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Journalism & Communication

JOUR 201 Audio-Visual Production
1 Term; 3 Credits
The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to audio-visual production. Upon
completion of the course, students will be able to explain in film language the basic skills of
operating cameras, lighting, switchers, audio equipment & non-linear editing machines, with
respect to ethical issues in the production process; design a good story as fiction and
non-fiction directors who make sensible choices on what to shoot, how to shoot it, what to use
in the video and how most effectively to use it; and demonstrate more by planning than by
reflex so as to direct professionally with schedules that the crew can follow; maintain good
communication skills with crew, participants and audience.

JOUR 220 Mass Communication Theories
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to develop an overview of mass communication theories. Upon com-
pletion of the course, students will be able to describe the various concerns relating to the
complex process of mass communication faced by mass communication professionals and
how they could overcome such concerns; apply the theories in the context of mass commu-
nication through class discussion, individual presentation and an individual term paper at the
end of the term; analyse the structure and dynamics of contemporary mass media and its
impact on society through class discussion, individual presentation and an individual term
paper at the end of the term.

JOUR 221-2 News Reporting and Writing in Chinese
2 Terms; 6 Credits
This course emphasizes the principles and techniques of news gathering and writing in
the Hong Kong environment. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to master
different aspects of news gathering, reporting and writing. Methods in covering crimes, courts,
accidents, Legislative Council and District Board meetings, etc. will be discussed through
constant exercises. Students are trained to present stories and features in various forms and
styles. In addition, styles and structure of news stories, research and interviewing techniques
form part of the study. All practical writing exercises will be conducted under strict newsroom
settings and conditions.

JOUR 230 Technological Change and Human Communication
1 Term; 3 Credits
Modes of human communication have been radically affected by changes in the tech-
nology of communication ‒ from orality to literacy, from handwriting to print, and from print to
electronic imaging – and these changes are continuing. This course aims to explore the
connections between media technologies and changing understandings of culture in the 21st
century. It focuses on how innovations in print and photographic technologies, telegraphy and
telephony, sound recording, radio, film exhibition, TV and video, and the transformation of
analogue to digital technologies, have enabled changing visions of culture. Students will be

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