposes of withdrawing.

Absences from Class: Grades in a course may be adversely affected by absences, and students should seek clarification from the instructor regarding the course absence policy. Make-ups usually are granted in strict accordance with CSULB policy, which defines excused absences as (1) illness or injury to the student; (2) death, injury or serious illness of an immediate family member or the like; (3) religious reasons; (4) jury duty or government obligation; (5) CSULB- sanctioned or approved activities [2002-03 Catalog, p.75]. These and any other requests for an excused absence must be documented.

CSULB Cheating/Plagiarism/Fabrication Policy: CSULB takes issues of academic dishonesty very seriously. If you use any deceptive or dishonest method to complete an assignment, take an exam, or gain credit in a course in any other way, or if you help someone else to do so, you are guilty of cheating. Making something up constitutes fabrication. If you use someone else’s ideas or work and represent it as your own without giving credit to the source, you are guilty of plagiarism. This does not apply if the ideas are recognized as common knowledge, or if you can show that you honestly developed the ideas through your own work. Any instructor can show you the correct ways of citing your sources, and you should use quotation marks, footnotes or endnotes and bibliographic references to give credit to your sources according to the format recommended by your instructor. The Department of Journalism has a zero-tolerance policy in these areas, and any instance of academic dishonesty -- cheating, plagiarism and/or fabrication -- may result in your failing of the assignment, immediate removal from class with a failing grade, removal from the College of Liberal Arts, expulsion from the university and/or other sanctions as the instructor deems appropriate.

Responses, Penalties and Student Rights: Students should consult the appropriate sections of the Catalog for examples of cheating, fabrication and plagiarism, and instructor and/or CSULB response options in such circumstances. The Catalog also outlines student rights.

Students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities who need assistance or accommodation to participate in the course should inform the instructor and then contact Disabled Student Services within the first week of class. In addition, students should establish their eligibility for assistance by contacting the Disabled Student Services Office (Brotman Hall 270) at 562-985-5401. Students are to provide the instructor verification of their disability from Disabled Student Services. If the service offered is insufficient or inadequate, the student should confer with the instructor and the director of Disabled Student Services. If these efforts are unsuccessful, students have the option of directing their concerns to the Office of Equity and Diversity (University Student Union 301) at 562-985-8256. Responsibility for oversight and 7 implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act has been delegated to the campus director for disability support and accommodation.

Additional Student Learning Assessment

The national accrediting agency for journalism education has established a requirement that all accredited journalism schools assess student mastery of 11 core values and competencies that any graduate of a journalism and mass communication program should possess. According to the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, all graduates, irrespective of their particular specialization, should be able to: 1) Understand and apply First Amendment principles and the law appropriate to professional practice. 2) Demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professionals and institutions in shaping communications. 3) Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of groups in a global society in relationship to communications. 4) Understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of images and information. 5) Work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity. 6) Think critically, creatively and independently. 7) Conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the communications professionals in which they work. 8) Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the communications professions, audiences and purposes they serve. 9) Critically evaluate their own work and that of others for accuracy and fairness, clarity, appropriate style and grammatical correctness. 10) Apply basic numerical and statistical concepts. 11) Apply tools and technologies appropriate for the communications professions in which they work.