| Course Name | Seminars in Communication |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCS 160 | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Required | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The course is structured as a series of discussionoriented lectures on topics relevant to the research process as well as discussion of the research methods that communication researchers use in their work. As students of communication, understanding how social science works is essential to understanding how we know what we know about society. The course includes discussions on various research methods. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | Throughout the academic semester, topical issues from around the world and Turkey will be evaluated and discussed in relation to the field of media and communication. Each week a new issue will be introduced and opened to discussion among students. Students will then be expected to develop an arguments and analysis regarding the issue of the week. |
| Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
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| Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction to the course | Key concepts in media and communication |
| 2 | Media and democracy | Media and Democracy (1991), John Keane. The Media, the News, and Democracy: Revisiting the Dewey-Lippman Debate Author(s): Dell P. Champlin and Janet T. Knoedler. |
| 3 | Media and ethics | Jackquette, D. (2007) Journalistic Ethics: Moral Responsibility in the Media. |
| 4 | Media and human rights | News Coverage of Human Rights Author(s): Jay S. Ovsiovitch |
| 5 | Media and representation of non-human world | Magnetic Animal: Derrida, Wildlife, Animetaphor Author(s): Akira Mizuta Lippit |
| 6 | Media, utopia | Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture Author(s): Fredric Jameson |
| 7 | Media, dystopia | Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture Author(s): Fredric Jameson |
| 8 | Media and poverty | Poverty as We Know It: Media Portrayals of the Poor Author(s): Rosalee A. Clawson and Rakuya Trice |
| 9 | Media and Re-construction of history | What is History, Edward Hallett Carr |
| 10 | Media and gender | Toward a Genealogy of Gender in Walter Benjamin's Writing Author(s): Eva Geulen |
| 11 | Media and representation of environmental issues | Science, Politics, and the Mass Media: On Biased Communication of Environmental Issues Author(s): Nils Roll-Hansen |
| 12 | Media and racism | Racial Identity and Media Orientation: Exploring the Nature of Constraint Author(s): Jessica L. Davis, Oscar H. Gandy and Jr.R |
| 13 | Student presentations | |
| 14 | Student presentations | |
| 15 | Review of the semester | |
| 16 | Final exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | A reader will be provided by the course lecturer. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | ||
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 50 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | - | |
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 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 | 4 | 64 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | |||
| Presentation / Jury | 2 | 20 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
| Total | 180 |
| # | 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. | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. | |||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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