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| Code | ILT223 |
| Name | Media Literacy |
| Semester | 3. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 1-2 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 5 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. AYŞE ASLI SEZGİN BÜYÜKALACA |
Course Goal
Course aims to give basic information and skills to communication students to widespread the media literacy in society.
Course Content
Issues such as relationship of modernity and literacy, fictional content of media, artistic forms and media, economy-politics of media, comparative media analysis, will be scrutinized. Media literacy course deals with the transformation of literacy process, both theoretical and practical elements of the mediated world of social communication.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Medya Okuryazarlığı, Nurçay Türkoğlu, Melda Cinman Şimşek, Pales Yayınları, 2016. Eleştirel Medya Okuryazarlığı, Mutlu Binark, Mine Gencel Bek, Kalkedon, 2010.
Notes
Medya Okuryazarlığı, Nurçay Türkoğlu, Melda Cinman Şimşek, Pales Yayınları, 2016. Eleştirel Medya Okuryazarlığı, Mutlu Binark, Mine Gencel Bek, Kalkedon, 2010.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Students obtain practical skills in the basics of media literacy, with the methods of providing these skills in the general population. |
| LO02 | Learns how to read local, national and international events critically. |
| LO03 | Learns how to read local, national and international events critically. Distinguishes the instrumental (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) and teleological aspects of communication (Public Space, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). |
| LO04 | Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect of communication in different cultures. |
| LO05 | Distinguishes the scientific method and follows updated technological innovations |
| LO06 | Organizes or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities and events, with reporting and observation skills. |
| LO07 | Participates into group work as well as having individual working abilities. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | 4 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. | 5 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. | |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. | 3 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. | |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. | 5 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work | 4 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. | 4 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning | |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. | 4 |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, | 5 |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) | |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Literacy and modernization proccess | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Popularisation of media | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Popular culture and media | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Media and social change | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 6 | Critical social theory and media | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 7 | historical development | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | course readings | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Education process of media literacy | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Different approaches, different practices | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Examples of media analysis | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 12 | News, news programmes, documentaries, etc. | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 13 | Adverts, contras, social spots, etc. | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 14 | Media and ethics; communication ethics and profession | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 15 | general evaluation | course readings | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Grup Çalışması |
| 16 | Term Exams | course readings | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | course readings | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 118 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,72 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||