Seminar
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES
 
Students are expected to be able to reflect critically on the contexts of news production, while mastering the methodologies that allow them to investigate and progress in their academic journey.

STUDY PROGRAMME
 
I. What's the point of investigating something?
II. Start investigating: Ask a question of departure;
III. Media and science;
IV. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies: overview;
V. Sources of information and strategies for searching and collecting information.
VI. Online information;
VII. Analysis of content and categories;
IX. Interviews and observation as a form of analysis;
X. Discourse analysis;
XI. Questionnaires and surveys;
XII. Elements of writing and presentation of a scientific work;

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
Bell, Judith (2004), Como Realizar um Projeto de Investigação, 3ª edição, Lisboa, Gradiva.
Fenton, N. (ed.) (2010). New Media, Old News. Journalism & Democracy in the Digital Age. London: Sage.
Kovach, B.; Rosenstiel, T. (2004). Os elementos do jornalismo. O que os profissionais do jornalismo devem saber e o público deve exigir. Porto: Porto Editora.
Mesquita, M. (2004). O Quarto Equívoco. O Poder dos Media na Sociedade Contemporânea (2ª edição). Coimbra: Minerva.
Traquina, N. (org.) (1993). Jornalismo: Questões, Teorias e Estórias. Lisboa: Veja.