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JOUR 482 - International and Cross-Cultural Reporting

(3 units) CO11
Best practices in both foreign reporting and reporting in culturally diverse communities within the United States. Analysis of global and historical contexts for cross-cultural news content.

Prerequisite(s): Journalism major or minor.

Units of Lecture: 3
Core Status: CO11
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to analyze their own cultural biases and that of international journalists within a geographical and historical framework.
2. Students will be able to use media to contextualize current events and experiences in relation to historical events and global contexts.
3. Students will be able to critically examine and assess complex issues and problems of a global nature in international journalism and foreign reporting.
4. Students will be able to identify and apply multiple perspectives pertaining to global issues through a comparative study of media coverage.
5. Students will be able to identify, analyze, and interpret connections between localized events and members of a diaspora and their global contexts.
6. Students will be able to evaluate and articulate connections among local, national, and international contexts for the purposes of journalistic reporting.
7. Students will be able to demonstrate how local and global contexts of ideas or events affect understandings of contemporary and important historical ideas, events, or issues in regards to media.


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