Master in Journalism and Communication: New Trends in Production, Management and Dissemination of Knowledge

This master's degree is aimed at students who wish to broaden their knowledge in the field of information and/or communication, both for academic, scientific and professional purposes. The contents offered are a proposal with a balance between theory and practice, so they are adapted to the needs of students who wish to pursue a PhD in the field of information or communication, to engage in teaching and research, but are also useful for working professionals who want to expand or update their knowledge to meet the continuing challenges that arise today. The media are subject to a process of constant renewal and evolution, and the professionals who work in them need to be constantly updated to be aware of trends and adapt to the demands of the audience in the new information and communication contexts.

Completion requirements:

Compulsory: 21
Optional: 27
Master’s Final Project: 12
Total: 60

Los estudiantes matriculados en este máster contarán con apoyo académico y orientación desde el primer momento y durante todo el curso. A través de la figura de un orientador, que formará parte del cuadro de profesores del máster, los alumnos tendrán siempre una persona de referencia para todo tipo de consultas relacionadas con el título, desde gestiones administrativas hasta asesoramiento en los aspectos académicos.

Además, para difundir o ampliar cualquier información que pueda resultar útil para los alumnos, el máster realizará una jornada de acogida al principio de cada edición para los alumnos de nuevo ingreso y aprovechará todos los recursos potenciales que ofrecen las nuevas tecnologías, entre ellos la creación de una página web propia del máster a través de la que se informará a los estudiantes de todas las novedades durante el periodo lectivo.

La Comisión Académica asignará a principio de curso un tutor a cada estudiante, para mantener abierta una vía de comunicación permanente con los alumnos y asesorarlos en todas las cuestiones que necesiten, tanto las de carácter académico como las administrativas, facilitándoles información precisa para que puedan acudir de forma rápida y oportuna a los cauces necesarios para encontrar una solución a cualquier problema.

El tutor también hará un seguimiento puntual de la evolución de los alumnos para comprobar que realizan el aprendizaje según lo previsto y, al mismo tiempo, localizar posibles dificultades académicas con la antelación suficiente para que puedan ser corregidas a tiempo y no influyan en el resultado final.

Access

Poderán acceder ás ensinanzas oficiais de máster:

1. As persoas que estean en posesión dun título universitario oficial español.
2. Aquelas que teñan un título expedido por unha institucion de educación superior do EEES que faculta no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinanzas de máster.
3. Os titulados conforme a sistemas educativos alleos ao EEES sen necesidade de homologación dos seus títulos, previa comprobación pola Universidade de que os ditos títulos acreditan un nivel de formación equivalente aos correspondentes títulos universitarios españois e que facultan no país expedidor do título para o acceso a ensinanzas de posgrao.

Admission

Modality: specific criteria

Access Degrees:

Preference 1: Degrees in the field of Communication Sciences: Journalism, Audiovisual Communication or Advertising and Public Relations.

Preference 2: Other degrees in the field of Social and Legal Sciences or Humanities.

students coming from degrees in the branches of Humanities and Social Sciences other than Journalism, Audiovisual Communication and Advertising will have to take complementary courses.

Admission criteria:

-Academic record: 70%.
-Research / professional curriculum: 30% (published academic or scientific work related to the contents of the master's degree and professional experience in the field of journalism and communication).

It is advisable, although not compulsory, to have a minimum knowledge of English in order to, at least, correctly understand the bibliography and audiovisual products produced in that language, in accordance with level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

- Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity for being original in the development and/or application of ideas —usually in a research context.

- Students must know how to apply their acquired knowledge and their capacity of problem solving in new or uncommon surroundings. All of this, inside broader —or multidisciplinary— contexts associated with their study area.

- Students must be able to integrate knowledge and confront the complexity of making judgements from information which could be incomplete and limited. This information must include reflections about social and ethical responsibilities associated with the application of their study areas’ knowledge and judgements.

- Students must know how to clearly and unambiguously communicate their conclusions —and the knowledge and ultimate reasons that sustain them— to specialized and non-specialized public.

- Students must possess learning abilities that will allow them to continue studying, in a way which would be largely self-directed and autonomous.

- Know the dynamics, products and supports for the production, management and dissemination of knowledge.
- Detect, understand, interpret and apply new trends in journalism, in particular, and in communication, in general.
- Analyse or execute the processes of production, management and dissemination of knowledge through informative content.
- Know the structure of products for the network, the edition of multimedia products and network architecture and design.

- Know how to handle online databases and the creation and use of one's own documentary databases for the interpretation and analysis of data and their visual exploitation.
- Analyse the new genres and languages of journalism and their use in the study and analysis of the consequences of the hybridisation of the media.
- Manage information and communication in new formats and new media to narrate and transmit information.
- Use content generation tools for online environments and tackle informative or communicative processes with the use of digital resources for the production of informative or informative content.
- Deepen, investigate and contextualise the analysis and practical application of information and communication economies and the analysis and sustainability of changes in financing models.
- Carry out scientific dissemination activities through publications in the area with proposals for articles based on the students' own research.
- Develop a product or a real communication action and develop it.
- Know the problems derived from intoxication and knowing how to carry out information literacy tasks.
- Ability to apply appropriate criteria for the selection of useful content of social interest.

- Develop and manage information content.
- Devising and creating multimedia products.
- Use multimedia and hypermedia communication technologies.
- Plan and implement innovative communication strategies in democracy.