Theory and History of Journalism

THEORY AND HISTORY OF JOURNALISM II (SPRING)
USP COURSE
DUKE-IN-MADRID
Objectives
The objectives are, basically, three: the encouragement for the study of
present journalism; the acquisition of basic knowledge for a better
understanding of the history and evolution of press in the Western
world and specially, the Spanish case; the learning of techniques and
methodologies for research papers in this area of knowledge. Also, it is
expected from the students to learn to study other non-common
sources for the study of journalism like the direct ones, newspapers,
and indirect as literature or cinema.
Pre-requisites
Previous knowledge of social, political and cultural evolution of Western
world from the 17th century to present time.
Evaluation and Methodology
The course will invite to students’ active participation in class. The
student will be in charge of preparing press analysis among other tasks.
Also s/he will discover the first journalistic formulas from his/her own
experience through the reading of historical-journalistic texts and later
to translate the model to any kind of similar text. The student will be
asked to submit a research paper about a topic applied to time and
space.
The evaluation will be continuous. The participation in class, the class
assignments, the mandatory readings, the research paper… will count
towards the final grade.
Course program
FIRST PART: JOURNALISTIC REVOLUTIONS
Topic 1: The daily journals: The Daily Courant; Nipho and El Diario de
Madrid. Le Journal de Paris.
Topic 2: The journalistic company: The Times. Press and Technology.
The newspaper Empresa and the readers: penny press¸ Dreyfus case;
the crime of Fuencarral Street.
Topic 3: The Liberal Revolution: Press and Ideology in the French
Revolution. The post-revolution State. Napoleon and the new European
order in the press. The Cadiz Cortes and the Liberal Triennium.
Topic 4: The creation of Liberal State: the Press, the forth estate: the
Revolution of 1830s in France; the Sexenio in Spain (1868-1874): basis
for an ideological and party press in Spain. The Italian and German
process of unification.
Topic 5: The arrival of journalistic model of supply and demand: the
Press in the United States. The birth of colonial press in America: the
human interest as a unifying element among the settlers. North
American press and the independence. The business of journalism:
Yellow and sensationalist journalism. The press in North America and
Spain in 1898.
SECOND PART: NEW FACTORS IN THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE
WESTERN JOURNALISTIC MODEL
Topic 6: News agencies: its new journalism: Havas, Reuter, Wolff, AP,
UP, Mencheta and EFE.
Topic 7: Latin America: the fight and the merger of European and North
American model. The European way adapted to the North American
technologies and uses.
Topic 8: First World War: first great globalization in the Western press.
Topic 9: Second World War: consolidation of the western press.
Supranational media companies. Internet: approach to the real model of
media globalization.
THIRD PART: SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPANISH PRESS
Topic 10: Literature and journalism. Political-party press; Press and
Culture.
Topic 11: Spain outside of World events. The media companies in Spain.
Second Republic and Spanish Civil War.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
SAIZ (1983): Historia del Periodismo en España 1. Los orígenes, Alianza,
Madrid.
SEOANE (1983): Historia del Periodismo en España 2. El siglo XIX,
Alianza, Madrid.
SEOANE Y ZIAZ (2001): Historia del Periodismo en España 3. El siglo
XX: 1898-1936, Alianza, Madrid.
WEILL G, (1979): El periódico, Utehan, México.
REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY
ALVAREZ, J. Historia y modelos de comunicación en el siglo XX, Ariel,
Barcelona, 1991.
ALVAREZ, J.T y MARTINEZ RIAZA, Historia de la prensa
hispanoamericana, MAPFRE, Madrid, 1992.
BELLANGER, GODECHOT, GUIRAL Y TERROU (eds), Histoire generale
de la presse française, 5 t., Presses Universitaraires de France, Paris
1969-1976.
BOYCE, CURRAN y WINGATE (eds), Newspaper History: from the 17th
century to the Present Day, Constable, Londres, 1979.
CHECA GODOY, Historia de la prensa en IberoamericaK, Alfar, Sevilla,
1993.
EMERY, Edwin y EMERY, Michael El periodismo en los EE.UU, Trillas,
México, 1966.
MOTT, Frank Luther, American Journalism. A history 1690-1960, Mac
Millan, Nueva York, 1969.
PIZARROSO QUINTERO, (ed). Historia de la prensa, Ramón Areces,
Madrid, 1994.
SAIZ (1983): Historia del Periodismo en España 1. Los orígenes, Alianza,
Madrid.
SANCHEZ ARANDA y BARRERA DEL BARRIO, Historia del periodismo
españo., Eunsa, Pamplona, 1992.
SEOANE (1983): Historia del Periodismo en España 2. El siglo XIX,
Alianza, Madrid.