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| Code | ILT103 |
| Name | Introduction to Communication |
| Term | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
| Semester | 1. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 5 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. ONUR DURSUN |
| Course Instructor |
Prof. Dr. ONUR DURSUN
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
Introduction to Communication course aims to give an understanding of the importance of communication within a frame of basic information, key concepts and theoretical discussions. Graduate students of this course who plan to have professional jobs in communications will be able to take a step into an academic area where the knowledge comes within aspiration for intellectual creativity.
Course Content
Content of the course is as follows: process of communication, forms of communication, selective reception and perception, attitudes, mass media, historical transformation from writing to internet, the attraction of audio-visual communication, movies, radio and television; popular culture and Cultural Studies, research methods in Communication Studies; News, Adverts, media industry, national and global communication systems, media and ethics and ethics of profession.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
Toplumsal İletişim (Nurçay Türkoğlu), İletişime Giriş (Nazife Güngör), İletişime Giriş (İrfan Erdoğan), İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş (John Fiske)
Notes
İletişime Giriş (İrfan Erdoğan), İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş (John Fiske)
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Has information related to the fields as a basis with the instrumental Social Communications and teleological. |
| LO02 | Explains the basic concepts and framework of the field. |
| LO03 | Synthesizes information from an interdisciplinary perspective. |
| LO04 | Has the knowledge and skills to explain how it works in every aspect of communication in different cultures. |
| LO05 | Distinguishes the scientific method from non-scientific knowledge. |
| LO06 | Knows how to interpret comparatively the importance and process of communication with the basic concepts of society. |
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. | 5 |
| 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. | 5 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. | 3 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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. | 3 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. | 4 |
| 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 | 5 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 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 | 5 |
| 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. | 5 |
| 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, | 3 |
| 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. | 3 |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to social communication | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | Communication process, codes, mesages and meanings | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | Communication forms (verbal, non-verbal, individual, interpersonal, group, mass) | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Mass communication theories | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Selective perception and reception | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | Mass media and society | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Historical background and change; from writing to internet | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | readings | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Attraction of audio-visual communication: Movies-Radio-TV | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Popular culture and Cultural Studies | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | Research medthods in Communication Studies | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | News, Adverts and Big Media Industry | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 13 | National and Global communication/media systems | currents issues | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 14 | Media and ethics: communication ethics and profession | articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 15 | General evaluation | all articles in the course file | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | general evaluation | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | general evaluation | 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 | 12 | 12 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 114 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 4,56 | ||
| ECTS | 5 ECTS | ||