The British Media SYLL Sum13(1)

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The British MediaJOUR 4210.003 and JOUR 5350

Summer II 2013

Regents University, London, England

Through the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA

Instructor: Dr. Tracy Everbach

Email:[email protected]

Phone: Number will be provided

General class information, assignments, syllabus and readings are available on

Blackboard through learn.unt.edu. All assignments will be turned in through Blackboard

except your blog.

Description

In this course, we will explore Great Britains media system, including the press,

broadcasting and online media. Instruction includes lectures, discussions, readings,

presentations, field trips, guest speakers and blogging. By the end of the class, students

should have a firm grasp on the media system in Great Britain and its differences and

similarities to the United States of Americas media. Concentration is on news media,

but entertainment media and sports media also will be discussed.

Statements of Student Learning Outcomes

Understand and apply the principles and laws of freedom of speech and press forthe United States and Great Britain, as well as receive instruction in and

understand the range of systems of freedom of expression around the world,including the right to dissent, to monitor and criticize power, and to assemble

and petition for redress of grievances.

Conduct research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to thecommunications professions in which they will work.

Demonstrate an understanding of gender, race ethnicity, sexual orientation and,as appropriate, other forms of diversity in domestic society in relation to mass

communications

Demonstrate an understanding of the history and role of professionals andinstitutions in shaping communications.

Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of groups in a global society inrelationship to communications.

Understand concepts and apply theories in the use and presentation of imagesand information

Work ethically in pursuit of truth, accuracy, fairness and diversity. Think critically, creatively and independently. Write correctly and clearly in forms and styles appropriate for the

communications professions, audiences, and purposes they serve.
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Apply current tools and technologies appropriate for the communicationsprofessions in which they work, and to understand the digital world.

Email communication and class information

Electronic communication with students in this class will be through the students

myunt.edu accounts rather than personal email accounts. All information for the classwill be posted on Blackboard at learn.unt.edu

Disability Accommodation

The University of North Texas makes reasonable academic accommodation for students

with disabilities. Students seeking accommodation must first register with the Office of

Disability Accommodation (ODA) to verify their eligibility. If a disability is verified, the

ODA will provide you with an accommodation letter to be delivered to faculty to begin a

private discussion regarding your specific needs in a course. You may request

accommodations at any time, however, ODA notices of accommodation should be

provided as early as possible in the semester to avoid any delay in implementation. Note

that students must obtain a new letter of accommodation for every semester and must

meet with each faculty member prior to implementation in each class. Students are

strongly encouraged to deliver letters of accommodation during faculty office hours or

by appointment. Faculty members have the authority to ask students to discuss such

letters during their designated office hours to protect the privacy of the student. For

additional information see the Office of Disability Accommodation website

athttp://www.unt.edu/oda. You may also contact them by phone at940.565.4323.

Academic Honesty

When you submit work for this class, that is the same as making a statement that you

have produced the work yourself, in its entirety. Plagiarism, fabrication, copyrightinfringement, and similar uses of other people's work are unacceptable.

Plagiarism, in a nutshell, is using other peoples written words as your own. Some

people consider the use of 7-10 words in a row, copied from another source, as

plagiarism. Be sure to include citations when using other peoples writing, because

plagiarism is a serious offense in any discipline, especially in journalism. It is a firing

offense in the professional world.

Mayborn School of Journalism Academic Integrity Policy

The codes of ethics from the Society of Professional Journalists, American AdvertisingFederation and Public Relations Society of America address truth and honesty. The

Mayborn School of Journalism embraces these tenets and believes that academic

dishonesty of any kind including plagiarism and fabrication is incongruent with all

areas of journalism. The schools policy aligns with UNT Policy 18.1.16 and requires

reporting any act of academic dishonesty to the Office for Academic Integrity for

investigation. If the student has a previous confirmed offense (whether the first offense

was in the journalism school or another university department) and the student is found
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to have committed another offense, the department will request the additional sanction

of removing the student from the Mayborn School of Journalism. The student may

appeal to the Office for Academic Integrity, which ensures due process and allows the

student to remain in class pending the appeal.

Office HoursIm available to you in the classroom and on campus at many different hours. My virtual

office is always open; just email me, and I will respond within 24 hours, except on

weekends.

Attendance

One absence in the course is the limit without penalty toward your final grade, unless

you have communicated with me from the beginning about an extraordinary problem.

Coming to class late or leaving early may constitute an absence for that day. This is a

seminar course, and it requires your attendance and participation each class meeting.

Assignments

In this class you will have assigned, mandatory readings. Class discussion is a large part

of this seminar class. You are expected to come to class prepared (with the readings

completed) and ready to discuss the topics for that day. Part of the class will include

visits to media organizations and other important Great Britain landmarks. You are

expected to maintain a blog for this class in which you will reflect on what you are

learning and doing. This blog should not only be a travelogue; it should illustrate your

evolution throughout the class. You will discuss the knowledge and experiences you are

having and how those are enhancing your education and growth. You also are expected

to conduct research and make class presentations on your findings. Since this is a class

on the British media, students are expected to read and watch the media on a dailybasis and be prepared to discuss issues and current events.

Each student will be assigned a media outlet for which that student will be responsible

for the course. That student is expected to keep up with the media outlet on a daily

basis, become an expert on that media outlet, and make a presentation on it at the end

of the course.

The media outlets to be examined are. You will choose ONE:

Daily newspapers

The Daily Telegraph broadsheet: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Financial Times- daily, business broadsheet: http://www.ft.com/home/uk The Guardian(and Sunday sister paper, The Observer)- daily, former broadsheet:

http://www.guardiannews.com/and http://observer.guardian.co.uk/

The Independent - daily, former broadsheet: http://www.independent.co.uk/ The Times- daily, former broadsheet: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/http://www.ft.com/http://www.ft.com/http://www.guardian.co.uk/http://www.guardian.co.uk/http://www.guardiannews.com/http://www.guardiannews.com/http://www.independent.co.uk/http://www.independent.co.uk/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/http://www.independent.co.uk/http://www.guardiannews.com/http://www.guardian.co.uk/http://www.ft.com/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/


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The Sun- daily tabloid: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ The Mirror - daily tabloid: http://www.mirror.co.uk/ The Daily Mail tabloid: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html The Daily Express- daily tabloid:http://www.express.co.uk/ London Evening Standard daily http://www.standard.co.uk/

Press Association

The Press Association: similar to the U.S. Associated Press:http://www.pressassociation.com/

Television

BBC TV- operates BBC1, BBC2 and digital services including BBC News channel:http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/

BBC World News- commercially-funded international news channel:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world_radio_and_tv/

ITV- major commercial network, organised around regional franchises:http://www.itv.com/

Channel 4- commercially funded but publicly owned national station:www.channel4.com

five- national commercial channel: http://www.channel5.com/ Independent Television News (ITN)- supplier of news to ITV, Channel 4:

http://www.channel5.com/

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)- operator of digital satellite platform, Sky, andprovider of film, entertainment channels and news channel Sky News:

http://www.sky.com/

Radio

BBC Radio (several stations):http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ BBC World Service:http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio

Weekly/monthly magazines

The Economist (weekly):http://www.economist.com/ New Musical Express (online):http://www.nme.com/ The Spectator (monthly):http://www.spectator.co.uk/ Time Out London (weekly):http://www.timeout.com/london

Ifyou know another media outlet youd like to explore, you may suggest it to me.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/http://www.thesun.co.uk/http://www.mirror.co.uk/http://www.mirror.co.uk/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.standard.co.uk/http://www.pressassociation.com/http://www.pressassociation.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/http://www.bbcworldnews.com/http://www.bbcworldnews.com/http://www.itv.com/http://www.itv.com/http://www.channel4.com/http://www.channel4.com/http://www.five.tv/http://www.five.tv/http://itn.co.uk/http://itn.co.uk/http://www.sky.com/http://www.sky.com/http://www.sky.com/http://www.sky.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradiohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradiohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradiohttp://www.economist.com/http://www.economist.com/http://www.economist.com/http://www.nme.com/http://www.nme.com/http://www.nme.com/http://www.spectator.co.uk/http://www.spectator.co.uk/http://www.spectator.co.uk/http://www.timeout.com/londonhttp://www.timeout.com/londonhttp://www.timeout.com/londonhttp://www.timeout.com/londonhttp://www.spectator.co.uk/http://www.nme.com/http://www.economist.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradiohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/http://www.sky.com/http://www.sky.com/http://itn.co.uk/http://www.five.tv/http://www.channel4.com/http://www.itv.com/http://www.bbcworldnews.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/http://www.pressassociation.com/http://www.pressassociation.com/http://www.standard.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.express.co.uk/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/http://www.mirror.co.uk/http://www.thesun.co.uk/


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Syllabus (Subject to change; all changes will be announced in advance):

July 8-11

Introduction to the British media: The press and Fleet Street, the BBC and

broadcasting, the tabloids.

To read and discuss this week:

Due TUESDAY: READ overview of the Great Britain and the British Media System from

the BBC:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038758.stm.Link also is

on Blackboard.

Due WEDNESDAY: SKIM The Case of Great Britain:http://www.aim-

project.net/uploads/media/GreatBritain.pdf. Link and document are posted on

Blackboard.

Due THURSDAY: Claim the media outlet you want to research for the semester. Blog

address emailed to me [email protected].

Also THURSDAY: Guest speaker, Kevin Anderson, editor and general strategist for

Knowledge Bridge and formerly of The Guardian and the BBC.

This week: Field trip to the British Museum, where we will see the Rosetta Stone, a

foundation of the worlds languages. Here is some background:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta

_stone.aspx

July 15-18

Murdoch and the hacking scandal

TUESDAY: READ David Carrs blog post about the British media invasion in the U.S.:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/business/media/britain-as-a-breeding-ground-

for-media-leaders.html?pagewanted=all

WEDNESDAY: READ Tabloid Tales: Stop the Press from Nieman Reports:

http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102917/Stop-the-Press-Rupert-

Murdoch-the-Leveson-Inquiry-and-Press-Freedom-in-the-UK.aspx

THURSDAY:

-READ BBC timeline of the phone hacking scandal:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-

14124020
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038758.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038758.stmhttp://www.aim-project.net/uploads/media/GreatBritain.pdfhttp://www.aim-project.net/uploads/media/GreatBritain.pdfhttp://www.aim-project.net/uploads/media/GreatBritain.pdfmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspxhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspxhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspxhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/business/media/britain-as-a-breeding-ground-for-media-leaders.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/business/media/britain-as-a-breeding-ground-for-media-leaders.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/business/media/britain-as-a-breeding-ground-for-media-leaders.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102917/Stop-the-Press-Rupert-Murdoch-the-Leveson-Inquiry-and-Press-Freedom-in-the-UK.aspxhttp://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102917/Stop-the-Press-Rupert-Murdoch-the-Leveson-Inquiry-and-Press-Freedom-in-the-UK.aspxhttp://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102917/Stop-the-Press-Rupert-Murdoch-the-Leveson-Inquiry-and-Press-Freedom-in-the-UK.aspxhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14124020http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14124020http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14124020http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14124020http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14124020http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14124020http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102917/Stop-the-Press-Rupert-Murdoch-the-Leveson-Inquiry-and-Press-Freedom-in-the-UK.aspxhttp://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102917/Stop-the-Press-Rupert-Murdoch-the-Leveson-Inquiry-and-Press-Freedom-in-the-UK.aspxhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/business/media/britain-as-a-breeding-ground-for-media-leaders.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/business/media/britain-as-a-breeding-ground-for-media-leaders.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspxhttp://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aes/t/the_rosetta_stone.aspxmailto:[email protected]://www.aim-project.net/uploads/media/GreatBritain.pdfhttp://www.aim-project.net/uploads/media/GreatBritain.pdfhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038758.stm


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-Read the Telegraphs video timeline of the phone hacking scandal:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8634176/Phone-hacking-

timeline-of-a-scandal.html

-Read The Guardians collection of stories, video and interactive web materials on the

phone hacking scandal:http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/phone-hacking

July 22-26

Libel laws, secrecy and the royals

DUE MONDAY: READ Press Complaints Commission, voluntary regulatory body for the

press:http://www.pcc.org.uk/

Editors Code of practice:http://www.pcc.org.uk/cop/practice.html

DUE TUESDAY: READ New law makes suing for libel harder in UK:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/world/europe/new-law-makes-suing-for-libel-

harder-in-england.html

Defamation Act 2013: READhttp://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-

13/defamation.html

Due WEDNESDAY:

Read Wikileaks case study posted on Blackboard. Be prepared to discuss.

Field trip this week to CBS News!

Royal baby born this week?

July 29-Aug. 5

MONDAY and TUESDAY: Lets talk about what we have discovered the past few weeks.

WEDNESDAY, July 31: Presentations of final projects

THURSDAY, Aug. 1: Presentations of final projects

MONDAY, Aug. 5: Presentations of final projects.

Final class day: Aug. 5. I have to leave on Aug. 6 to be at an academic conference in

Washington D.C. by Aug. 7, when I have an 8 a.m. meeting!

Final paper due at midnight Tuesday, Aug. 6.
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