Master in Journalism and New Media

INSCRIPTIONS
ALWAYS OPEN

GRADUATION
MASTER

DURATION
from 12 months to 24 months

CFU
60

The Master in Journalism and New Media has been designed and developed as an advanced curriculum that assumes prior familiarity with a wide range of functions and demonstrated skills in basic concepts, and the attitudinal and procedural aspects of the role of the journalist and manager of new media. This program offers academic training for managers in the new media sector. (Master of 120 ECTS credits).

Studies to graduate should enhance and improve specialist skills and experiences in different areas of new media management in which the student has demonstrated previous aptitudes through previous academic performance. However our MBA is an applied development program, aimed at professional journalists or publicists, rather than academics or researchers. Therefore the program focuses predominantly on the development of professional skills and experiences already possessed.

Course Objectives

This program offers the student the opportunity to:

  • a broad familiarity with the professional functions of the journalist;
  • a familiarity with the current currents of the theoretical-practical debate of journalism and new media and a high degree of understanding of their complexity and flexibility;
  • an ability to analyze innovations and developments in the field of journalism and new media;
  • sensitivity to the social responsibilities of the journalist;
  • an open orientation to learning the technical aspects of new media;
  • a high level of capacity for analysis, evaluation and synthesis in solving problems concerning the use of new media;
  • an ability to stimulate, guide and focus the discussion on the science of new media on the basis of a balanced evaluation of didactic experiences on the one hand and professional experiences on the other.

Study Plan

  1. Institutional communication
  2. Mass communication theory and technique
  3. Public communication law
  4. Sociology of communication
  5. Sociology of mass communication
  6. Institutions of media law
  7. Communication psychology
  8. History of journalism
  9. Economic history
  10. Contemporary history
  11. Sociology of the new media
  12. Media semiotics
  13. Language theory
  14. Public relations
  15. Web graphics
  16. Thesis
  17. Master’s thesis

Duration of the Course

The duration of the on-line course varies between a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 24 months, and depends on the evaluation of the curriculum vitae of each student and the educational credits held, evaluated according to an equivalent system to the European or ECTS one. The professional experiences already possessed at the management level are helpful for a shortening of the course.

Admission Requirements

Applicants with a high school diploma and a three-year short degree (ECTS 180 equivalent credits) can apply; in the absence of a short degree, candidates must demonstrate at least 5 years of professional experience in the field of journalism and new media management. management level. Those who do not have the required high school diploma can enroll if they have at least 10 years of managerial experience at executive level. In any case, admission is subject to an evaluation of the curriculum vitae of each candidate and of the credits held. To access the final certification / thesis exam, the candidate, after passing the required tests, will have to carry out an in-depth written thesis on one of the subjects in the study plan.

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