Overview of School of Journalism and Communication, Southwest University Author: xwpg Date: July 20, 2007

Overview of School of Journalism and Media, Southwest University

School profile

Southwest University is a key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education. With the approval of the Ministry of Education in July 2005, it was formed by the merger of former Southwest Normal University and former Southwest Agricultural University. It is a national "2 1 1" project construction school. The school is located at the foot of Jinyun Mountain and the Jialing River, a national scenic spot in Beibei District, Chongqing. It covers an area of more than 9,000 mu and has a history of running schools for a hundred years. The campus is covered with trees and lush grass. It is a famous garden-style university in China and a civilized campus commended by the Ministry of Education. The school has 95 undergraduate majors, 159 master's degree authorization points and 66 doctoral programs, with a strong faculty, and the scale and quality of running schools rank among the top universities in the west.

Brief introduction of college

School of Journalism and Media of Southwest University was established in April 2006. It was formed by the merger of the former journalism department of the College of Literature of Southwest Normal University, the major of broadcasting and hosting art, the major of radio and television editing and directing of the College of Computer and Information Science, and the former information center of Southwest Agricultural University. The college now has three departments: journalism department, radio and television department and communication department. There are three undergraduate majors: journalism, radio and television director and broadcasting and hosting. There are doctors in curriculum and teaching theory, masters in communication (news communication, new media communication, image communication, editing and publishing) and masters in modern and contemporary narrative literature, film art theory and modern teaching media technology in China.

competence

There are 34 faculty members in the college, including 4 professors, 8 associate professors, and 0 doctors/kloc-0 (including studying). This is a full of vigor and vitality, with strong teaching and scientific research capabilities. Professor Zhang Zhenhua, former member of the Party Group of China Radio, Film and Television Department, former director of International Radio Station, vice president of China Radio and Television Society, editor-in-chief of China Radio and Television News and doctoral supervisor of China Communication University, was appointed as honorary dean. Professor Tsinghua University, Professor Peking University Long, Professor Peng Jixiang and Professor Yu Hong, Professor of Communication University of China, Professor of Wuhan University, Professor Zhou Xing of Beijing Normal University, Professor Chen Xihe of Shanghai University, Professor Ouyang Hongsheng of Sichuan University, Professor Zheng Jinyang of Fujian Normal University, Professor Yang Gaixue of Northwest Normal University, Professor Zhang Shiya, Professor Zhang of Southwest University, Professor Tim Gleason, Dean of School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon, USA, Researcher Huang Shuyuan, President of People's Publishing House, Mr. Cao Jingxing, a famous current affairs critic of Phoenix Satellite TV, Mr. Tang Lin, Editor-in-Chief of chongqing morning post, etc. 19 well-known experts and scholars at home and abroad are employed as part-time professors in our college, and Long Yong, the host of "Dragon Gate Array", Du Min, a senior reporter, and other leading figures in the media industry are employed as tutors to guide and support the teaching and scientific research of young teachers in our college and hold cutting-edge academic lectures.

Idea of running a school

School of Journalism and Media, Southwest University: "Open up Chinese and foreign horizons, establish the spirit of the times, run characteristic education well, and train media talents". Thinking of running a school: starting from the needs of the times, integrating the high-quality subject resources of the school, offering open course content, using modern information teaching methods, carrying out theoretical and practical research in the new media era, and constructing multidisciplinary media education integrating arts and sciences to meet the needs of the development of new media education in the information society.

Training objectives

The training goal of the college is "media literacy, news wisdom, scientific and technological ability and humanistic care", that is, to train media talents with modern media literacy, news gathering and writing ability, mastering new media technology, and strong humanistic feelings and spirit.

Brief introduction of college

Overview of School of Journalism and Media, Southwest University (07.20)