ILT213 Introduction to Journalism

4 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 3. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code ILT213
Name Introduction to Journalism
Semester 3. 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
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Doç. Dr. FİLİZ YILDIZ


Course Goal

The course provides a critical approach to occurrence of journalism practice, and its institutionalisation process as a vocation, in terms of socioeconomic conditions. Moreover, try to explains the production conditions of media contents, analyzes how newsp production in light of humanitarian conditions is provided. The course, together with a basic course of journalism, explains production process of medi.

Course Content

The course contains basic information of journalism. In the course, history of journalism and reporting, and news gathering and writting, are focused on. Also, issues of journalism/media sectors are investigated in the light of economy-politcs-cultural-sociologic terms, and the sources of actual issues are determined. In general, by enlightening development and transformation of journalism and related concepts of journalism, and actual circumstance, this course explains sociological function of journalism.

Course Precondition

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Resources

Haber Nasıl Okunur?, Kemal Aslan, Anahtar Kitaplar Yayınevi, 2004. TV Haberlerinde İdeoloji, Çiler Dursun, İmge Kitabevi, 2001. M.Ayşe İnal, Haberi Okumak, Temuçin Yayınları, 1996.Temel Gazetecilik, Oya Tokgöz, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 2000. Korkmaz Alemdar & Ruhdan Uzun, Herkes için gazetecilik, Ankara:Siyasal Kitabevi, 2019.

Notes

Current and past newspapers and magazines


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Learns the basic consepts in Journalism field.
LO02 Explains the transformation and chancing of journalism in thi light of sociology, communication technologies, globalism and economy-politics.
LO03 Evaluates the news production sphere, journalism styles, news gathering and publishing.
LO04 Analyzes the news in critical perspective and recognizes the news production methods.
LO05 Knows structure and process of communication, and has informations on related regulations.
LO06 Has particular knowledges about vocational information related to communication and mass media.
LO07 Be able to distinguish specific historical conditions of journalism field in terms of sociological history of Turkey.


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.
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles.
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.). 5
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. 4
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. 4
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. 4
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
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.
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.
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. 4
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, 4
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. 4
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. 4


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 Introduction Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
2 Journalism in perspective of globalism and media Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
3 Transformation in journalism Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
4 Journalism ethics and the role of journalism in society. Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
5 News agency and information networks in the world Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 News and news components Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
7 News collecting and resources Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
9 Interview in journalism Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 News writing rules Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
11 News writing methods Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 News writing methods 2 Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Contemporary Journalism styles Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
14 New Media and online journalism Reading course books Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
15 Independent media and right based journalism -Final exam Reading course books-General review Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 Term Exams Reading course books Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Reading course books 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 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