Class Journalism and Digital Ecosystems

In Journalism and Digital Ecosystems, students are equipped with the tools to create multimedia pieces based on data, an essential skill for investigative journalism. This approach prepares them to work in areas that require rigor, innovation and adaptability, underlining the relevance of this unit in the context of the study cycle. The course is theoretical and practical and also promotes theoretical and ethical reflection on the transformation of journalism in the digital age. This curricular unit offers master's students the opportunity to explore good practices and the profession's most pressing challenges, encouraging a critical analysis of the impact of digital on journalism as a social and professional activity. The semester focuses on the development of an interconnected data-driven feature using Flourish.

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What is journalism? Interconnected journalism Theoretical framework Constructive Journalism and Solutions Journalism Interpretive Journalism and Explanatory Journalism Implications for journalistic practices Investigation, analysis and storytelling skills in the context of interconnected journalism. Interconnected journalism, democracy and society From “Us vs The Others” to “Us = The Others” Driver of empathy and interconnections Contributes to greater collective awareness Combating disinformation, hate speech and social indifference Magazines: privileged space for Interconnected Journalism Multimedia and Interconnected Journalism Environments: Desktop, Mobile, Tablet Journalistic production in digital Project: development of an interconnected digital feature based on data

Project-based learning.

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