Магистратура
2025/2026
Философия современной журналистики
ID 1042627
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Современная журналистика)
Кто читает:
Институт медиа
Где читается:
Факультет креативных индустрий
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course examines the philosophical foundations of contemporary journalism, exploring how core concepts such as truth, objectivity, and public responsibility are understood and contested in today’s media environment. Students engage with classical and current theories of the press, from normative models of journalism to critical perspectives on power, ideology, and representation. Special attention is paid to the ethical challenges posed by digital platforms, algorithmic curation, and new forms of audience participation. The seminar encourages reflection on the role of journalism in democratic societies and its evolving relationship with other cultural and political institutions.
Learning Objectives
- To develop a critical understanding of the philosophical and ethical foundations of contemporary journalism, including key concepts such as truth, objectivity, public interest, and professional responsibility
- To enable students to analyze and evaluate current challenges in journalistic practice—such as disinformation, platformization, and algorithmic curation—through the lens of media philosophy and normative theory.
- To cultivate the ability to articulate and defend reasoned positions on the role of journalism in democratic societies and to reflect critically on the evolving norms, identities, and institutional conditions of the profession.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Articulates and defends their own positions on pressing issues in media practice
- Critically assesses journalistic norms and contributes to ongoing discussions about the future of the profession
- Refines his ability to reason about journalism’s purposes and limits
Course Contents
- Journalism in the Contemporary World: Journalism and Sociality in the Age of AI
- The Construction of Meaning in Journalism: Discourses, Framing, and Bias
- Platformization of Media: Infrastructural Power and Data Colonialism
Assessment Elements
- Lectures attendance
- Seminars Attendance
- Seminar activity
- Data-sessionThis activity does not require any advance preparation and will be conducted during the seminar.
- Test
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 1st module0.4 * Test + 0.15 * Data-session + 0.1 * Lectures attendance + 0.25 * Seminar activity + 0.1 * Seminars Attendance
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Social media : a critical introduction, Fuchs, C., 2021
- Understanding media : the extensions of man, McLuhan, M., 2002
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- A new structural transformation of the public sphere and deliberative politics, Habermas, J., 2023
- The discursive-material knot : Cyprus in conflict and community media participation, Carpentier, N., 2017