Course Language:
English
Course Objectives:
The course aims to open up discussion on issues affecting societies and to provide a basis for these issues.
Course Content:
In this course, some issues such as migration, education issues, awareness of the disadvantaged groups, violence, terror, custom, environmental problems affecting people living in Turkey will be discussed.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture 2: Interactive Lecture 15: Assignment, 19: Guest Speaker
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Exam, C: Assignment
Vertical Tabs
Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) He/ She identify social problems and discuss different approaches. | 3 | 1, 2, 15 | A |
| 2) He/ She debates reasons and development of social issues. | 3 | 1,2, 15, 19 | A, C |
| 3) He/ She evaluates the role and power of journalism production and solution of social problems. | 3, 5, 8 | 1,2, 15 | A, C |
| 4) He/ She discusses the view of media and transferring the social problems by media. | 3, 5, 8 | 1,2 | A, C |
| 5) He/ She deals different topics and evaluates them as a whole. | 3 | 1,2 | A, C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Social Issues: Conceptual Discussions and Approaches | |
| 2 | Media And Environmental Issues | |
| 3 | Media Goodness Showcase: Animal Rights | |
| 4 | Youth Issues And Education | |
| 5 | Media's role in determining gender roles in society | |
| 6 | Media's role in the perception of the disabled | |
| 7 | Migration-Population Policies | |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | Crime And Criminalization: The Relationship Between Media And Crime | |
| 10 | Violence Policy: The Nature of Violence in the Media | |
| 11 | Terrorism And Its Presentation In Media | |
| 12 | Poverty-Wealth: Reproduction of Media Concepts | |
| 13 | Custom (Töre): Invisible Normality | |
| 14 | Three Monkeys of the Society Layers: Child- Abuse and Media | |
| 15 | From Individual to Social: Addiction and Media | |
| 16 | FINAL EXAM | |
Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | Inroduction to Social Problems, T.J.Sullivan, |
| Additional Resources |
Türkiye'nin Toplumsal Sorunları , Doç. Dr. Mustafa Gündüz, Ankara :Anı
Inroduction to Social Problems, T.J.Sullivan, Kazan, Hüseyin. (2016), Terör- Medya İlişkisi ve MEdyada Terör Haberciliği, https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/guvenlikstrtj/issue/26863/282496
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Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | www.coadsys.yed.tepe.edu.tr |
| Assignments | Students will search and prepare report one of the topics in the course on newspapers articles, in the specified period. |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 70 |
| Assignment | 1 | 30 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | 60 | |
| Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade | 40 | |
| Total | 100 | |
| COURSE CATEGORY | Elective 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. | |||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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. | X | ||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 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 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Assignment | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Final examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Total Work Load | 122 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 4.88 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||
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