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| Unit | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION |
| JOURNALISM PR. | |
| Code | GZT403 |
| Name | Communication Ethics |
| Term | 2021-2022 Academic Year |
| Semester | 7. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Uzaktan Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR
(Güz)
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
In this course, it is aimed to give an insight to students to examine a variety of philosophical and practical approaches to ethical and moral definitions of right and wrong in terms of communicative acts, rules and professional behavior, ethical and social change, popular culture and ethics, ethics in the media. Students will be able to apply the theoretical background to daily examples. professional ethic rules, self-kontrol mechanism, ethic codes and rules should be internalized by communication students.
Course Content
Course schedule will include; the history of ethical theory point of view, the different approaches: deontologicalteleological ethics, utlitiarianist ethics, discursive ethics, communication, ethics Transition to professional ethics and communication ethics will be realized after general ethics, and journalism ethics, public relations ethics and new media ethics will be discussed detailly.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Defines the basic concepts of the field of ethics. |
| LO02 | Distinguishes ethics and moral concepts and updates the knowledge about ethical issues. |
| LO03 | Evaluates the relation between ethics and human rights. |
| LO04 | Be conscioness about ethical theories for synthezing communication field. |
| LO05 | Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve ethical problems on communication fields from individual to global communications. |
| LO06 | Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community. |
| LO07 | Ethical codes related communication fields will be internalized by students for applying professional life of them. |
| LO08 | 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. |
| LO09 | Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas related ethical principles in his/her professional life and daily life. |
| LO10 | Follows the local, national and international eventsfrom the point of ethics with critically comments by the knowledge of the legal framework related to the professional ethical field. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction, the general framework | Reading | |
| 2 | The concepts of ethics and moral | Reading and discussion. | |
| 3 | overview of the history of ethical theories | Reading and discussion. | |
| 4 | Deontologic ethics | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 5 | Utlilitarian Ethics | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 6 | Discursive Ethics | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 7 | The Right of Communication and Freedom of Communication from the point of Ethics. | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading | |
| 9 | Communication Ethics | Reading and discussion. | |
| 10 | Journalim Ethics | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 11 | New Media Ethics | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 12 | Ethics in Public Relations | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 13 | Advertising Ethics | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 14 | Ethics of Cinema and Television | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 15 | Owerall Evaluation | Reading, presentation and discussion. | |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading | |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading |
Assessment (Exam) Methods and Criteria
| Assessment Type | Midterm / Year Impact | End of Term / End of Year Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Midterm Exam | 100 | 40 |
| General Assessment | ||
| Midterm / Year Total | 100 | 40 |
| 1. Final Exam | - | 60 |
| Grand Total | - | 100 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 109 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,36 | ||
| ECTS | 4 ECTS | ||