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| Unit | FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION |
| COMMUNICATION SCIENCES PR. | |
| Code | ILT301 |
| Name | Communication and Ethics |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| 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 |
| Label | C Compulsory |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze 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: 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, Ayrıntı yay. 1998. Medya İletişim ve Etik, Editör; Feryal Örs, Sentez Yayıncılık, 2016. İletişim Etiği: Kavramlar, Olgular ve Tartışmalar Editör: Z. Burcu şahin, Literatür Yayınları, 2019. Medya, Etik ve Hukuk, Haz. Süleyman İrvan, Ragıp Duran ve Fikjret İlkiz; IPS İletişim vakfı Yayınları, 2005.
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. | |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Students will be able to associate basic knowledge about the instrumental (Radio, Television, Cinema, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism, Public Relations, Journalism, etc.) and objective (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.) fields of Social Communication. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Explains how communication works in all aspects of individual, group, mass, institution or different cultures. | |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Associates scientific knowledge and methods with technological innovations in the field. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | With an interdisciplinary perspective on the concept of communication; Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Science, Anthropology, etc. synthesises information from fields such as Communication Sciences. | 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 the ability to communicate effectively, as well as the ability to express oneself; empathizes with the ability to understand the people and the environments they are in. | 4 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Reports his/her observations in social, artistic and cultural events that he/she organises and actively participates in. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Interprets local, national and international events with a critical perspective. | 4 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | They take an active role in group work as well as individual work. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | As an individual with a developed sense of responsibility towards society, develops projects for the benefit of society. | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | In addition to professional development, it continuously improves itself in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields in line with its interests and abilities. | |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Rational thinking skills as well as methods and strategies to develop creative thinking, as well as written, verbal, visual, etc. express their thoughts through tools appropriate to the purpose. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues abroad with the knowledge of a foreign language at least at the general level of the European Language Portfolio (B). | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Acts in accordance with ethical principles in the process of accessing, using and transmitting all kinds of information and in all other thoughts and endeavors related to the profession. | 5 |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Uses methods that can be disseminated to the society in general with basic application skills specific to the field 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 | Realizes future career planning in line with learning needs. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | It directs all its work within the framework of the legal legislation related to its 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 | Questionariee and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Textbook and Other Lecture Materials | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Textbook and Other Lecture Materials | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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 | ||