MOK2000 Ethics of Professions and Journalism Course description

Emnet Profesjonsetikk og journalistikk er obligatorisk i 3. semester på bachelorstudiet i Medier og kommunikasjon. Emnet gir en innføring i profesjonsetikk og journalistikk knyttet til innholdsproduksjon.

Undervisningsspråk er norsk.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

Bachelorstudiet i medier og kommunikasjon har generelle progresjonsbestemmelser (se programplan).

Studenten skal etter å ha fullført emnet ha følgende totale læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har grunnleggende kunnskaper om profesjonsetikk, herunder journalistisk etikk knyttet til innholdsproduksjon.
• kjenner til aktuelle lover, regler og rettigheter av betydning for journalistikk, informasjons- og kommunikasjonsarbeid, herunder Vær-Varsom plakaten, personvern, kildenes rettigheter, offentlighetsloven, opphavsrettigheter og redaktøransvaret

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan foreta gode profesjonsetiske og kildekritiske vurderinger
• kan analysere mediale uttrykksformer på en kritisk og reflektert måte
• kan uttrykke seg i journalistiske sjangre

Students must have completed and passed the second year of the Bachelor’s Programme in Social Work.

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has broad knowledge of the importance of social policy to social work practice
• has broad knowledge of social class, power and the living conditions of marginalised groups
• has broad knowledge of marginalisation processes, discrimination and racism
• has knowledge of migration in a global perspective and how migration affects people’s social and material living conditions
• has knowledge of how neoliberalism and globalisation affect the increased individualisation of social problems and problem-solving 

 Skills

The student

• can identify, obtain and assess information and knowledge that shed light on socio-political processes and effects
• can identify and analyse which understandings of social problems form the basis for socio-political interventions
• can critically reflect on concrete social problems and interventions based on social science theories, research and evaluations

General competence

The student

• has insight into power structures and the exercise of power in society
• has insight into how the norms, attitudes, values and theoretical basis of the welfare state affect how marginalised groups are perceived and understood

• has a critical understanding of how the socio-political norms set the agenda for the methods and models used in social work and how this may impact individuals

The teaching takes place with in-person attendance on campus. Students will be taught key topics related to social policy and social work and participate in seminars in connection with the pre-determined topics in the course.

The exam in the course is an individual oral exam with a time frame of approximately 35 minutes per candidate. The time frame includes examination and assessment with an oral explanation.

No aids are permitted.

Oral exam is assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

Carolina Ohls og Ivan Harsløf