MCM 302: Online Journalism

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students will:

1. explain new and social media; outline the impact of social networking sites on news gathering and reportage;
2. discuss the issue of fake news and social media;
3. explain the role social media in shaping citizenship and identities;
4. outline the challenges in using new and social media; and
5. create and upload contents online

Course Contents

The course will focus emerging waves of social media such as Face book; Twitter, LinkedIn, etc; impact of social networking sites on news gathering and reportage; issues about social media and potential for peddling harmful information; social media and the citizenship power; connectivity and access.