Communication

This course is to provide students with the basic theory, knowledge, tool training and practice of fact-checking in news production. Fact-checking is also one of the foundations of public media literacy.

This course is open to seniors and graduate students of the School of Journalism. As a professional basic course, it combines theory, practice and speculation, and is also the cornerstone of media literacy.

This course is an intensive examination of the importance of multicultural competence for the 21st century. It focuses on increasing students' cross-cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills to respond appropriately to the problems and opportunities of both domestic and international demographic changes and globalization. The role of professional education is to engage students in a redefinition of their professional and cultural identity to include civic responsibility for themselves and their profession, with a personal commitment to a deeper engagement with the world society. This engagement requires cross cultural and global understanding. This course provides appreciation of the complexity and dynamics involved in globalization, enhances self-reflection of culture in relation to other cultures, and develops a cross-cultural understanding of other societies. Additionally, the multidisciplinary nature of this course provides opportunity for multilevel discussions and interventions (individual, group, organizational, and institutional) as students investigate cross cultural dilemmas and challenges.

This course enables students to reflect on the role of information in shaping today’s society and information professions by learning about relevant social, societal, and ethical trends and perspectives, and to consider what information professionals and scholars can therefore do to affect, and hopefully improve, society. Possible course topics include core concepts values in library and information science, information and data ethics, fake news and censorship, surveillance and cybercrime, artificial intelligence, globalization, digital sovereignty and regulation, sustainability, and equity and diversity. Seminars consist of student presentations, discussion activities, and writing tutorials.

This course covers the history, basic concepts, theories, and research methods of communication. 

This course studies two major components of political, social, and cultural life in France in the age of democracy. The development of public media lends to ideological debates and participates in the forming of public opinion as well as reflecting it. Mass media, diversified in the 20th century, accompanies the changes in French society. Between freedom of tone and public control, media is a player in political and social crises that France has seen. In the era of television and internet, the new media has strengthened its role in the forming of public opinion.

Evolving management practices and the proliferation of an online, interconnected, global business world have led to greater interaction between employees, management, clients, and the public at a global and intercultural level. These include written correspondence with clients; messages targeting mass public audiences; critical business and product presentations, and event self-presentation. It is no surprise that Business Communications skills are listed as a top workplace skill by employers and recruiters. This course aims to develop written and spoken communication proficiency for various scenarios in the business setting.