Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Modern Communication Technologies
Course Code
KSK_164
Branch of Science
Media and communications
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Communication Science; Information and Communication Science
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Marta Herca
Structure Unit Manager
Ieva Puzo
Structural Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences
Contacts
Kuldīgas iela 9c, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv
About Study Course
Objective
To provide a theoretical and practical insight into the specifics of the internet environment reviewing media use habits, change of language and relations, importance of a story, diversity of media perception and role, diversity of multimedia environment contents and forms.
Preliminary Knowledge
Not necessary.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Students recognise and/or respectively use: • story in online environment, storytelling; • photo – basic principles, quality elements in photography, creation of a photo story; • social media, branding and community; • visualization of data – tools and formats; • sound – recording of audio, voice, technique, editing; • language, text – writing of a text for the internet, typography, text layout, language use; • video – composition, camera angles, camera movements, editing, interview; • multimedia story platforms – their possibilities and shortcomings.
Skills
1.During the course students practically create a multimedia human interest story using reviewed forms – photo, audio, video, infographics – and post it on any internet platform appropriate for the study.
Competences
1.Able to autonomously and responsibly produce, analyse and evaluate multimedia stories.
Assessment
Individual work
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During the semester the student reads recommended readings and internet sources. Students should share existing and obtained knowledge among themselves during lectures, during discussions outside lectures, thus developing their own and joint knowledge about multimedia.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Auditorium
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Story in online environment. Storytelling
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Photography - basic principles, elements of composition, photography based stories
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Auditorium
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Data visualization - tools and formats
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Auditorium
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Social media, branding and community.
Multimedia story platforms
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Sound – recording of audio, voice, technique, editing
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Language, text – writing for the internet, typography, text layout, language use.
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Video – composition, camera angles, camera movements, editing, interview
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
28 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Story in online environment. Storytelling
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Photography - basic principles, elements of composition, photography based stories
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Data visualization - tools and formats
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Auditorium
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Social media, branding and community.
Multimedia story platforms
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Sound – recording of audio, voice, technique, editing
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
16 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Written)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Adornato, A. (2026). Mobile and Social Media Journalism: A Practical Guide for Multimedia Journalism (3rd ed.). Routledge.
2.
Pizzo, A., Lombardo, V., & Damiano, R. (2024). Interactive Storytelling: A Cross-Media Approach to Writing, Producing and Editing with AI. Routledge.
3.
Bradshaw, P. (2023). The online journalism handbook: Skills to survive and thrive in the digital age. Routledge.
4.
Davis, M. (2023). Creating Visual Narratives Through Photography: A Fresh Approach to Making a Living as a Photographer. Routledge.
5.
Lambert, J., & Hessler, B. (2018). Digital storytelling: Capturing lives, creating community (5th ed.). Routledge.
6.
Hernandez, R. K., & Rue, J. (2016). The Principles of Multimedia Journalism: Packaging Digital News. Routledge.
Other Information Sources
1.
The Guardian visual stories
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Nieman journalism lab - a project of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard
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Multimedia Work by UC Berkeley Students
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Online Journalism Blog
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Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism http://www.digitalnewsreport.org/
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Online Journalism Awards. Excellence in Visual Digital Storytelling
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Aljazeera Interactives
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Photo Journalism Prize
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Delfi interaktīvie stāsti
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LSM - multimediāls stāsts
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Data journalism