Master 2023/2024

Innovation Strategies in International News

Category 'Best Course for Career Development'

Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'

Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'

Type: Elective course (Contemporary Journalism)

Area of studies: Journalism

Delivered by: Institute of Media

Where: Faculty of Creative Industries

When: 2 year, 2 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Oleg Dmitriev

Master’s programme: Contemporary Journalism

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This is a composite course that introduces students to the various innovations in journalism. We'll examine the business of journalism and walk through the steps of creating new innovative projects. The practical part comes down to the use of visuals, sound and infographics in media innovative projects. Special attention will be paid to master technological tools that allow students to produce media innovations for various projects.

Learning Objectives

• To introduce students to the development of the media innovations for the past 40 years
• To get students acquainted to the present-day innovations in the modern media
• To teach students to make projections for the future media projects
• To train students in the field of technical instruments to be used in new media projects

Expected Learning Outcomes

• learn the place of media innovation tools in the new media ecosystem
• learn the skills of managing content innovation in the newsroom
• master the tools for content production
• can create news format

Course Contents

• Innovations history and structure
• Forsites for innovations
• Visual Content Management
• Newsroom management in innovation
• Change in the content strategy

Assessment Elements

• Attendance
• Test
• Working on tasks
  Topics 1 and 2 – presentations of innovative examples from the Western media practices. Topics 3 -5 – designing products and projects for the new media. It may be presented either in the form of the plan or the webpage. Final task – project design on the given topic.

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.2 * Attendance + 0.3 * Test + 0.5 * Working on tasks

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Кожухар, В. М. Инновационный менеджмент: Практикум : учебное пособие / В. М. Кожухар. — Москва : Дашков и К, 2015. — 200 с. — ISBN 978-5-394-01710-0. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/56205 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Соколова, В. А. Innovation Management. Инновационный менеджмент : учебное пособие / В. А. Соколова, Ю. В. Титова. — Вологда : ВоГУ, 2014. — 144 с. — ISBN 978-5-87851-537-5. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/93148 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.