Faculty of Communication | Projects for Social Awareness
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Course Code: 
JRN 432
Course Type: 
Elective
P: 
0
Lab: 
6
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
15
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
The aim of this course is to teach the concept of social responsibility and sustainability and to enable journalism students to produce a sustainable social responsibility to project.
Course Content: 

Journalism students prepare a sustainable social responsibility project on gender equality, diversity and media literacy, and support it with volunteering activities.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecturer, 2: Interactive Lecture, 12: Groupwork, 15: Assignment
Course Evaluation Methods: 
C: Assignment

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes Program Learning Outcomes Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
1.He/she will produces a social responsibility project. 7, 8 1, 12 C
2. He/she will the project shares its stakeholders, duties and responsibilities. 2,8 1, 12, 15 C
3. He/she will makes project-field application. 7, 8 1, 2, 12 C
4. He/she will performs project communication in all channels. 2, 7 1, 2, 12, 15 C
5. He/she will shares and communicates outputs with project stakeholders 2, 7, 12, 15 C

 

 

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week Topics Study Materials
1 Introduction  
2 Concept of Social Responsibility  
3 Volunteering in Social Responsibility  
4 Components of the Social Responsibility Project  
5 Social Responsibility Group Work 1  
6 Social Responsibility Group Work 2  
7 Social Responsibility Project Presentation  
8 MIDTERM  
9 Social Responsibility Project - Field Study - 1  
10 Social Responsibility Project - Field Study - 2  
11 Social Responsibility Project - Field Study - 3  
12 Social Responsibility Project - Field Study - 4  
13 Evaluation of Field Work Results  
14 Evaluation of Field Work Results  
15 Communicating the project results  
16 FINAL EXAM  

 

 

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Textbook  
Additional Resources  

 

 

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents  
Assignments Students will practice social responsibility projects on a specific topic every week.
Exams Each student will submit two projects, one for the midterm exam, and one for the final, and one for the group project.

 

 

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES NUMBER PERCENTAGE
Mid-terms (News Project) 2 100
Quizzes - -
Assignment    
Total 2 100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade (Homework prepared during the semester will be added to the final grade.)   60
Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade   40
Total  4 100

 

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.     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.          
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 6 84
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 14 12 168
Mid-terms 2 30 60
Final examination 2 30 60
Total Work Load     372
Total Work Load / 25 (h)     14.88
ECTS Credit of the Course     15

 

 

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