The Department seeks to examine the shifting nature and impact of converged media formats, multi-platform and media approaches to collecting and sharing news, and the interactivity between media and a participatory public. Areas of study include but are not limited to studio broadcasting to videoreporting, podcasting, rich media, and documentary production.
3 semester credits. The course introduces students to the field of broadcasting and offers a practical approach to the discipline. The first part of the course focuses on the broadcasting field and includes a comparative study of relevant international examples of broadcasting and Italian approaches. The second part of the course is geared towards the research of broadcasting technologies and the practice of various broadcasting formats to be performed and registered in a studio setting. Examples of formats include on-air interviews, readings, moderated talks and forums, etc., while course projects and activities will interact with the journalism and broadcasting activities of FUA's campus press Ingorda. This class includes experiential learning with CEMI.
3 semester credits. Today's visual delivery systems are becoming more streamlined thanks to digital technology, and in a demanding market of broadcasting immediacy journalists and media editors produce on the job and on-location. Through this course, students will be given a range of assignments that will recreate the portable rich media approaches available today. Students will learn how to work with rich media content pertaining to the news, short documentaries, and editorial pieces by utilizing rich media technology in output formats such as podcasts. The course will cover the basics of industry-specific software to incorporate video, still images, and sound to prepare media for the web in podcast form. Students will work with DSLR camers for the video component of content creation. This class includes experiential learning with CEMI.
3 semester credits. Through this course, students continue to acquire skills in rich media production and editing related to video, images, and sound from a more advanced perspective. Course projects are tailored to allow students to complete a diverse portfolio of individually developed and collaborative rich media stories based on the local community. Through the guidance of the instructor and by learning media management strategies, students collect, assemble, edit, and publish rich media content as independent editors according to newsroom and client deadlines. This class includes experiential learning with CEMI. Prerequisites: Introduction to Rich Media: Podcast Production, or equivalent.