Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
This course provides practice in categorizing news.
Course Content:
Students will learn to recognize and analyze and write different types of news stories and gain experience with journalistic writing and newsgathering techniques. The first term covers political news, business and finance news, crime news, sport news, magazine and entertainment news.
Course Methodology:
1- Lecture, 2- Interactive Lecture, 15- Assignment
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Testing, C: Homework
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. He/She discusses the concept of news by categories | 2, 7, 9, 10 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 2. He/She establishes connection between different news gathering methods | 2, 7, 9, 10 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 3. He/She discusses the news about politic issues, economy, sports, magazine, health, education, science, technology and entertainment | 2, 7, 9, 10 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 4. He/She calls data gathering and reporting techniques. | 2, 7, 9, 10 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 5. He/She identifies genres of the texts produces in different channels | 2, 7, 9, 10 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | News types as medium | |
| 2 | Analysis new language: Peace Journalism or not | |
| 3 | Analysis new language: Peace Journalism or not | |
| 4 | What is special news? | |
| 5 | Making research news | |
| 6 | Society news | |
| 7 | Politics and Diplomacy news | |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | War news and serving | |
| 10 | Magazine or gossip? | |
| 11 | Arts and Culture news | |
| 12 | Fashion news | |
| 13 | Sports news | |
| 14 | Health and medical industry news | |
| 15 | Environmental problems and news | |
| 16 | FINAL EXAM | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook |
Seyfettin Turhan, Araştırmacı Gazetecilik, UMAG Vakfı Yayınları, 1997
Özdemir, E. (2007) Yazınsal Türler, İstanbul: Bilgi. Tokgöz, O. (2010) Temel Gazetecilik, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi. |
| Additional Resources | |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents |
Example News of national and international newspapers, magazines, news agencies and televisions
National and international |
| Assignments | Different types of news practices |
| Exams | Mid-term, Final and Homework |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 40 |
| Quizzes | 2 | 10 |
| Assignment | 5 | 50 |
| Total | 7 | 100 |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | 50 | |
| Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade | 50 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| COURSE CATEGORY | Field Course |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | ||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | He/ She defines the basic concepts, principles and theoretical approaches of communication. | |||||
| 2 | He/ She defines the profession of journalism; demonstrate the ability to use, process and disseminate research and knowledge related to that field. | X | ||||
| 3 | He/ She gains knowledge about interdisciplinary issues and in the light of this information, he/she interprets the social effects and functions of mass media. | |||||
| 4 | He/ She discusses new concepts and approaches in the media. He/ She interprets these concepts by linking with the profession of journalism at national and international dimensions. | |||||
| 5 | He/ She establishes the connection between the profession of journalism and society, political, legal, cultural, historical and economic development; and analysis the power and states significance of the journalism in contemporary societies. | |||||
| 6 | He/ She Interpret the historical development process of media, gain the ability to explain the effects of media on historical events and facts. | |||||
| 7 | He/ She applies the texts and images to different media by using the technical and theoretical discipline acquired in the journalism field. | X | ||||
| 8 | He/ She debates the organizational, legal and financial structure of media organizations and interprets the media within the framework of legal and ethical codes. | |||||
| 9 | He/ She relates new communication technologies with journalistic practice and applies written and visual content suitable for digital media. | X | ||||
| 10 | He/ She deals with researching methodology and data generation methods in the field; prepares scientific papers with his/her information on this discipline. | X | ||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 8 | 112 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Quizes | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Assignment | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Final examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Work Load | 164 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 6,56 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 | ||
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