The purpose of the discipline is to develop the skills of informational and analytical work, required for creation of analytical documents or organization of their production.
The purpose of the discipline is to develop the skills of informational and analytical work, required for creation of analytical documents or organization of their production.
Specialty | Journalism |
Semester | 1 |
Credits |
3 |
Total hours | 90 |
Classroom hours | 34 |
Lectures | 10 hours |
Seminars and workshops |
22 hours |
Guided self-study |
2 hours |
Evaluation | Credit |
Course learning goals
1. To give an idea of the basic principles, formal and substantive aspects of informational and analytical work;
2. To develop skills for the effective organization of collection (monitoring), processing and storage of information necessary for research and professional activities;
3. To teach how to use the basic methods and tools of applied analysis and forecasting;
4. To study the technology for the creation of popular types of informational and analytical documents.
Key concepts, goals and objectives of informational and analytical work. Analytical work, journalism, management, science: similarities and differences. The principles of informational and analytical work. Typical analyst’s errors. The algorithm of the analysis, intelligence cycle. Informational and analytical units and organizations: typical tasks, structure, format of work. The market of information and analytical services in Belarus and its development trends. Overview of domestic think tanks.
Lectures: 2 hours
Seminars and workshops: 2 hours
Assignment: report
Lecture 1
Types of information (political, social, economic, scientific and technical). Methods of collecting primary information (observation, survey, focus group, in-depth interview). Sources of secondary information (government agencies, media, libraries, databases, archives, etc.), the specifics of interaction with them. Organization of open sources monitoring (OSINT). Search queries. Data obtaining technologies. Evaluation of the information, the reliability and credibility of the information, the problem of verification. Text processing (abstracting, annotating, note taking). Systematization and storage of information. Software for informational and analytical work (Evernote, OneNote, SiteSputnik, Datacol, etc.).
Lecture: 2 hours
Seminars and workshops: 6 hours
Assignment: report
Lecture 2
Methodological foundations of analytical work. Laws of thought. The systems approach. Basic analytical methods and procedures. Document analysis algorithm (informal methods). Situational analysis. SWOT analysis. Porter’s Five Forces analysis. PESTLE analysis. Methods for statistical data analysis. The principles of forecasting. Types of forecasts. Basic intuitive and formalized forecasting methods (analogy, extrapolation, etc.). Technology for the preparation of forecasts using expert methods (brainstorming, Delphi method, questionnaires). Scripting techniques.
Lectures: 2 hours
Seminars and workshops: 8 hours
Assignment: presentation
Lecture 3
General requirements for informational and analytical documents: volume, structure, style, design. Qualities of the correct analytical document. Methods and technologies of data visualization. Monitoring documents (digest, bulletin, clipping, dashboard). Reference paper (dossier). Analytical review (note, report). Forecast. Strategy.
Lectures: 4 hours
Seminars and workshops: 6 hours
Assignment: project
Lecture 4