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| Code | AS345 |
| Name | News Gathering and Writing Techniques |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Semester | 5. Semester |
| Duration (T+A) | 1-2 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 4 ECTS |
| National Credit | 2 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Doç. Dr. ÇİĞDEM YASEMİN ÖZKAN |
| Course Instructor |
Doç. Dr. ÇİĞDEM YASEMİN ÖZKAN
(A Group)
(Ins. in Charge)
|
Course Goal / Objective
Students will be primarily informed about the definitions of the news, and within this context, it will be possible to evaluate the objectivity of the news.The lesson also includes the types and basic elements of the news, the news language, news writing rules, news sources, questioning techniques and editing.
Course Content
The course aims to acquire basic knowledge and skills about news gathering and writing rules. Thus, students are prepared to work in a professional manner. It is also aimed to provide students with the opportunity to find their own place in the press world equipped with new communication technologies by combining the theory and practice of the lecturer.
Course Precondition
There are no prerequisites for the course.
Resources
Erkan Yüksel & Halil İbrahim Gürcan, Haber Toplama ve Yazma, Tablet Kitabevi.
Notes
BİA Kitaplığı: https://bianet.org/bianet/sayfa/bia-kitapligi.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Have basic knowledge and skills about news gathering and writing techniques. |
| LO02 | Become aware of why need to be objective when writing news. |
| LO03 | By getting accurate information on the basic elements of the news, become a well-equipped journalist. |
| LO04 | By learning the language of the news, communicates correctly with the target audience. |
| LO05 | Expands the field of study by learning appropriate news writing criteria for different media. |
| LO06 | By using questioning techniques, gets the right information from the news sides. |
| LO07 | Becomes a qualified journalist candidate by acquiring the skills and knowledge needed by the sector. |
| LO08 | Learns the concept of revision, which is part of the news writing rules, and writes the appropriate news in the framework of this concept. |
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.). | 4 |
| 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. | 4 |
| 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. | |
| 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. | 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 | |
| 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 | 2 |
| 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. | 3 |
| 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, | 5 |
| 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. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | Who isjournalist -The evolution of journalism | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | The organization and functioning of media institutions | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Various definitions of news | Reading | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Types of news | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 6 | Constituents of news | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 7 | News resources | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Reading, practice | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Phases of news production process | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 10 | Rules of news writing | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 11 | Questioning techniques and news writing | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 12 | News feed examples | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 13 | Preparing appropriate news for different media environments and redaction | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 14 | Practice 1 | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 15 | Practice 2 | Reading, practice | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Alıştırma ve Uygulama |
| 16 | Term Exams | Reading, practice | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | Reading, practice | 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 | ||