Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Academic calendar
The academic calendar shows the deadlines and scheduled events that are relevant to students, teaching and technical-administrative staff of the University. Public holidays and University closures are also indicated. The academic year normally begins on 1 October each year and ends on 30 September of the following year.
Course calendar
The Academic Calendar sets out the degree programme lecture and exam timetables, as well as the relevant university closure dates..
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| I semestre | Oct 3, 2011 | Jan 27, 2012 |
| II semestre | Feb 27, 2012 | Jun 8, 2012 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione esami invernale | Jan 30, 2012 | Feb 25, 2012 |
| Sessione esami estiva | Jun 11, 2012 | Jul 31, 2012 |
| Sessione esami autunnale | Sep 3, 2012 | Sep 29, 2012 |
| Session | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sessione laurea estiva SC - I appello | Jun 21, 2012 | Jun 21, 2012 |
| Sessione laurea estiva SC - II appello | Jul 12, 2012 | Jul 12, 2012 |
| Sessione laurea autunnale SC - I appello | Oct 20, 2012 | Oct 20, 2012 |
| Sessione laurea autunnale SC - II appello | Nov 14, 2012 | Nov 14, 2012 |
| Sessione invernale | Mar 21, 2013 | Mar 21, 2013 |
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Festa di Ognissanti | Nov 1, 2011 | Nov 1, 2011 |
| Festa dell'Immacolata Concezione | Dec 8, 2011 | Dec 8, 2011 |
| Vacanze Natalizie | Dec 22, 2011 | Jan 6, 2012 |
| Vacanze Pasquali | Apr 5, 2012 | Apr 10, 2012 |
| Festa della Liberazione | Apr 25, 2012 | Apr 25, 2012 |
| Festa del Lavoro | May 1, 2012 | May 1, 2012 |
| Festa del Patrono di Verona S. Zeno | May 21, 2012 | May 21, 2012 |
| Festa della Repubblica | Jun 2, 2012 | Jun 2, 2012 |
| Vacanze estive | Aug 8, 2012 | Aug 15, 2012 |
Exam calendar
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Academic staff
Alberti Alberto
a.alberti@unibo.it
Alizzi Antonio
antonio.alizzi@univr.it
Caliaro Ilvano
ilvano.caliaro@uniud.it
+39 045802 8117
daniela.carpi@univr.it
Cattapan Nico
nico.cattapan@univr.it
cinzia.delotto@univr.it
Leso Erasmo
erasmo.leso@univr.it
+39 045802 8559
Ligas Pierluigi
pierluigi.ligas@univr.it
+39 045 802 8408
silvia.monti@univr.it
carmen.navarro@univr.it
marco.orioles@univr.it
Palma Paola
palma.paola@gmail.com
Pozzani Gabriele
gabriele.pozzani@univr.it
+39 045 802 8235
lor.reg@alice.it
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University. Please select your Study Plan based on your enrolment year.
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1° Year
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2012/2013
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Advanced English for Journalism (m) (2011/2012)
Teaching code
4S02366
Teacher
Coordinatore
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- English linguistics LM - PARTE I of the course Master's degree in Linguistics
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
L-LIN/12 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - ENGLISH
Period
I semestre dal Oct 3, 2011 al Jan 27, 2012.
Learning outcomes
The course aims at
(a) illustrating
- the main steps of the history of news-writing, from its early beginning to the present time of unmediated journalism,
- the features of the language of journalism;
(b) developing the ability to analyze and produce a journalistic piece in its different forms, be it a written text (print / on-line version) or a broadcast piece.
Program
- English and the Media
- History of newspapers
- The ladder of publications
- Newspaper sections from past to present
- Text types
- News reports
- Sources in news reporting
- Features
- Commentaries
- Focus on headlines
- Subediting
- Broadcast journalism
- TV journalism
- Broadcast journalism
- Interviewing
- Freelancing
- Investigative journalism
- Media law
- Corpus linguistics applied to the language of journalism
All suggested texts and handbooks will be illustrated and discussed during the course.
The dedicated page (e-learning platform) will be regularly updated with materials and references.
Examination Methods
written exam.
NB: Students intending to take this exam are strongly advised to attend the lessons.
INFORMATION FOR NON-ATTENDERS
Students who do not attend the course have to study in detail the following references:
• Banks, David and Mark Hanna 2009. McNae’ Essential Law for Journalists, 20th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Bell, Martin 2010. “The death of news”. British Journalism Review 21/1. 73-74
• Bown, Lesley and Ann Gawthorpe (2008) Teach Yourself. Writing for Magazines. London: Hachette Livre UK Company.
• Boyd, Andrew (2001) 5th ed. Broadcast Journalism: Techniques of Radio and Television News, Amsterdam: Elsevier.
• Brownlees, Nicholas (1999) Corantos and Newsbooks: Language and Discourse in the First English Newspapers (1620-1641). Edizioni ETS, Pisa.
• Chouliaraki, Lilie. 2010. “Self-mediation: New media and citizenship”. Critical Discourse Studies 7/4. 227-232.
• Clayman Steven and John Heritage (2002) The News Interview. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Conboy, Martin. 2010. The Language of Newspapers: Socio-Historical Perspectives. London: Continuum.
• Cotter, Colleen 2011. “Women's place at the Fourth Estate: Constraints on voice, text, and topic”, Journal of Pragmatics, Vol. 43/10, pp. 2519-2533.
• Craig, David. 2011. Excellence in Online Journalism. Exploring Current Practices in an Evolving Environment. London: SAGE.
• Deuze, Mark 2008. “Understanding journalism as newswork: How it changes, and how it remains the same”. Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, University of Westminster, London, Vol. 5(2): 4-23.
• Devereux, Eoin. 2007. Understanding the Media. London: SAGE.
• Fries, Udo, Viviane Müller and Peter Schneider (eds.) (1997) From Ælfric to the New York Times. Studies in English Corpus Linguistics. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
• Hennessy, Brendan 2006. 4th ed. Writing Feature Articles. A Practical Guide to Methods and Markets. Oxford: Focal Press.
• Hoey, Michael 2001. Textual Interaction. An Introduction to Written Discourse Analysis. London, Routledge.
• Huls Erica and Jasper Varwijk 2011. “Political bias in TV interviews”. Discourse and Society 22(1): 48-65.
• Jucker, Andreas 1992. Social Stylistics, Syntactic Variation in British Newspapers. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Jucker, Andreas H. (1986) News Interviews: A Pragmalinguistic Analysis. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
• Lee Wright, Peter 2010. New Media, Old News. London: SAGE.
• Quinn, Stephen 2001. Digital Sub-editing and Design, Oxford: Focal Press.
• Reese, Stephen D., Lou Rutigliano, Kideuk Hyun and Jaekwan Jeong. 2007. “Mapping the blogosphere: Professional and citizen-based media in the global news arena”. Journalism 8/3. 235-261.
• Ungerer, Friedrich 2002. “When news stories are no longer stories: The emergence of the top-down structure in news reports in English newspapers”. In Andreas Fischer, Gunnel Tottie and Hans Martin Lehmann (eds.) Text Types and Corpora. Studies in Honour of Udo Fries, Gunter Narr: Tübingen, pp. 91-104.
• Van Dijk, Teun A. 1988. News as Discourse. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, London.
• Van Hout, Tom and Geert Jacobs. 2010. News production theory and practice: Fieldwork notes on power, interaction and agency. Pragmatics 18/1. 59-85.
• Williams, Kevin. 2010. Read All About It! A History of the British Newspaper. London, N.Y.: Routledge.
Moreover, in order to give the exam, non-attenders have to send the teacher 3 news reports, 3 features, 3 commentaries and 3 TV packages one week before the exam. The assessment of such texts will be integral part of the exam.
The exam for non-attenders will be structured as follows:
1) Written questions on the above-mentioned bibliographic references;
2) Writing of a journalistic piece;
3) Analysis of a journalistic piece and identification of its textual type.
Type D and Type F activities
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Graduation
List of theses and work experience proposals
| theses proposals | Research area |
|---|---|
| Laureandi Editoria e Giornalismo: vademecum | Various topics |
| TESI SU COMUNICAZIONE DELL’AGROALIMENTARE | Various topics |
| Stage | Research area |
|---|---|
| Proposte stages - Centro di ricerca Skenè | Various topics |
| TIROCINIO IN GIORNALISMO E SOCIAL MEDIA | Various topics |
