Master degree program
International Journalism

International Journalism

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Present innovative methods for conducting independent research in new directions.
2. Explain and differentiate the global media business, transnational media systems and corporations.
3. Integrate the knowledge of the media-industrial sector in the context of transformational processes of the world media system.
4. Explain the specifics of the multipolarity of information flows, the vectors of their influence on the world economy and politics.
5. Design a sociological and political analysis of the Kazakhstani media’s state and the prospects of their development.
6. Be able to analyze the content of international media projects; measure information monitoring and media management.
7. Differentiate online journalism in the era of the information society Web 2.0.
8. Teach in universities and special educational institutions, to be able to make managerial decisions, manage media branches.

Program passport

Speciality Name
International Journalism
Speciality Code
7M03203
Faculty
Journalism

disciplines

Digitalisation and Data-Journalism
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the basic principles and methods of working with data in journalism, as well as the development of tools and technologies for collecting, analyzing and visualizing information. Undergraduates are trained to work with metadata as an important tool for analyzing and presenting information in the digital age. The course develops skills in working with large amounts of data, initiates information research to create high-quality informative materials, and also analyzes the impact of the network media sphere on the production and consumption of media content.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

Gender and Media
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: is to train undergraduates to select topics, prepare and process draft publications taking into account gender roles and stereotypes. The course is aimed at mastering the skills of managing interaction with the external environment, the influence of media on the formation of gender identity, analysis and monitoring of social and cultural norms, as well as mastering gender journalism and a gender approach in media coverage. The aspects of the study are models of gender behavior, the development of gender competence, and the use of indicators of gender sensitivity.

Globalization and leadership in the era of digital and new media
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form undergraduates' understanding of the impact of globalization on the nature of macroeconomics and culture, the growth of a new type of leadership caused by the spread of network information and communication technologies (ICT), the role of leadership skills in digital and new media. The course introduces the methods of successful management in a modern multicultural digital society. Prepares masters for effective decision-making and leadership of creative, financial, technological activities of audio and video content in a dynamically developing global environment.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Immersive journalism and documentary storytelling
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: is to study and practically apply methods and techniques that allow you to create unique AR and VR media platforms using 3D animation technologies. Undergraduates study virtual and augmented reality technologies, interactive cinema, audio tours, multimedia formats and multiple ways to create immersive content. The course allows you to create practical scenarios using artificial intelligence technologies, promotes the process of cooperation between the academic environment and the practical media industry.

Media Policy and Media Economics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to explain the relationship between political culture and information exchange, as well as the analysis of the influence of economic factors on the functioning of the media industry. Understanding the principles and mechanisms of media organizations management, their financial strategies, as well as the impact of political processes on media development. As a result of studying the subject, undergraduates should acquire knowledge and skills to monitor the socio-political situation, synthesize new scientific facts of the media in the context of international communication problems.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research (in English)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline to form the ability to apply practical skills in the organization and planning of scientific research. The discipline studies: forms and methods of planning, organization and design of scientific articles and dissertations; forms of summarizing the results of scientific research in presentations, speeches, projects, articles.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Blogging and Personal Journalism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form undergraduates' skills in creating and maintaining a blog, priority areas of creative activity, choosing a topic and selecting materials for a personal blog, studying methods of publishing and promoting content. The course helps in the development of program scenarios, editing materials, establishing and maintaining contacts with the external environment, offers effective ways of self-presentation, argumentation of opinions and interaction with the audience. Special attention is paid to the professional online presence of students.

Communicative Platform of World Politics
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: undergraduates will study the influence of the media on the formation of public opinion in the field of world politics, gain knowledge about the role of the media in shaping political discussions, analyzing international conflicts, making decisions at the state level and influencing various categories of society. They will also learn how to evaluate information coming from various sources and understand the impact of media companies on global situational challenges.

Coverage of International Conflicts in the Media
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to analyze the role of the media in resolving international conflicts . In the study of the subject are considered the principle s of origin of the conflict s and tension in world politics . The subject will allow to forecast and carry out an examination of the scenarios for the development of international politics;design programs for analysis at the global media monitoring in news sources and classification of information

Cross-cultural communication and global culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of undergraduates to perceive communicative culture as the basis for successful communication between representatives of different cultures, to apply system-integrative personality qualities for effective interaction with representatives of different cultures. The course allows you to acquire cross-cultural communication skills that allow you to successfully interact in a multinational environment, and also teaches research technologies for information and communication modeling in the field of global media.

Gender and Media
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to apply the main methods of gender approach in media coverage. When studying a subject, gender characteristics and behavior patterns are considered; new approaches to gender competence. The subject will allow the development of indicators of gender sensitivity and measure its level; possess skills in the field of gender journalism, gender analysis and monitoring

International Practice of Solving Ethical Problems in the Field of Media
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to study the international practice of ethical regulation of journalistic work, scientific perception of the world history of media codification, to determine the moral consciousness of a journalist and his position, to interact with the real ethical situation in the field of violations of freedom of speech at home and abroad, to carry out various types of research in the field of world standards of ethics in the media. The course allows undergraduates to master practical skills in making ethically sound decisions in the field of journalism.

Kazakhstan in the Global Information Space
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form undergraduates' knowledge about the trends of globalization of the world information market, to study the mechanisms of production of information goods and services. As well as in awareness of the substantial and qualitative importance of the Kazakhstani segment in the global information space, in the introduction of the latest technologies to ensure high-quality support for the content of the press and audiovisual media. The course examines the processes of concentration and monopolization in the field of information, as well as shaping the image of a country in the context of globalization.

Mass media and global trends of sustainable development of society
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to give undergraduates an understanding and scientific justification of the role of the media in the development of society, as well as research on ways to use information technology to popularize and promote the principles of sustainable development. The course identifies important aspects of modernity: crisis phenomena of the social system; social processes and ecology; green economy and energy; conscious evolution; spiritual, moral, historical and universal values; concepts and theories of the media; provide an opportunity to form a motivated civic position.

Mass media as a subject of international law and legal culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form undergraduates' scientific understanding of international law and the specifics of the legislation of the media of foreign countries. The course will allow you to study the structures, theories and practices of international legal regulation of media activities, provides knowledge about freedom of speech, information and technology for its dissemination, systematizes and forms the structure of competent authorities that ensure the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of mass media.

The UNESCO Principles and Innovations in the World Journalism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study the principles, recommendations and standards developed by UNESCO for the development and improvement of world journalism. The course helps to master the functions of media process management, the features of the global media sphere and the integration of educational and scientific structures. The discipline provides an opportunity to analyze the transformation of modern processes in world media and to understand the importance of information exchange within the UNESCO system.

Theory and Practice of Communicational Cyber Defense
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to study the practice of protecting information security abroad, knowledge of the formation and development of state information resources, information warfare in the media and the global information space, configuration of information systems, analysis of the basics of their integration and interaction. The course helps to master the strategy and tactics of systematic and comprehensive protection at the international, state, industry, organizational level of information security.

Theory of Mass Communication
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the subject is to study the history of the development of foreign theories and concepts in the field of communication studies, the analysis of mass communication as a system of types and types, as well as to highlight the modern realities of mass communication processes in the context of new technological opportunities. The aim is to analyze the factors influencing the effectiveness of mass communication and to acquire basic methodological knowledge about the system of sciences in this field. The subject is aimed at studying various research areas in the field of mass communication.

Transformation of the media space in terms of a clash of civilizations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop undergraduates' skills in analyzing the impact of media on the formation of universal cultural values and ideas, research issues of cultural dialogue and mutual understanding through the media. Possess knowledge of the state information policy and the system of combating extremism and terrorism, use new information technologies as a tool for the formation and development of political culture. The course helps in the development and interpretation of information necessary for successful adaptation to diverse media communities in the context of globalization.

World Experience in Investigative Journalism
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of undergraduates to generalize the theoretical, methodological and technological foundations of international practices and approaches to investigative journalism. The subject will allow you to create and analyze investigative texts from the stage of choosing a topic, open and confidential sources of information, tools, data validation, legal framework, ethical aspects, to the importance of their influence on the formation of public opinion. Undergraduates are trained in the process of organizing editorial work related to planning, timely and high-quality preparation of materials for printing and broadcasting.

World experience in investigative journalism: tools and legal framework
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability of undergraduates to generalize the theoretical, methodological and technological foundations of investigative journalism. When studying the subject, the experience of the makraker movement in the USA, the "wallrafing" method, the Watergate case, Assange's WiciLeacs are considered. The subject allows you to show and analyze investigative texts: topic selection, stages, open and confidential sources of information, tools, legal framework, ethical aspects

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INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years