Curriculum structure
The mandatory and optional disciplines are articulated to the Program’s concentration area and its respective research lines.
Mandatory disciplines
According to PPGJor’s regulations, in order to complete their formation, students need to complete 16 credits in mandatory disciplines. They must course:
Journalism theories (45h – 3 credits)
Program: theoretical approaches to Journalism studies; historical trajectory; Epistemological foundations of journalism theories. Contributions from Communication theories and other study fields to Journalism studies. The theoretical constitution of the Journalism field. Journalism as a form of knowledge. Journalistic production processes: operational, organizational, narrative and technological structures. Social implications of Journalistic making.
Methodologies of Journalism Research (45h – 3 credits)
Program: The logic of scientific research. The construction of the research object. The Journalism research field. Epistemological issues on science and method. Method as conceptual horizon, guiding strategy and instrumental device. Methodological specifities in Journalism research. The production processes as research focus and the challenges of investigation in the context of resetting of Journalism. Methodological strategies in (interdisciplinary) dialog with other fields of knowledge. Main approaches e proposals of research method in Journalism.
Journalism, democracy and power (45h – 3 credits)
Program: Processes of public opinion formation in complex societies. Public sphere and forms of political representation. Journalism’s role in the definition of agendas (public, political and mediatic). Journalistic markets, social demand and hegemonic contests. State, media regulation and social control of information. Limits and challenges of journalistic autonomy and legitimacy in democratic societies.
Journalism and technological convergence (45h – 3 credits)
Program: Transformations of journalism in the historical context of communication technologies. The mediatic convergence process and the mediatic devices. Changes in journalistic making and the news construction. Speed and mobility as challenges to professional responsibilities.
Master’s dissertation Orientation – MDO I (30H- 2 credits)
Program: Following of research activities by the orientator, in the course’s second semester.
Master’s dissertation Orientation – MDO II (30H- 2 credits)
Program: Following of research activities by the orientator, in the course’s third semester.
Teaching internship – TI (30h – 2 credits, mandatory for scholarship holders)
Program: Carrying out teaching internship in graduation under doctoral professor’s supervision.
Optional disciplines
Besides mandatory disciplines, the student must complete 12 credits in optional disciplines. PPGJor offers six optional disciplines:
Line 1: Journalistic Production Processes
Circulation and Consumption in Journalism (45h – 3 credits)
Program: Comprehension and circulation in mediatic processes and products. Distinguishing aspects of mediatic-journalistic flows. Identification of mediatic consumption. Journalistic products circulation devices. Recognition strategies of journalistic consumption and circulation processes.
Thematic seminar (45h – 3 credits)
Program: Deepen a thematic axis, from a sector or field of Contemporary Journalism studies, providing students with systematized knowledge, able to contribute with the development of Master’s research project. O Thematic Seminars are offered, in each semester, with variable axis, in line with the academic demands and research and work availability of the Program’s faculty.
Methodological Seminar (45h – 3 credits)
Program: Presentation of preliminary versions of research projects by the respective authors (students), considering conceptual and methodological aspects, operational techniques of investigations, both empirical and theoretical. The Seminar is supposed to operate as a research lab among participants of the groups held by PPGJor.
Line 2: Journalistic processes and social practices
Program: Journalism, social representations and cultural identities. Media in the shaping of cultural consumption. Mediatic production, globalization and cultural diversity. Processes of intervention of social agents in the mediatic field. Relationships between journalism, social movements and communication networks. Journalism, citizenship practices and cultural resistance.
Thematic Seminar ( 45h – 3 credits)
Program: Deepen a thematic axis, from a sector or field of Contemporary Journalism studies, providing students with systematized knowledge, able to contribute with the development of Master’s research project. O Thematic Seminars are offered, in each semester, with variable axis, in line with the academic demands and research and work availability of the Program’s faculty.
Methodological Seminar (45h – 3 credits)
Program: Presentation of preliminary versions of research projects by the respective authors (students), considering conceptual and methodological aspects, operational techniques of investigations, both empirical and theoretical. The Seminar is supposed to operate as a research lab among participants of the groups held by PPGJor.