AIS321 Scientific Research Methods

5 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- 5. Semester- 3 National Credit
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Goal, Content & Resources
Course Learning Outcomes
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Week Plan
Student Workload - ECTS

Information

Code AIS321
Name Scientific Research Methods
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester 5. 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 Doç. Dr. ÖZGÜR İLKE ŞANLIER YÜKSEL
Course Instructor Doç. Dr. ÖZGÜR İLKE ŞANLIER YÜKSEL (A Group) (Ins. in Charge)


Course Goal / Objective

This course is dedicated to understanding how social scientists and students in related disciplines analyse, interpret, and make sense of the social world.

Course Content

The theoretical foundations and concepts of research in social sciences will be discussed and the differences between quantitative and qualitative research paradigms will be questioned. In addition to the design, assumptions and questions of the research, data collection techniques and analysis used in research in the field of social sciences in general and in the field of communication in particular are among the topics to be examined.

Course Precondition

N/A

Resources

Erdoğan, Emre ve Uyan-Semerci, Pınar (2021). Toplumsal araştırma yöntemleri için bir rehber : gereklilikler, sınırlılıklar ve incelikler. İstanbul : İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2021.

Notes

APA Publication Manual Köker, Levent (2008). İki farklı siyaset: Bilgi teorisi-siyaset bilimi ilişkileri açısından pozitivizm ve eleştirel teori. Ankara: Dipnot. Kuş, Elif (2009). Nicel-nitel araştırma teknikleri: sosyal bilimlerde araştırma teknikleri nicel mi? nitel mi? Ankara: Anı. Yıldırım, A. ve Şimşek, H. (2006). Sosyal Bilimlerde Nitel Araştırma Yöntemleri. Ankara: Seçkin. Şimşek, A. (der.) (2015) Sosyal Bilimlerde Araştırma Yöntemleri. Eskişehir: AÜ Yayınları.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Apply a scientific intervention in the analysis of a subject or a problem.
LO02 Problematizes a topic.
LO03 Starts a research project.
LO04 Selects sampling, data collection and data analysis techniques consistent with the research problematic.
LO05 Presents results of research.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by research methods and techniques applied in the field of radio, television and cinema and other sources. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates have knowledge about different areas of communication.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Graduates have knowledge about program production and directing related to audio and visual broadcasting.
PLO04 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates gain skills in writing various forms of scripts and producing programs for cinema, television and radio.
PLO05 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates gain critical thinking and interpretation skills in the field of radio, television and cinema. 3
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates have the knowledge of thinking in different disciplines of social sciences and adapting them to their own specialisation through research. 5
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates gain the ability to plan and organize all kinds of content for audio-visual activities from design to editing and broadcasting.
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates establish a connection between art, aesthetics, law and general culture knowledge related to the field. 4
PLO09 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Graduates have know-how and skills about production and broadcasting technologies.
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Graduates work both individually and as a team in the field. 3
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Graduates are able to follow social problems at national and international level and adapt them to professional studies. 4
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Graduates gain the competence of using communication technologies, monitoring changes and continuous self-improvement. 2
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Graduates participate in various social, cultural and artistic activities in the field.
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Graduates are able to carry out the tasks expected from him/her as a team member in the applications in his/her field with an interdisciplinary perspective. 3
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Graduates are able to use information and communication technologies together with the computer software required by the field. 3
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates produce visual and audio content with the scientific formation acquired.
PLO17 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates can analyze a film, a script or a television program from a technical, aesthetic and ideological perspective. 2
PLO18 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates are committed to ethical principles in their professional practice, free from prejudice and against discrimination. 5
PLO19 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates support the universality of social and cultural rights, gains awareness of social justice, protects cultural heritage. 4
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Graduates prepare working environments such as studio and set in accordance with quality management processes and occupational health/safety.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 The scope and objectives of the course; obligations and acquaintance No prior preperation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 Literature review, report preparation Şimşek, 52-79; APA Publication Manual Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
3 Understanding of social science: Positivism, realism, critiques of positivism, critical theory Erdoğan ve Uyan Semerci, pp. 1-42; Köker, pp. 20-32, 60-95; Kuş, s. 5-22, 61-76. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
4 Basic principles of social research Kuş, s. 22-38; Şimşek, pp. 80-106; Erdoğan ve Uyan Semerci, pp. 43-54. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
5 Quantitative research types and processes Kuş, pp. 22-38; Yıldırım, pp. 101-118; Şimşek, pp. 108-133 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
6 Questioning and quantitative interview techniques Kuş, pp. 38-60; Erdoğan ve Uyan Semerci, pp. 107-156. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
7 Analysis of quantitative data Akbulut (in Şimşek), pp. 162-184 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
8 Mid-Term Exam Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Qualitative research types and processes Kuş, pp. 77-87; Yıldırım ve Şimşek, pp. 83-100 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
10 Document scanning and analysis Yıldırım ve Şimşek, pp. 187-206 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
11 Qualitative interview, ethnography and focus group Yıldırım ve Şimşek, pp. 119-180; Erdoğan ve Uyan Semerci, pp. 157-188. Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
12 Analysis of qualitative data Yıldırım ve Şimşek, pp. 221-254 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
13 Research ethics Erdoğan ve Uyan Semerci, pp. 55-68; Şimşek, pp. 196-216 Film screening: Kitchen Stories, dir. Bent Hamer, 2003 Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Gösteri, Tartışma
14 Reporting Şimşek, 52-79; APA Publication Manual Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
15 General evaluation Review of course readings Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 Final Exams Reading Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Final Exams Reading 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

Update Time: 17.05.2024 02:45