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Presentation
Presentation
The Digital Journalism course explores digital narratives as they are designed, produced and consumed in various electronic and virtual formats. Given that this area is expansive and will continue to generate new immersive experiences, stories and technologies, the course will focus on the foundations for understanding the new transmedia environments and will explore in greater detail the best practices for creating narratives with data, one of today's major trends. What are the essential elements of a data-driven story? What tools and techniques can be used to produce these new narratives? The fundamental principles of data analysis and visual presentation, the various types of graphics and when to use them will be covered. Students will not only learn about various visualization tools for the web, but will also have the opportunity to create interactive narrative visualizations with Flourish.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 6
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
3 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT24-2-3499
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
The medium is the message Environment | Desktop, Mobile, Tablet Virtual reality, 360 video and immersive audio Journalism on social networks Artificial intelligence and the IOT Journalism in the data age Visual storytelling with data Perception, aesthetics, interactivity, animation, color, narrative and software
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Objectives
Objectives
Students will essentially acquire skills that will enable them to: Demonstrate a solid understanding of the methods, skills, tools and systems used in the interdisciplinary construction of digital journalistic pieces. Demonstrate the ability to choose the appropriate technologies to communicate and formulate a project that leverages their knowledge of emerging digital platforms and technologies. Communicate effectively, through visual, written and oral communication, depending on what is most appropriate for the story you want to tell. Be familiar with using data to produce stories with impact and authority.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Project-based learning
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References
References
Cairo, Alberto. How charts lie: Getting smarter about visual information. WW Norton & Company, 2019. Cairo, A. - The Functional Art: An introduction to information graphics and visualization. New Riders, 2012. Figueiras, A., & Vizoso, Á. (2022). Information visualization: features and challenges in the production of data stories. In Total Journalism: Models, Techniques and Challenges (pp. 83-96). Cham: Springer International Publishing. Gray, J., Chambers, L., & Bounegru, L. The data journalism handbook: how journalists can use data to improve the news. O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2012. Hernandez, R. K., & Rue, J. The principles of multimedia journalism: Packaging digital news. Routledge, 2015. Huff, D. How to lie with statistics. WW Norton & Company, 1993. Murray, J. H., & Murray, J. H. Hamlet on the holodeck: The future of narrative in cyberspace. MIT press, 2017. Yau, N. Data points: visualization that means something. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
