Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
The course goals is to use students the knowledge they obtained in practice courses in a news agency environment.
Course Content:
In the course, news meeting experience, news room hierarchy, control of news content prepared for publications, preparing plans for different types of publications will be explained and practiced.
Course Methodology:
1) Lecture 7) Brainstorming 12) Groupwork 15) Assignment
Course Evaluation Methods:
C) Assignment E) Project
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) He/She practices the operation of the news center and news agency and prepares a work plan. | 2 | 1 | C |
| 2) He/She applies the production stages of the news and practices the use of visual materials such as photographs. | 7, 9 | 12 | C |
| 3) He/She designs the publication plan and publication schedule and inspects the process of publication preparation. | 7, 9 | 1, 7, 15 | C, E |
| 4) He/She underlines the importance of the division of labor and news source that a journalist needs. | 2, 8 | 7, 12 | C, E |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Indroduction | |
| 2 | Explaining the structure of the news agency and newsroom | |
| 3 | Introducing agency publications and devided into news groups | |
| 4 | Content discussion and weekly schedule preparation for publications | |
| 5 | Classification of news in the news pool according to different publications | |
| 6 | Newsroom Meeting and topic proposal | |
| 7 | Preparation of news proposal file | |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Editing news text | |
| 10 | Newsroom meeting | |
| 11 | Reproduction news | |
| 12 | Discussinon news production techniques for publications | |
| 13 | Newsroom meeting | |
| 14 | Preparing news file | |
| 15 | News production | |
| 16 | Final | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Will be given |
| Additional Resources | Yeditepe News Agency Publications |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | www.coadsys.yeditepe.edu.tr |
| Assignments | Students will prepare 2 individual and 2 group assignments. |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | - | - |
| Quizzes | - | - |
| Assignment | 10 | 100 |
| Final | - | - |
| Total | 100 | |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | - | |
| Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade | 100 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| COURSE CATEGORY | Field Courses |
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. | X | ||||
| 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. | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Mid-terms | - | - | - |
| Assignment | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Final examination | - | - | |
| Total Work Load | 52 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 2,08 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 2 | ||
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