1. Welcome to Online Journalism: Theory and Practice Course Summer 2011

2. Meet Your Instructor Name: G. F Khan Education: PhD in Information & Telecommunication Technology Management, KAIST, 2011 Office: 406-Humanity Building 2 Office hours: 16:00 – 17:00 (by appointment) Email: gohar.feroz@gmail.comgohar.feroz@gmail.com Lecture Room: 203-humanity building 2 Class hours: 16:30-17:45 (Tuesday-Thursday) Course blog: http: //cyber.yu.ac.kr/indexE.php Face book: http://www.facebook.com/G.F.Khann http://www.facebook.com/G.F.Khann Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/gfkhan http://twitter.com/#!/gfkhan

3. Meet your instructor: hobbies

4. Knowing Each Other Please introduce yourself  Name  Major  Dreams/Hobbies/Habits  Expectations from the class

5. TEACHING PHILOSOPHY: “learning by doing” or “participative learning” focused on simulating creativity. We will think class room as a community. Two-way learning Focus will be on (apart from learning the course contents)  Team Work,  Creative Thinking  Communication Skills  Leadership, and  Confidence Building

6. COURSE OBJECTIVES and Themes: This course investigates a wide range of online journalism theories to understand the use and effect of computer-assisted (or mediated) reporting. Further this course enables students to understand various types of new journalism practices from the perspective of user (or journalist). This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to understand how cutting-edge technology works in the context of a news-making. To achieve these objectives, a combination of various approaches will be offered, including CLASS LECTURES, CLASS DISCUSSIONS, GROUP PROJECTS PRESENTATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS To achieve these objectives, a combination of various approaches will be offered, including CLASS LECTURES, CLASS DISCUSSIONS, GROUP PROJECTS PRESENTATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

7. Topics covered (Tentative) Understanding the Internet Historical perspective on media Media theory New Media vs. old media Online Journalism  RSS Feeds, Crowd powered collaboration, Advance blogging, micro-blogging  Mobile journalism  Story telling with photographs and videos.  Editing and decision making Media ethics Media policy, Law, & Regulations

8. COURSE MATERIALS Power points Mostly, power points (which will provided before lecture) will cover materials of the course Assigned Readings Some material (papers and book chapters) will be provided before the class for further understandings

9. GRADING POLICY: 1 Group Project 30% Midterm Exam 20% Final Exam 20% Presentation 20% Attendance/Participation 10% Total 100%

10. CLASS REQUIREMENTS Class Participation/Attendance (20%): Students must read the reading materials and handouts to be discussed in each session beforehand. Students will be expected to actively participate during the class lectures, discussions and presentations. Quality and intensity of participation, discussion and contribution to the class throughout the semester will contribute final course grade. Furthermore, three times absence from the class, without a suitable reason, will result in F. 2 Examinations (20% each): There will be one MIDTERM and one FINAL examination covering all the materials from the class and assignments. The exam is likely to have multiple choice questions. Exams carry 20% marks each. Presentation (20%): Students are recommended to present a recent article (research article or news article, or case study, or anything informative) about online journalism and discuss the major points of the articles in class. Presentation makes up 20 % of the final grad.

11. CLASS REQUIREMENTS Group Project (30%): Refer to the class wiki

12. Next Class What is the Internet? And where did it come from? History of the Internet Properties of the Internet Convergence Issues and challenges related to internet Discussion

13. Thank You Questions & Comments