This course exposes students to the elements of writing commentaries.
AI Tools for Research & Learning introduces students to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support academic research, learning, information discovery, writing, and productivity. The course covers practical ways to use AI responsibly and effectively while maintaining academic integrity, critical thinking, and proper citation practices.
In this practical video production class, students learn basic film production methods and techniques that allow them to work indepedently and in teams to produce and direct a short documentary film.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
1. Employ the professional process and ethical considerations of Journalism reporting.
2. Perform skills in using equipment for news story.
3. Demonstrate the ability to compose a news reporting as a role of reporter.
This course introduces the origins, nature, development, and impact of mass communication. Students survey key communication models and theories, the structure and economics of media industries, media effects and persuasion. Emphasis is placed on media literacy and on applying concepts to contemporary issues in Malaysian and global contexts.
The course provides an overview of the history of journalism in global and local contexts. It introduces students to key concepts, theories and principles of journalism. It also covers journalism's professional practices and specific issues involving the media in different socio-political systems.
The course introduces knowledge on editing in the information age, the fundamentals of editing, and the process of editing for different media, including the print media, the broadcast media and the new media. Students also learn on the technique of editing by design concept and design pages on computers by using relevant desktop publishing software while critically assessing the content of the pages.
The course provides students with working knowledge of major rhetorical devices to enable them to identify relevant rhetorical choices that are made in journalistic discourse and to consciously make rhetorical choices themselves.
This course provides journalism students with knowledge into the theoretical and practical aspects of intercultural communication in the Global world.