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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


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Course Name
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
Spring
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
Course Type
Required
Course Level
-
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • demonstrate insights about the news, from journalistic and sociological perspectives
  • discuss the news making environment, and its characteristics.
  • asses the principles and practice of news gathering and news publishing develop skills needed for news making in different media platforms
  • improve their news writing technique and develop newsstory structures
  • make considered choices within the range of possible techniques for news making and to evaluate critically the implications of given strategies
Course Description

 



Course Category

Core Courses
X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Presentation of the course
2 Introduction to news making, approaches
3 5W1H. News as a concept, as a practice, as a good
4 What makes a story newsworthy? News stories and feature stories.
5 News Sources - From our neighbourhood to social media.
6 News gathering techniques.
7 Different roles of news makers: Objective reporter, investigator and entertainer.
8 Interviewing and writing a profile feature article.
9 Information, disinformation and misinformation.
10 News Writing: Genres and Styles.
11 News writing for print media, broadcast media and the web.
12 News writing workshop.
13 News writing workshop.
14 Guest&Presentation.
15 Review of the Semester  
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Harcup, Tony Journalism: Principles and Pracitce Sage Publications, 2009. Charon, J. Marie (Der.) Medya Dünyası, İletişim Yayınları, 1993. Alankuş, Sevda (Der.) Gazetecilik ve Habercilik, İstanbul: IPS İletişim Vakfı Yayınları, 2005. Said, Edward Covering Islam: Covering Islam: how the media and the experts determine how we see the rest of the world, Random House, 1997. Zelizer, Barbie & Allan, Stuart Keywords in News and Journalism Studies, Open University Press, 2010. Kemal, Yaşar, Röportaj Yazarlığında 60 Yıl, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2011. Galeano, Eduardo Gölgede ve Güneşte Futbol, Can Yayınları, 2006. Abasıyanık, Sait Faik, Mahkeme Kapısı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2003. BİA Kitaplığı.
Suggested Readings/Materials BİA (Bağımsız İletişim Ağı) Kitaplığı: http://bianet.org/bianet/sayfa/bia-kitapligi

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
1
10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
1
10
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
Seminar / Workshop
1
20
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
2
Field Work
1
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
5
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
1
Oral Exam
Midterms
1
5
Final Exams
8
    Total
85

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
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 media and communication discipline. X
2 To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the mediaproduction process. X
3 To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. X
4 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 media and communication. X
5 To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of media and communication studies. X
6 To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problemsolving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report those methods to the public. X
7 To be able to gather, scrutinize and use with scientific methods the necessary data to for the processes of production and distribution. X
8 To be able to use and develop the acquired knowledge and skills in a lifelong process towards personal and social goals. X
9 To be able to follow developments in new technologies of media and communication, as well as new methods of production, new media industries, and new theories; and to be able to communicate with international colleagues in a foreign language. (“European Language Portfolio Global Scale,” Level B1)
10 To be able to use a second foreign language at the intermediate level.
11 To be able to use computer software required by the discipline and to possess advancedlevel computing and IT skills. (“European Computer Driving Licence”, Advanced Level) X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 

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