Production, Expression and Design of Journalistic Products
Code: 104984 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism | OB | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- David Guerrero Ramiro
- Email:
- david.guerrero@uab.cat
Teachers
- Carlos David Badajoz Dávila
- Gemma Freixa Rubio
- Jordi Olive Calvo
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.
Objectives and Contextualisation
To train professionals prepared to organize information in the graphic media.
To apply knowledge of journalism in the organization of information and communication in the graphic media.
To transmit information through graphic messages.
To use formal elements and adapt graphic messages taking into account the recipients of the information.
Competences
- Abide by ethics and the canons of journalism, as well as the regulatory framework governing information.
- Design the formal and aesthetic aspects in print, graphic, audiovisual and digital media, and use computer-based techniques to represent information using infographic and documentary systems.
- Introduce changes in the methods and processes of the field of knowledge to provide innovative responses to the needs and demands of society.
- Relay journalistic information in the language characteristic of each communication medium, in its combined modern forms or on digital media, and apply the genres and different journalistic procedures.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
- Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the sex- or gender-based inequalities and the gender biases present in one's own area of knowledge.
- Appraise the use of design in the media as a support for relaying information in the press, radio, television and multimedia.
- Be familiar with and professionally use the necessary voice and image recording tools.
- Communicate using language that is not sexist or discriminatory.
- Identify and distinguish the technical requirements necessary to relay information in the language characteristic of each communication medium (press, audiovisual, multimedia).
- Identify situations in which a change or improvement is needed.
- Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
- Propose projects and actions that incorporate the gender perspective.
- Students can apply the knowledge to their own work or vocation in a professional manner and have the powers generally demonstrated by preparing and defending arguments and solving problems within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills in order to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Use Internet's communication resources properly.
- Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.
- Use social responsibility criteria in various information production processes.
Content
Unit 1. Fundamentals of Design
- Graphic design
- Design theory
- Journalistic design
Unit 2. Printed Journalistic Products
- History and evolution of journalistic design
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Relationship between print and digital media
Unit 3. Design Elements
- Visual architecture
- Typography
- Color
- Graphic imagery
- Infographics
Unit 4. Design Process
- Semiotics
- Conceptualization
- Composition
- Production
- Printing
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Autonomous Work | 60 | 2.4 | 1, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 11, 9, 10, 13, 15, 2 |
| Seminars | 15 | 0.6 | 14, 5, 12, 9, 13 |
| Theory Classes | 12 | 0.48 | 4, 3, 5, 11, 10, 13, 15, 2 |
| Tutorial | 7.5 | 0.3 | 3, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Laboratory Practices | 5 | 0.2 | 14, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 9, 13, 15, 2 |
| Theory Evaluation | 7.5 | 0.3 | 4, 3, 5, 7, 11, 9, 10, 13, 15, 2 |
A detailed schedule outlining the content of each session will be presented on the first day of the course and will be available on the course’s Virtual Campus, where students will find all teaching materials and necessary information for eƯective course monitoring. Should the teaching modality change for reasons of force majeure according to the competent authorities, the teaching staƯ will inform students of any modifications to the course schedule and teaching methodologies.
Note: The course content will be sensitive to issues related to gender perspective and the use of inclusive language.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magazine practices | 40% | 22 | 0.88 | 14, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 9, 10, 13, 15, 2 |
| Magazine project | 20% | 14 | 0.56 | 1, 14, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 9, 10, 13, 15, 2 |
| Newspaper practices | 15% | 4 | 0.16 | 14, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 9, 10, 13, 15, 2 |
| Theory exam | 25% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 14, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15, 2 |
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES
Theory exam: 25%
Daily practices: 15%
Magazine project: 20%
Magazine execution practices: 40%
It is necessary to obtain a minimum grade of 5 in all the scheduled activities to pass the course.
SYSTEM OF REVALUATION
Students will be entitled to reassessment in the course if they have been evaluated on a set of activities accounting for at least two-thirds of the total course grade.
SECOND ENROLMENT
In the case of a second enrolment, students can do a single synthesis exam/assignment that will consist of doing again the pending activities of the previous year.
The grading of the subject will correspond to the grade of the synthesis exam/assignment.
PLAGIARISM
In the event that the student carries out any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an assessment activity, that assessment activity will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be initiated.This course does not provide for a single-assessment system.
Bibliography
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Software
Affinity Publisher
Affinity Photo
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 11 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 12 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 13 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 21 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 22 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 23 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |