Abstract
A Course in Argumentation in Journalism in the Master’s Curriculum: Using Russian Popular Science Magazines as Case Studies
Highlights
The Master’s Degree Program in Foreign Languages and Translation in the Media offered by St Petersburg University is in a class of its own in the Russian higher education system
We can talk about a split in this segment, which led to a clear differentiation of popular science magazines that has preserved an ecological discourse, and popular science magazines that have appropriated the glossy format
The absence of restrictions for foreign companies on the ownership of Russian print media, new technologies imported by Western glossy magazines, which demonstrated the advantage of visual content over text, impressions over content, contributed to the monetization of content
Summary
The Master’s Degree Program in Foreign Languages and Translation in the Media offered by St Petersburg University is in a class of its own in the Russian higher education system. Students have the opportunity to take media studies courses in a second foreign language, either Spanish or Chinese This academic program is aimed at meeting a market need for qualified experts possessing the combined skills required by a linguist, translator and interpreter with those of an international journalist. They will be immersed in the news agenda and able to analyze Russian political, socio-economic and cultural processes; and adapt to the new linguistic technologies which figure so prominently in the wide range of electronic systems used within the communications and language professions. The objectives of the course include teaching students about argumentation as a field of communication theory and the concept of persuasive impact, helping them to identify the media genres in which argumentation is used, carry out a critical analysis of media messages, aimed to argue and persuade, and produce their own argumentative media discourse
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have