Syllabus
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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
| IUE Credits ECTS Pre Requisites |
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3 5 None |
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| Course Language | : |
English
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| Course Type | : |
Departmental must
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| Course Level | : |
BA
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| Course Coordinator | : | - | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | : |
Öğr.Gör. Burak Doğu
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| Course Objectives | : |
To introduce the students to contemporary media landscape from the perspective of the media institutions, and to enable them to contextualize the media related phenomena in the institutional domain.
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| Course Learning Outcomes | : |
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
•Relate themselves and their lives to contemporary media-saturated environment and its developments •Critically engage with media institutions, identifying their sociological and cultural underpinnings •Articulate an understanding of the connections between media and power •Analyze media institutions as dynamic points of confluence for organizations, norms, and individual agents •Reflect on the rationales that media institutions have employed in their production practices. |
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| Course Content | : |
This course introduces students to the institutional, political, and economic forces that have shaped the development of media during the twentieth century. Attention is given to the ownership structures, corporate practices, and policy interventions affecting media institutions both in the public and private sectors. Other issues include examination of individual media industries and the economic structure of media markets.
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
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1
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Introducing the course theme, and expectations
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2
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News and society
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3
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Main structures and actors of the media landscape
Case Study: AGBNielsen |
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4
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Broadcasting technology
Case Study: TURKSAT |
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5
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Public service broadcasting
Case Study: BBC and TRT |
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6
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Commercial media
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Lacey, Nick, Media Institutions and Audiences, Palgrave, 2002, 65-92. |
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7
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Alternative media
Case Study: Indymedia and Bianet |
Waltz, Mitzi, Alternative and Activist Media, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh: 2005, 1-13, 25-36. Bailey; Cammaerts; Carpentier. Understanding Alternative Media, New York: Open University Press, 2008, 3-35. |
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8
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Regulatory organs
Case Study: RTÜK |
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9
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Midterm | |
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10
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Local media in question
Case Study: Yeni Asır |
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11
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New media in question
Case Study: Wikileaks and the Arab Spring |
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12
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Issues of ownership and control: Media concentration and media moguls
Case Study: Doğan Medya Grubu |
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13
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News agenda and framing
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14
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Mass media and governance
Case Study: Media censorship in Turkey |
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15
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A critical approach to news and media institutions
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Wahl-Jorgensen, K. and Hanitzsch, T., The Handbook of Journalism Studies, Routledge, 2009, 325-341. |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
| Attendance |
1
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10
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| Laborotary | ||
| Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Special Course Internship | ||
| Quizzes | ||
| Homework Assignments |
1
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20
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| Presentation | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Midterms |
1
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30
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| Final |
1
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40
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Total
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100
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| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK |
60
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| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK |
40
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TOTAL
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100
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