English Course for Students of Information Sciences and Communication.

The objectives : through this course students will learn about:

What is meant by ethics and to what extent these ethics are important for their career of journalism and communication. Students will be aware of some ethical dilemmas, and learn how to decide about these ethical issues. 

The functions of media and their impact 

The importance of media literacy and digital literacy to empower their critical thinking and to fight the problem of information disorder. 

The news values and  basics of news writing, meanings of news, types of news, what determines what is news and what is not, and how to write news stories, leads and headlines.