| Course Name | Introduction to Communication |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| COMM 101 | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | This course aims to introduce students the approaches, methods and concepts of media and communication studies, and helps them prepare for the advanced theory courses. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course provides students with the necessary theoretical and methodological knowledge to understand and analyze different forms and means of communication. The course defines the main issues and porous borders of communication studies as an interdisciplinary field. It helps students develop the necessary analytical skills to criticize media texts. |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to the Course: An Overview of the Topics and Themes | |
| 2 | The Field of Communication Studies. The Etymology of Communication and its Definition | Dimbleby and Burton (1992), pp. 1-40; Hartley (2002), pp. 32-34; Williams (1985), pp. 72-73. |
| 3 | Interpersonal Communication | Barker and Gaut (2002), pp. 119-142. |
| 4 | Intrapersonal Communication and Verbal Communication | Beck, Bennett and Wall (2002), pp. 139- 164 and 165-182. |
| 5 | Organizational Communication | Barker and Gaut (2002); pp. 171-197. |
| 6 | Mass Communication I: The Structure of Mass Media | Downes and Miller (1998) Ch. 1 & Ch. 2; Baran Ch. 14. |
| 7 | Mass Communication II: Functions and Effects of Mass Communication | Trenholm (2011) Ch. 11; Baran (2014) Ch. 13. |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Public Relations Advertising | Baran (2014) Ch. 11. Baran (2014) Ch. 12. |
| 10 | Cinema | |
| 11 | Communication in the Internet Age | Crowley and Heyer (2003), pp. 301-311 and pp. 319-323; Fuchs (2014), pp. 4- 10. |
| 12 | Audience in the Internet Age | Burton (2007), pp. 82-107. |
| 13 | The Social Dimension and the Ethics of Mass Communication: Freedom of Expression, Social Responsibility, Ethics | O’Shaughnessy (1999), pp.70-90. |
| 14 | Semester Review | |
| 15 | Semester Review | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks |
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| Suggested Readings/Materials | John Fiske (2010), Introduction to Communication Studies, 3rd ed., Routledge.ISBN: 0415596491 |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| 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 | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 16 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 24 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 34 | |
| Total | 150 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms. | |||||
| 2 | To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise. | |||||
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