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Responsible Center: Faculty of communication sciences Location: Madrid-Quintana headquarters
Modality: In‑person
Title code: 6398. Old plan 6295 Orientation: Professional
Number of ECTS Credits: 60 ECTS Duration of the Master: an academic year
Public prices: See table
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Academic Co-director: Mr. José María García de Madariaga Miranda. Technical Co-Director: Ms. María Eugenia Lozano López. Phone: 91 488 7258
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University master's information: Phone: 91 665 5060 Inquiries Mailbox
Student attention: Student Help Box Suggestions, complaints and congratulations mailbox
Basic Information
What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?
The degree is proposed with a strong professional base and with the aspiration that students can obtain those skills and competencies currently required by companies and institutions, with a view to increasing their employability options.
Every day the implications of the change in current Journalism become more evident, as a consequence of the loss of relevance of paper in favor of digital media. The Internet has become the great beneficiary to the detriment of printed newspapers and magazines, entities that are currently experiencing delicate situations.
This reality has a first impact on the situation of Journalism as a profession. The lack of definition of the business models of journalistic companies in the face of digital convergence is a reality. It is a fact that both traditional titles and new digital projects started in recent years suffer. This changing situation should not prevent us from looking at successful initiatives that are seeing their subscribers grow in a domain characterized by multiplatforms.
Beyond the impact of the economic crisis, there is also evidence of a fragile labor market, with continuous reductions in workforce, and which requires professionals to prepare for precarious working conditions. Added to this is what is called the growing “autonomization” of the journalistic profession. As stated in the "Annual Report on the Journalistic Profession 2015", 25% of journalists who are in an active situation belong to this job category and 65% affirm that journalism, in the future, will be closely linked to this figure.
The Master aims to answer this question: that the graduate knows a changing professional situation, in need of new and innovative journalistic projects. In fact, in recent years there have been many experiences launched by professionals, mainly in the digital context, which show a high percentage of success and consolidation. In short, the labor context recommends training professionals with a vision of entrepreneurship in which they have not been previously trained.
Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?
Yes (final verification report is attached), starting the first course in the academic year 2018-19.
Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE
Is it necessary to pass an access test?
In the event that demand exceeds supply, the following scales will be applied:
50% training related to Journalism / communication
30% academic record
20% professional career related to the objectives and theme of the Master.
In the case of foreign students, special attention will be paid to their command of the Spanish language, and it is necessary to provide a Certificate of Spanish Language B2 DELE Intermediate or equivalent in the documentation to be delivered, in addition, if necessary, they may request to pass of a spoken and written level test.
What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?
You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link
Recommended income profile
The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:
- Degree in Journalism
- Degree in Audiovisual Communication
- Degree in Advertising and Public Relations
It is recommended that students who are going to take the Master's Degree in Digital Journalism and New Professional Profiles have basic training in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, and an interest in the world of communication and digital technologies.
On the other hand, it is considered an essential condition to be in possession of a graduate degree and to be competent in the command of the Spanish language.
Regarding skills, it is recommended that students have analytical skills, ease of interpersonal relationships and the ability to work in a team, ability and critical attitude in the analysis of the environment, responsibility and commitment to daily work, participatory attitude and creative spirit as well as predisposition and adaptation in terms of information and communication technologies.
Objectives
Train students to analyze with a critical and innovative sense the transformations that journalism is experiencing today. Facilitate the necessary skills to practice journalism that is developed through digital media in a responsible, rigorous and creative manner.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
| CON1. Identify and contextualize current events and phenomena related to digital journalism, establishing interrelationships with local and/or global social, economic, and environmental issues. |
| CON2. Identify new trends in digital journalism and their connection to future career opportunities in journalism and/or communications, with special attention to the transmedia integration of journalistic content. |
| CON3. Understand national and international media ecosystems, their role in democratic mediation, and the context in which the journalistic profession operates, paying special attention to technological and business changes. |
| CON4. Understand how news organizations work and their basic principles of organization, management, and planning, as well as new business models. |
| CON5. Understand the importance of editing in the production of journalistic information and know the keys to optimizing the readability and comprehensibility of content. |
| CON6. Understand how journalistic content and stories are constructed, how to identify social audiences, and build a positioning that gives them the greatest possible visibility. |
| CON7. Deepen your understanding of the basic components of web programming in journalism. |
| CON8. Identify the different elements of a data visualization and analyze their characteristics and objectives. |
| CON9. Understand the foundations, principles, characteristics, procedures, and typologies of data journalism, and recognize its context and disciplinary connections. |
| CON10. Assimilate democratic principles and values and the Sustainable Development Goals to develop professionally dignified, honest, rigorous, and constructive journalism. |
Skills
| HAB1. Promote critical thinking through the analysis of current news and develop a predisposition for critical discussion of creative ideas. |
| HAB2. Generate journalistic content in which both form and content are closely inspired by democratic principles and values and the Sustainable Development Goals. |
| HAB3. Experiment with content management tools for your own team and other teams (forums, social networks, WordPress plugins, etc.), and create programming on social networks and channels for the creation and dissemination of journalistic content. |
| HAB4. Apply ethical principles to address disinformation and critically analyze news from national digital media. |
| HAB5. Execute creative transmedia projects. |
| HAB6. Infer future trends in management, structure, and business models in the media market. |
| HAB7. Independently manage different types of image and sound capture systems and master the most common forms of editing, exporting, and transcoding for the creation of audio and/or video content. |
| HAB8. Apply fundamental concepts of web languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) to create and manage interactive digital journalistic content. |
| HAB9. Efficiently use data visualization-specific libraries and frameworks to create dynamic and interactive graphics and infographics. |
| HAB10. Develop journalistic products based on data analysis. |
Competences
| COM1. Connect the syllabus content with the latest developments in digital journalism in a critical and innovative way, through accurate, responsible, and sustainable journalistic work. |
| COM2. Integrate ethical principles related to sustainability values into personal and professional behavior, sustainably leverage technical resources, and integrate the SDGs into published content. |
| COM3. Manage audiovisual resources (framing, recording, and editing), adapting them to the professional requirements of the main national digital media outlets. |
| COM4. Be able to identify the most common misinformation practices in today's journalistic environment and act accordingly, taking into account the business realities of digital media and the journalist's own responsibility. |
| COM5. Propose entrepreneurial possibilities through the generation (ideation, planning, and execution) of your own digital journalism projects. |
| COM6. Design and establish a strategic plan for both content and its dissemination to specific target audiences. |
| COM7. Implement the acquired basic web programming knowledge into strategies for developing journalistic projects that are inclusive, accessible, and adaptive, ensuring that content is accessible to a wide audience. |
| COM8. Design journalistic projects that require complex, interactive data visualization, using specialized libraries and advanced data presentation techniques. |
| COM9. Develop data search, retrieval, acquisition, processing, analysis, and presentation tasks to generate information products that provide added value to citizens and promote information literacy. |
Minimum stay requirements
General access regulations and procedures
Information on access and admission of students to master's studies is available at: https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/274-master
The regulations are also published in: https://www.urjc.es/estudiar-en-la-urjc/admision/274-master#normativa-de-masteres-universitarios
Criteria and procedure for admission to the degree
The general requirements for access to University Master's Degrees are, according to article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28, which establishes the organization of university education and the procedure for ensuring its quality, the following:
- Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
- In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.
- Universities will guarantee transparent and accessible information on admission procedures, and must have student orientation systems. Likewise, they will ensure that said information and admission procedures take into account students with disabilities or with specific needs, and will have appropriate support and advice services.
- Universities may exceptionally establish, based on specific regulations approved by their governing bodies, conditional enrolment procedures for access to a Master's Degree. This will consist of allowing a Bachelor's student who has not yet completed the TFG and a maximum of 9 ECTS credits to access and enrol in a Master's Degree, although in no case will they be able to obtain the Master's degree if they have not previously obtained the Bachelor's degree. Universities will guarantee priority in enrolment for students who have an official university degree of Graduate. In this procedure, credits pending recognition or transfer in the Bachelor's degree, or the requirement to pass a certain level of knowledge of a foreign language to obtain the degree, may be taken into account.
- Universities or centres will regulate admission to Master's degree courses, establishing specific requirements and, if necessary, training supplements, the credit load of which may not exceed the equivalent of 20 percent of the degree's credit load. The credits for training supplements will be considered in the same way as the rest of the credits in the Master's degree curriculum.
- Universities will reserve at least 5% of the places offered in official Master's degrees for students who have been recognised as having a disability of 33% or more, as well as for students with permanent educational support needs associated with personal circumstances of disability, who in their previous studies have required resources and support for their full educational inclusion.
ADMISSION
The Rey Juan Carlos University does not have specific admission regulations, but is governed by article 18 of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28. Each degree has its own general access criteria and special access tests.
Admission to Master's Degrees9 will be carried out through a selection process; in some cases, this process may involve a selection test. The Master's Management will inform interested parties of what the selection test will consist of, as well as the exact date and place of its realization through this application and through a notice via email10.
GENERAL ACCESS CRITERIA:
Preferred income profiles:
- The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master are the following:
- Degree in Journalism
- Degree in Audiovisual Communication
- Degree in Digital Communication
Entry profiles with a requirement of three training complements
Students from the degrees of Advertising and Public Relations and Protocol and Corporate Communication will be admitted and will have to take additional training courses 2, 3 and 4.
Entry profiles with a requirement of four training complements
Admission will be permitted for students with the following Social Sciences degrees: Sociology, Economics, Political Science and Public Management, International Relations, Business Administration and Management and Marketing, who will have to complete the four additional training courses provided for in this verification report.
CONDITIONS OR SPECIAL ACCESS TESTS:
If necessary, assessment of the student's curriculum, based on their professional experience, their projection in relation to the objectives of the master's degree, as well as their academic record.
It is recommended that students who are going to take the Master's Degree in Digital Journalism and New Professional Profiles have basic training in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, and an interest in the world of communication and digital technologies.
On the other hand, it is considered an essential condition to be in possession of a graduate degree and to be competent in the command of the Spanish language.
Regarding skills, it is recommended that students have analytical skills, ease of interpersonal relationships and the ability to work in a team, ability and critical attitude in the analysis of the environment, responsibility and commitment to daily work, participatory attitude and creative spirit as well as predisposition and adaptation in terms of information and communication technologies.
The specific qualifications that will facilitate access to the Master's are the degrees in Journalism, Audiovisual Communication and Digital Communication.
Selection of applicants:
In the event that demand exceeds supply, the following scales will be applied:
40%: Training related to Journalism / Communication or Social Sciences
40%: Academic record
20%: Professional career related to the objectives and subject matter of the Master's degree
In the case of foreign students who are not Spanish speakers, it is necessary to provide a DELE Intermediate B2 Spanish Language Certificate or equivalent in the documentation to be submitted. In addition, if necessary, passing a spoken and written level test may be requested.
Students who have not completed a degree in the field of communications and are selected to take the master's degree will have to take the additional training courses provided for in this verification report.
TRAINING COMPLEMENTS
- Theoretical Perspective of Communication. Public Opinion and New Communication Models (3 ECTS)
- Fundamentals of Journalism and Professional Regulation (3 ECTS)
- Writing and journalistic genres and keys to the journalistic profession (3 ECTS)
- Contemporary structure of the media and information society (3 ECTS)
Offer of places: 30 seats. If the minimum number of students envisaged is not reached in a course, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.
Training itinerary
Master's Teaching Guides
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Training Itinerary
External Internships
The External Practices subject is a curricular subject whose main objective is to promote a comprehensive training of the student through the practical application of the knowledge acquired during the Master's degree, which facilitates direct contact with the professional activity and the opportunity to join the professional world with a minimum of experience. All practices are designed so that the students who participate in them acquire professional experience in real situations and conditions, applying the knowledge, skills and attitudes that are acquired in the training processes throughout the degree. The internships represent a decisive opportunity for the personal development and professional future of the students.
Internships are activities carried out by the student in companies, institutions and organizations; that is, in centers outside the university premises, which aim to enrich and complement their university education, while providing them with a deeper knowledge about the skills they will need in the future.
The External Practices subject will consist of two phases.
First. Completion of the internship period that offers professional experience related to any of the profiles that are expressed in the Verification Report of the degree.
Second. Preparation of memory.
Documentation:
For more information: External Internship Unit
Social Security contributions for interns starting January 1, 2024
Mobility programs
University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs. The management of all the mobility programs of the University is centralized in the Office of the Vice President for International Relations and any student of the University can participate in them.
Privacy Policy
- Academic Calendar
- Regulations governing the university master's degrees of the Rey Juan Carlos University
- Regulations for enrollment and permanence in university master's degrees at the URJC || Explanatory notes
- Academic exemption (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title IX)
- Public prices for university master's degrees
- Exemption from the prices of official master's and doctoral studies for the sons and daughters under 25 years of age of victims of gender violence
- External Internships
- University Master's Thesis
- Review and claim of the evaluation (Regulations for the Evaluation of Learning Outcomes - Title VII)
- Acknowledgments / Adaptations of university master's degrees
- Simultaneity of URJC university master's degree studies
- Regulations of the School of Official Masters
- Addendum to the protocol for adapting teaching at the School of Official Master's Degrees
- Royal Decree 1125/2003, of September 5, which establishes the European credit system and the qualification system in official university degrees valid throughout the national territory
STUDENTS
TEACHING COORDINATION
COEXISTENCE REGIME
SCHOOL INSURANCE
ASSOCIATIONS
EVALUATION
- Regulation on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes (in force from 1 September 2024)
- Early call (Regulations on the Assessment of Learning Outcomes - Article 19)
- Article 6.1.2. The favorable resolution of the request for total cancellation of registration does not necessarily imply the refund of the amount paid by the student. To do this, the requirements established in the Article 10.3 of the present regulations.
- Article 11.3. The extension of the period of permanence will be requested through the procedure established for this purpose by the Rey Juan Carlos University in the electronic office, within the established period. The Rector may authorize the continuation of studies in those cases in which exceptional causes, duly documented, have affected the academic performance of the students., valid for that academic year (up to a maximum of one year).
- Article 11.4. In accordance with what is established by the Article 4 of these regulations, those students whose request to remain is resolved favorably will have to enroll in all the remaining subjects to complete their studies.
- Article 11.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once the extension of the permanence period is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
- Article 12.4. Once this is granted, the student must enroll in accordance with the provisions of the Article 4 of the present regulations.
- Article 12.5. For subjects with an indefinite call, once continuity in the University Master's studies is granted, the fees corresponding to the second and successive registrations will be paid according to the corresponding Public Price Decree as long as they have been previously enrolled in that subject.
Quality guarantee
Results report
Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.
Report by course:
General information collection plan
Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:
- Student profile
- Teacher evaluation
- Degree of satisfaction:
- Of the students
- of the graduates
- From the Faculty
- Administration and Services Staff
- Labor insertion
- External internships:
- Satisfaction of interns
- External tutor satisfaction
- Employer satisfaction
Survey results:
Improvement actions
The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.
Renewal of accreditation
The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.
In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”