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.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

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