104314 - RADIO

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Rafael Suarez Gómez

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

The subject Radio offers us a practical and theoretical introduction to the narrative and operating principles of this medium. Throughout the course, the theory of the most common formats of the radio medium, its language and evolution, is worked on, and, at the same time, the sound and technical resources with which a radio program is carried out are experimented with in the study. The course also deals with business and organizational models, as well as the adaptation of the medium to the new digital context.

Internships are mandatory and are carried out in groups of 3 or 6 people, depending on the task to be performed. The practical sessions consist of the production, recording and post-production of callsigns, wedges, interviews, reports and magazines with a professional quality sufficient to be broadcast by a real radio station.

This subject has methodological and digital resources to make possible its continuity in non-contact mode in the case of being necessary for reasons related to the Covid-19. In this way, the achievement of the same knowledge and skills that are specified in this teaching plan will be ensured.

Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

LO1 Recognize the main features and elements of the radio medium and its language.

LO2 Identify the different activities and professional roles in a radio station.

LO3 Identify the different types of programming and radio business.

LO4 Use voice, silence, sound effects and music effectively in a radio space.

LO5 Produce, record and perform a radio program and its sections.

LO6 Manage a radio file.

LO7 Know and use the physical and technical components to be able to make and broadcast radio.

LO8 Write and use the radio script appropriately.

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RAC1 Analyze and evaluate the social characteristics of the audience to which a radio product is addressed.

RAC2 Select the appropriate format and resources to target a specific audience.

RAC3 Effectively manage a human work team in the radio field.

RAC4 Provide diagnoses and solutions within a radio project with different roles and participants.

RAC5 Know and apply locution techniques.

The course consists of 4 hours of theory and 2 hours of weekly practice. Internships, unless otherwise indicated due to a specific activity, are usually carried out in radio studios (floor -1). Laboratories and small classrooms can also be used for complementary activities to internships.

In the theoretical part, the general and introductory contents necessary to carry out the practices with quality and communicative success are presented, within the standards and expectations of the radio field. Classes combine teacher explanations with active student participation through individual or group activities conducted in the classroom. The contents are taught always looking for the maximum possible coordination between the theoretical part and the practices.

The practical part is done in groups, although there may be specific elements or tasks that have an individualized assessment. The realization of the practices is compulsory in order to be able to be evaluated: the student with more than two practices without presenting or not participating in the final program will not be considered in the evaluation and will have to repeat the practical part of the subject. . Internship groups must be 3 people. For the realization of more complex formats, two groups are combined, leaving a team of 6 people.

The work in the practices of the subject involves a dedication of a large number of hours of self-learning and preparation of activities outside the hours assigned to the group to make use of the radio studio. Students will need to be organized into teams in order to prepare the necessary materials before each internship session. If a group does not bring the prepared material, count it as ‘not submitted’ to that session or practice.

This course, due to the situation generated by COVID, perhaps some of the large group sessions will be done in hybrid format: face-to-face and online (via streaming). This would allow students to rotate to face-to-face classes, respecting the maximum number of students per classroom imposed by the distance measures. When they do not have a face-to-face session, they will be able to follow the class online from home.

With regard to internship sessions in smaller spaces (such as laboratories, studios or sets), where appropriate, work will be carried out simultaneously in several spaces in order to ensure that the conditions established by the safety protocols are met.

The syllabus of this subject is structured in six blocks of content that refer to the general areas of knowledge covered in the course.

The evaluation of the subject is divided into the theoretical part, which has 55%, and the practical part with 45% of the final grade. In order to pass the subject, both the theoretical and the practical part must have been passed, otherwise the overall average will not be taken and the corresponding part will have to be recovered.

In order to be able to evaluate the internships, all the activities must have been carried out and all the face-to-face sessions must have been attended, with a margin of two absences. Attendance at face-to-face practice sessions is mandatory and if there are more than two absences, it will not be assessed: the practical part will have to be recovered.

The evaluation of the theoretical part (55%) is carried out by means of the following activities:

                                                                  About 100% of the theory

TEST 1 35%

TEST 2 35%

Report on a station 30%

The evaluation of the practical part (45%) is done counting the following elements and works:

                                                                  About 100% of internships          

Class activities (Workshops) 10%

Individual locution 15%

Radio wedges (group of 3) 15%                                 

Report (group of 3) 30%                          

Radio Fiction (group of 6) 30%                             

The calculation of the final grade is:

FINAL NOTE = [((TEST1 0,35) + (TEST2 0,35) + (Report 0,30)) 0,55] + [((Activities 0,10) + (Speech 0,15) + (Wedges 0,15 .0,30) + (Report 0,30) + (Radio Fiction 0,45)) XNUMX]

Plagiarism in any activity or work represents an immediate zero in evaluation.

RECOVERY

According to current regulations, only those students who have not reached 5 in the final grade of the subject or who have not managed to pass one of the two parts, theory or practice, will be eligible for recovery. Recovery will be only from those unapproved parts.

In order to recover the theory part, a written exam will be carried out in accordance with the methodology and objectives of the course.

In order to recover the practice, a written exam will also be carried out where practical cases will be posed and locution and radio exercises can be requested.

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