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| Code | ILEM825 |
| Name | Environment, Climate, Disaster Communication and Media |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | . Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Belirsiz |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Dr.Öğr. Üyesi Kenan ATEŞGÖZ |
Course Goal / Objective
At the end of the course, it is aimed that students will gain competence in environmental, climate and disaster communication and will be able to interpret the related communication types by considering the current approaches of the media.
Course Content
In this course, issues such as environment, climate and disaster communication will be discussed and evaluated in the light of current theoretical and practical approaches in line with their relationship with the media.
Course Precondition
There is no prerequisite for the course.
Resources
• Ahmed, A. (2019). Communication process of disaster management: shift from web 2. to web 3.0. içinde Management Association (Editör), Emergency and disaster management: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications. (ss. 619-639). IGI Global. • Allgaier, J. (2019). Science and environmental communication on YouTube: Strategically distorted communications in online videos on climate change and climate engineering. Frontiers in communication, 4, 36. https://doi.org/10.3389/ fcomm.2019.00036 • Ayvaz, Z. (1998). Çevre Eğitimine Giriş, Çevre Koruma ve Araştırma Vakfı (Çev-Kor), Çevre Eğitimi Merkezi Yayınları:3, İzmir • Beirle, T. C. & Cayford, J. (2002). Democracy in Practice: Public Participation in Environmental Decisions, RFF Press, 2002. • Bozyiğit, R., Karaaslan, T. (1998). Çevre Bilgisi, Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara. • Cox, R. (2013). “Environmental communication and the public sphere”, Third Edition, United States Of America: Sage Publication, 2013. • Çepel, N. (2003). Ekolojik Sorunlar ve Çözümleri, Tübitak Popüler Bilim Kitapları, Ankara. • Doğan, D. (1993). Mehmet; İletişim ve Dehşet Çağı, Timaş Yayınları, İstanbul. • Flor, G. (2004). Alexander; Environmental Communication: Principles, Approaches and Strategies of Communication Applied to Environmental Management, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines-Open University. • Günay, K. & Güçdemir, Y. (2022). İklim Değişikliği İletişimi Bağlamında Türkiye’de 2020- 2021Yılları Arasında Sivil Toplum Kuruluşlarının Twitter Paylaşımlarının Konu Modelleme Analizi. The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication, 12 (4), 1026-1045. • Haddow, G. D. & Haddow, K. S. (2014). Disaster communication in a changing world. Elsevier. • Hulme, M., 2009. Why we disagree about climate change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. • Kahan, D.M., et al., 2012. The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks. Nature Climate Change, 2, 732–735. doi:10.1038/nclimate1547 • Lai, C. & Tang, T. (2021). Disaster communication behaviors in the U.S. and China: which channels do you use and with whom?, Journal of Applied Communication Research, 49(2), 207-227, https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.190058 8. • Leal Filho, W., Lackner, B., & McGhie, H. (2019). Addressing the Challenges in Communicating Climate Change Across Various Audiences (W. Leal Filho, B. Lackner, & H. McGhie, Ed.). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98294-6 • McQuail, D. (1987). Mass Communication Theory An Introduction, Sage Publications, London. • Moser, S.C. and Dilling, L., 2011. Communicating climate change: closing the scienceaction gap. In: J.S. Dryzek,R.B. Norgaard, and D. Schlosberg, eds. The Oxford handbook of climate change and society. Oxford: Oxford University Press • Nerlich, B., Koteyko, N., Brown, B. (2010), Theory and Language of Climate Change Communication. WIREs Clim Change, 1: 97-110. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.2 • Paul, M. J. (2001). Interactive disaster communication on the internet: a content analysis of sixty-four disaster relief home pages. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 78(4), 739–753, https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990 0107800408. • Platania, F., Hernandez, C. T. & Arreola, F. (2022). Social media communication during natural disasters and the impact on the agricultural market. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 179, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j. techfore.2022.121594. • Reis, R. (1999). Environmental News: Coverage of Earth Summıt by Brazilian Newspapers, Science Communication, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication:21, 1999. • Şengönül, K. (2004). Yaşadığımız Çevre ve Çevre Sorunlarının Ekolojik Boyutları, Çevre Gönüllüleri Derneği Yayını, İstanbul. • Zemp, H. (2010). Natural hazards: changing media environments and the efficient use of ICT for disaster communication. içinde E. Asimakopoulou & N. Bessis (Editörler), Advanced ICTs for disaster management and threat detection: collaborative and distributed frameworks. (ss. 46-64). IGI Global.
Notes
Online resources.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Have knowledge about the current dimensions of Environment, Climate and Disaster communication. |
| LO02 | Reveals the media mediated practices of Environment, Climate and Disaster communication. |
| LO03 | Develop critical thinking skills. |
| LO04 | Have knowledge about Environment, Climate and Disaster communication platforms. |
| LO05 | Can effectively use methods related to Environment, Climate, Disaster communication and media. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Belirsiz | Develops critical thinking skills. | 5 |
| PLO02 | Belirsiz | Have the conceptual and theoretical competence to explain the phenomena in Communication Studies disciplines. | |
| PLO03 | Belirsiz | She/he has knowledge of basic methodological approaches, methods, research techniques and their application and evaluation in communication and media studies.(dişil) | |
| PLO04 | Belirsiz | Identify local, national and international problems in the field of Communication Studies. | 5 |
| PLO05 | Belirsiz | Gains the ability to analyze and synthesize the phenomena in the field of social sciences in an interdisciplinary context. | |
| PLO06 | Belirsiz | She/He reports a social research she designed in the field of communication studies and turns it into original works in accordance with academic rules. | |
| PLO07 | Belirsiz | He/she transfers his/her knowledge of the field in an effective and systematic way, both verbally and in writing. Gains the ability to give lectures, conferences and seminars. | |
| PLO08 | Belirsiz | Have sufficient knowledge about the basic conceptual approaches used in the field of social sciences. | 5 |
| PLO09 | Belirsiz | Takes responsibility, leads and works effectively individually and/or in a team. | |
| PLO10 | Belirsiz | Selects data collection and analysis techniques within the appropriate methodologies and applies empirical studies in order to solve these problems, | 5 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information about the course flow, teaching style, evaluation method and resources. | Sharing relevant resources, sharing examples. | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | History of communication | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 3 | Dimensions of communication | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 4 | The role of media in environment, climate and disaster communication | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 5 | Responsibilities of media in environment, climate and disaster communication | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 6 | Environment, Climate, Disaster Communication and social reflections | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 7 | Environmental journalism | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading and Discussion | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
| 9 | Climate journalism | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 10 | Disaster journalism | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 11 | Environmental news literacy | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 12 | Climate news literacy | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 13 | Disaster news literacy | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 14 | Environment, Climate, Disaster policies and media | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 15 | Sharing ideas, discussions and opinions on the future of Environment, Climate and Disaster communication management | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading and Discussion | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading and Discussion | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Ödev |
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 | 5 | 70 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||