Course Code: 120402
Course Name: Periodical Editing
Course Type: specialty course
Periods: 36
Credit: 2
Target Students: majors of Journalism, Editing and Publishing, Chinese Language and Literature, and other related majors
Preparatory Course: Theories of Editing
Periodical Editing is a compulsory course for majors of Journalism and Communication. This course introduces the theories and skills of periodical editing, enabling students to be qualified for working in the news business.
Students are exposed to:
The origin and development of periodicals, current condition of American and British periodical business, the current Chinese periodical business and its existing problems, the position of periodicals and its concept, printing and publishing of periodicals, operation of periodicals and the strategy of the periodical business in a new media era.