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The aim of this course is to learn actual business of a local newspaper and understand various issues and topics of mass communication.
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After completing this course, you will be able to:
1). Explain the properties and problems of local papers and difficulties of contemporary journalism.
2). Understand limits and possibilities of a journalist as a profession.
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This class is related to the following diploma policy
A: Basic knowledge and understanding of various sciences subjects ○
B: The ability to think logically and creatively ○
C: The ability to communicate effectively △
D: Gained a sense of social ethics and an international perspective ○
E: Understanding of various issues in the information society and ability to utilize informatics knowledge ◎
F: Knowledge of social organizations and systems and ability to analyze them by a social scientific approach ◎
G: Basic knowledge of data science and social implementation ability －
H: Knowledge base for creating and utilizing information technology －
I: The ability to formulate tasks based on humanistic and informatics knowledge and search for practical philosophy ○
J: The ability to discover issues and propose social systems utilizing social science knowledge ○
K: The ability to solve problems through data collection, analysis and mathematical optimization －
L: Knowledge of computations and information and the ability to develop technology related to computers －
(◎:Especially important, ○:Important, △:Subject to evaluation, －:Not subject to evaluation)
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This course focuses on newspapers as a typical traditional mass media, especially on local papers. Students are encouraged to consider the difficulties that contemporary mass media have to be confronted with including media scrum, freedom of speech, anonymity, political power, culture and so on.
If possible, students can take part in a guided tour to Jomo Shinbun Co. and its printing factory.
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Lectures and question-and-answer sessions.
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1st Week: Introduction
2nd Week: Present Situation of Newspapers in Japan (1)
3rd Week: Present Situation of Newspapers in Japan (2)
4th Week: The Editorial and the Column
5th Week: The Meaning of Articles on Culture
6th Week: On Aliteracy among Young People
7th Week: Styles and Expressions of Newspapers
8th Week: Newspapers and Social Media
9th Week: Change of Making Newspapers
10th Week: General Articles and Column
11th Week: Roles of the Cultural Section
12th Week: Publicness of Newspapers
13th Week: Human Rights and the Press
14th Week: Anonymity and Identification
15th Week: Presentation
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Though students are not required to read some books in advance, they are desired to read newspapers every day. Related literatures are shown in every class for further study.
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Attendance of at least two-thirds is the minimum requirement. Grading will be based on the final report. Participation in the guided tour to Jomo Shimbun itself will not count.
The evaluation criteria are as follows (the figures in parentheses are the relevant diploma policies).
1. Logical and correct answers to assignments 20% (B)
2. Correct understanding of the course content and the description based on it 60% (A, E, F, I)
3. Sufficient persuasiveness of the description 20% (A, B, E)
4. Correct reference (points will be deducted up to 40% according to the problems) (D)
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This course is for 2nd year students.
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The schedule could be changed because the lecturers are actual editors from Jomo Shinbun Co. Please pay attention to the notice board.
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Information; Mass media; Local paper; Journalism; Right to know
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Introduction to Mass Media Studies, Mass Communication Theories
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Related literatures are shown in every class.
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