ILT301 Communication and Ethics

4 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 5. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code ILT301
Name Communication and Ethics
Semester 5. 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 Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR


Course Goal

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: deontological-teleological ethics, utlitiarianist ethics, discursive ethics, communication, ethics and modernization, an ideal communication medium-Habermas, critical social theory, facilities, ethnographic studies, field surveys, the sample will be in the form of subject choices and research facilities and seminar presentations. Transition to professional ethics and communication ethics will be realized after general ethics, and journalism ethics, public relations ethics ane new media ethics will be discussed detailly.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Ruhdan Uzun/İletişim Etiği: Sorunlar, Sorumluluklar, Gazi Üniversitesi, İletişim fakültesi Yayınları

Notes

A Belsey, R Chadwick, Medya ve Gazetecilikte Etik Meseleler, çev. NT, Aytıntı yay. 1998.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Defines the basic concepts of the field of ethics.
LO02 Evaluates the relation between ethics and human rights.
LO03 Distinguishes ethics and moral concepts and updates the knowledge about ethical issues.
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 stuıdents for applying professşional 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
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. 3
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. 3
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.). 3
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. 2
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. 2
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. 4
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. 4
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. 1
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. 5
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.
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, the general framework reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 overview of the history of ethical theories reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
3 different approaches: deontological-teleological ethics-1 reading and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
4 different approaches: deontological-teleological ethics-2 reading and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
5 communication ethics and modernization reading, presentation and discussion. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
6 ideal communication sphere-Habermas-1 reading and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması
7 ideal communication sphere-Habermas-2 reading and discussion. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Grup Çalışması
8 Mid-Term Exam reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap
9 possibilities of critical social theory reading Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
10 ethics in ethnographic studies, field surveys reading-discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
11 current issues, case studies 1 reading-planning for presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Örnek Olay, Problem Çözme
12 current issues, case studies 2 reading-planning for presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Örnek Olay, Problem Çözme
13 current issues, case studies 3 reading-planning for presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Örnek Olay
14 current issues, case studies 4 reading-planning for presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Örnek Olay, Problem Çözme
15 overall evaluation discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 Term Exams owerall files Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams owerall files 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