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| Code | GZS317 |
| Name | DATA JOURNALISM |
| 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. SEVDA ÜNAL |
| Course Instructor |
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Course Goal / Objective
It is aimed to learn the history of data journalism, concepts related to data journalism, data sources, data analysis tools, creating data sets, visualising data and transforming it into news.
Course Content
In this lessın, starting from historical examples, data journalism is explained through the tools widely used in today's online environment, data finding, visualisation, analysis and news production stages are taught.
Course Precondition
There are no prerequisites for the course.
Resources
Lecture notes.
Notes
Online resources.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Learns the history of data journalism. |
| LO02 | Learns the concepts related to data journalism. |
| LO03 | Knows the online tools to be used in data analysis. |
| LO04 | Have knowledge about what data sources are. |
| LO05 | Learns to create data sets. |
| LO06 | Visualises data sets. |
| LO07 | Analyses the visualised data. |
| LO08 | Produces news content from data analyses. |
| LO09 | Experience teamwork in data analysis. |
| LO10 | Understands the relationship between Freedom of Information Request and Open Data. |
| LO11 | Can verify digital content. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has knowledge about the concepts and professional rules related to the profession and field of journalism. | 4 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Has knowledge about news production, consumption and distribution processes, news sources, news / media text types. | 5 |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Understands theories, models and approaches related to media and communication systems. | |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Gains knowledge of the legal framework of journalism in Turkey and internationally, legal rights of journalists, press professional principles and ethical codes. | |
| PLO05 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Conducts scientific research in the field of social and human sciences, especially communication and media. | |
| PLO06 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Gains the ability to use and develop traditional and new/digital communication technologies, computer and information systems. | 5 |
| PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Produces written, visual and audio content for traditional and digital journalism/media environments. | 4 |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Synthesizes the concepts/fields of society, culture and communication. | |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Apply democratic rules, human rights and communication rights to promote social reconciliation and peace. | |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Works individually and collectively in professional life. | 4 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Critically examines the agenda and innovations of local, regional, national and international media from new perspectives. | |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | To be aware of media literacy and evaluate traditional and digital media content with critical approaches. | 4 |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | To be able to master the professional, commercial and legal processes of journalism and media organizations, current and emerging business models. | |
| PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Recognizes the otherizing, discriminatory and hateful discourses in the media and society and stands against such discourses. | |
| PLO15 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Thanks to theoretical and practical knowledge, he/she participates in decision-making mechanisms both in the media organization where he/she works and in the society where he/she lives. | |
| PLO16 | Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik | Follows cultural, artistic and scientific activities related to the field. | |
| PLO17 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Produces solutions to problems in the functioning of journalism/media organizations. | |
| PLO18 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Is competent in new generation journalism types and practices. | 5 |
| PLO19 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Assumes duties such as press consultancy, communication coordinator, press consultancy, communication manager in various institutions and organizations. | |
| PLO20 | Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik | Pay attention to work and worker safety within the framework of laws and regulations. |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | History of data journalism | Sharing relevant resources, sharing examples | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım |
| 2 | How to find data, how to find a story with data, how to clean data, how to make sense of data | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 3 | Data Scraping - Scraping data from websites as a data source | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 4 | Introduction to data visualization tools (open source) data visualization: which chart/tool is appropriate with which topic/project | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 5 | Basic statistics and working practices in excel | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 6 | Right to Information Request, Digital Content Verification | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 7 | Open Data and Ethics | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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| 9 | Resources and Techniques | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 10 | Social Media Data Analysis / Usage | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 11 | Machine Readability of Open Data | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 12 | Data Research Techniques | Reading and Discussion | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 13 | Project presentation I | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 14 | Project presentations II | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 15 | Project presentations III | Presentation | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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| 17 | Term Exams | 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 | ||