| Course Name | Radio and Podcast Production |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NMC 462 | Fall/Spring | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | - | |||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | To engage students in the principles and techniques of radio and podcast production by exploring, creating and analyzing various characteristics and types of radio and podcast products. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Understanding and implementation of radio and podcast production is at the heart of this course. Students will have theoretical lectures, and hands on practice. This practice will be informed by weekly discussions of principles essential to making good radio and podcasts. |
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| Major Area Courses | ||
| Supportive Courses | X | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: Radio, Podcast and Podcasting | |
| 2 | Podcasting and Podcasts: A New Aural Culture | Llinares, Dario, Fox, Neill and Berry, Richard (2018) “Introduction: Podcasting and Podcasts—Parameters of a New Aural Culture”, in Llinares, Dario, Fox, Neill and Berry, Richard (eds.) Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 35-56. Geoghegan & Klass (2007) “Podcasting 101 & Watching and Listening to Podcasts” pp.1-21 |
| 3 | Technical Workshop 1 Listening to different podcasts and analysis. Recording voice and mix with music. Live radio practice. | McLeish, R. (2005), “Radio Studio” pp. 18-39. |
| 4 | A Brief History of Podcasts: Radio Origins | Berry, R. (2016) Podcasting: Considering the evolution of the medium and its association with the word ‘radio’ in Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media. |
| 5 | Essentials of Radio | McLeish, R. (2005), pp. 1-16. |
| 6 | Technical Workshop 2 Analyse programme introductions and jingles. Read scripts. Introduce multitrack recording techniques. Live radio practice. | Granneman, S. (2007) Podcasting with Audacity: Creating a Podcast With Free Audio Software (Source Forge Community Press) |
| 7 | Creative Sound Design: Sound Visualisation and Music Jingles | Berry, R. (2013), ‘Radio with pictures: Radio visualization in BBC national radio. The Radio Journal, 11 (2). pp. 169- 184. |
| 8 | Technical Workshop 3: Sound Mixing Interviewing. Live radio practice: mic position. Writing for the ear. | McLeish, R. (2005), Interviewing & Vox Pop & Cues and Links & News reading and Presenting pp. 80-128. |
| 9 | Genres, Subjects and Formats | Fleming, C. (2009), the Radio handbook, London: Routledge: pp. 145- 162. |
| 10 | Authenticity, Intimacy and Sincerity (Non- Fictional) | Fleming, C. (2009), the Radio handbook, London: Routledge: pp. 61- 84. |
| 11 | Formalisation of Podcasting as a Cultural Industry | Sullivan, John L. (2018) “Podcast Movement: Aspirational Labour and the Formalisation of Podcasting as a Cultural Industry”, in Llinares, Dario, Fox, Neill and Berry, Richard (eds.) Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 35-56. |
| 12 | Participatory Cultures and Grass-rooted Creativity | Geoghegan & Klass (2007), pp.195- 233. |
| 13 | Development & Presentation of final project. | |
| 14 | Development & Presentation of final project. | |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Llinares, Dario, and Fox, Neill. (2018) Podcasting: New Aural Cultures and Digital Media, Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN-10: 9783319900551 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 20 |
| Laboratory / Application | 1 | 20 |
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 45 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 15 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 85 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 15 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 1 | 16 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 2 | |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 30 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 1 | 10 | |
| Total | 116 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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