JCM228Data Collection and Analysis in Journalism
3 credits
This course presents quantitative (Statistics: variables, population, sampling, questionnaires etc.) and qualitative methods (interviews, observations, biographies, analysis etc) in investigative journalism. RJCM 501 is a remedial equivalent course.
JCM201History of Media
2 credits
This course traces the history of each one of the 5 great media types (written press, radio, cinema, TV and internet) from the first looseleaf in Europe, before written press, reaching Web 2.0. It overviews the greatest moments of this history on different levels (sociopolitical, cultural, economic, and technical).
JCM314Journalism Genres
3 credits
This course conveys adequate methods and knowhow to make reports, inquiries, accounts, interviews, from the very first stages of concept to finalization.
JCM324Media and Society
3 credits
This course explores the role of media in society as a communication medium and socializing agent, exposing functions of media and technology advances with their relative impact on daily life and evolution of society.
JCM425Media Geopolitics
2 credits
This course describes the geographic division of media in the world, tackling unstable division, division between the consumer and productive world, the underdevelopment issue in the media world, and the right for equal access to information etc.
JCM316Media Law and Deontology
3 credits
This course tackles Media and Communication Law, reviewing different official Lebanese texts. It also poses and analyzes ethical issues in journalism, alongside with other media ethical codes. RJCM 505 is a remedial equivalent course.
JCM415Media Techniques: Newspapers
2 credits
This course prepares future editorial secretaries, with primary focus on editing techniques; from the very realization of a cover.
JCM416Media Techniques: Radio
2 credits
This course offers basic information on radio journalism, from field work to studio, defining the roles of the radio team (presenter, chief editor and reporter), explaining the difference between different radio formats, alongside typical exercises targeting radio writing, editing, and mastering vocal core competencies, as well as diction. RJCM 506 is a remedial equivalent course.
JCM417Media Techniques: Television
2 credits
The objective of this course is to offer a training experience to write and present TV news, while optimizing body language in front of the lens. RJCM 507 is a remedial equivalent course.
JCM326Multimedia Journalism
3 credits | Pre-requisite: JCM229 or JCM413
This course defines specificities and techniques related to bimedia journalism (complementarity and convergence between original media and websites), web journalism, blogs and social networks.
JCM426News Agencies
2 credits
This course traces the history of news agencies, and expands on the most eminent among them, to study the way they operate; especially processes of data collection and treatment to produce transmissible information.
JCM328Photojournalism
2 credits
The objective of this course is to convey practical information about photojournalism, including initiation into shooting methods and mastery of specific parameters (lighting, framing, picture composition) in order to make photo portraits, and photo reports.
JCM221Political Economy of Media
2 credits
This course aims to study the science of production, distribution and wealth consumption, especially theories and methods of diverse schools of economy and politics, applied to media. RJCM 500 is a remedial equivalent course.
JCM327Specialized Press
2 credits
This course offers advantages and pitfalls of specialized journalism (economy, agriculture, fashion, sports, games, health, computing, travel etc.), with an aim to develop writing skills and techniques in the field.
JCM315Television Report Techniques
3 credits
This course is intended to tackle technical processes while making a TV report (camera handling, image language, sound takes, editing etc.). RJCM 504 is a remedial equivalent course.