ECTS - Media Literacy
Media Literacy (KAM431) Course Detail
Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Media Literacy | KAM431 | 7. Semester | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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NONE |
Course Language | English |
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Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer, Drill and Practice. |
Course Lecturer(s) |
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Course Objectives | This course helps students to see the power of media as knowledge source, to see how mass media messages are build and to learn that messages can be understood differently by different people. Besides, they will have improved their writing, interpreting and listening skills as well. This course aims to help students to gain skills to analyse mass media and to become a perfect media literate. They will improve their close reading and critical reading skills from KAM 331 and KAM 332. |
Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Content | English language course. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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1 | Course information - Theoretical background - | Class notes |
2 | What is communication? What is media? What is media constructions? What is media literacy? What is mass media? | Class notes |
3 | How to analyse signs and a print ad (timetables, menu, ads etc) | Class notes |
4 | How to analyse television | Class notes |
5 | How to analyse radio | Class notes |
6 | How to analyse news? | Class notes |
7 | Evaluation of news (writing style differences) | Class notes |
8 | How to analyse public service broadcasting Midterm | Class notes |
9 | Evaluation of public service broadcasting | Class notes |
10 | How to analyse documentaries ? | Class notes |
11 | How to analyse movies and series ? | Class notes |
12 | How to analyse music ? | Class notes |
13 | How to analyse internet? | Class notes |
14 | Revision of the term & Assignment (10%) [evaluation of an columnist in an essay format] | Class notes |
Sources
Course Book | 1. The texts to be analysed will be delivered to the students in advance via “Atılım Moodle”. The lecture notes will be delivered via “Atılım Moodle”. |
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Evaluation System
Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
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Attendance/Participation | - | - |
Laboratory | - | - |
Application | - | - |
Field Work | - | - |
Special Course Internship | - | - |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 |
Presentation | - | - |
Project | - | - |
Report | - | - |
Seminar | - | - |
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 40 |
Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 50 |
Toplam | 3 | 100 |
Percentage of Semester Work | 50 |
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Percentage of Final Work | 50 |
Total | 100 |
Course Category
Core Courses | |
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Major Area Courses | X |
Supportive Courses | |
Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
# | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | Students can learn the basic concepts, theories and methods of political science and public administration and use them in the analysis of national and global political developments and cause-effect relationships. | |||||
2 | It enables one to understand how policies are created and implemented in real life at the local, national, regional and/or global level, to recognize the important institutions and actors that play a role in these processes, and to know the functioning of public administration. | |||||
3 | It provides a basic level of knowledge about other fields related to political science and public administration disciplines (such as international relations, sociology, psychology, cultural studies, economics, law, history, etc.) and thus provides an interdisciplinary understanding that takes into account the relationships between different areas of life and establishes connections. | X | ||||
4 | Learning the use of quantitative and/or qualitative research techniques that can be used in the field of political science and public administration, software, hardware and/or technical tools that can be useful; gaining experience in designing and executing research projects to develop their application skills in this field. | |||||
5 | By promoting critical analytical thinking, intellectual debate and lifelong learning, the development of the ability to act with an open mind, to avoid discrimination and to be sensitive and respectful of different points of view, thus developing skills for acting in partnership. | X | ||||
6 | To develop decision-making and initiative taking, work completion and time management competencies by understanding business ethics in public administration, politics and all related fields. | |||||
7 | Developing communication skills, oral and written expression, presentation techniques; learning the writing principles and procedures required to write an academic article on political science and public administration disciplines. | X | ||||
8 | The aim of the course is to master the English terminology in the disciplines of political science and public administration and to gain foreign language knowledge at a level to follow the studies written in English, so that current political developments and events in various countries can be analysed comparatively. | X | ||||
9 | To know the political history of both Turkey and the world in terms of periods, important turning points and actors, to comprehend the impact of the social-historical backgrounds of countries on current political and administrative issues. |
ECTS/Workload Table
Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Laboratory | |||
Application | |||
Special Course Internship | |||
Field Work | |||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
Project | |||
Report | |||
Homework Assignments | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 17 | 17 |
Total Workload | 126 |