Course Language:
English
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Course Objectives:
In this course, students are aimed to acquire the necessary knowledge and technical infrastructure in the production and presentation stages of a television channel's news center.
Course Content:
Students are informed in a way that they will have a basic knowledge of what to consider when preparing a newsletter in the news center, job descriptions and relations of team members, relations with news sources, decision-making processes for news in the newsletter, written text and visual relations.
Course Methodology:
1: Lecture, 2: Interactive Lecture,15: Assignment
Course Evaluation Methods:
A: Exam, C: Assignment
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) Knows what news sources are needed to collect news and how to reach them. | 2, 3, 4, 8 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 2) Refers to problems that may occur while preparing television news. | 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 3) Determines the basic form of management in the news preparation stages. | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | 1, 2, 15 | A, C |
| 4) Knows the instruments of the newsroom. | 2, 3, 4, 5 | 1, 15 | A, C |
| 5) Knows the staff of the news center, knows about their duties and the relationships between them. | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 15 | A, C |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Evaluating the weekly agenda. News center meetings. | |
| 3 | The differences of newspaper, radio and television news. Journalism in national, thematic and local publishing. | |
| 4 | Agenda setting. Taking briefs for the news and determining the news topics. | |
| 5 | News center and team members. | |
| 6 | Specialization in news. | |
| 7 | News gathering, resource research and news preparation process. | |
| 8 | MID-TERM EXAM | |
| 9 | News types according to different criteria… | |
| 10 | Working styles and organizations of news agencies that provide image services. | |
| 11 | Broadcast policies of media. | |
| 12 | Danger of manipulation in journalism. | |
| 13 | The danger of journalism turning into political material. | |
| 14 | The way news is handled in social events and terrorist attacks. | |
| 15 | Overall evaluation | |
| 16 | FINAL EXAM | |
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Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | |
| Assignments | |
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Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-term | 1 | 100 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | 60 | |
| Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade | 40 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | ||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Defines basic concepts, theories, methods, and domains of study specific to radio, television and cinema by associating them with the findings and theories of humanities and social sciences. | X | ||||
| 2 | Demonstrates the responsibilities, effective participation, coordination, and planning skills essential for harmonious and efficient teamwork in the production processes relative to the radio, television and cinema fields. | X | ||||
| 3 | Generates media products in accordance with professional standards in various narrative forms and genres specific to the field by synthesizing up-to-date knowledge and skills for expertise acquired through applied and theoretical courses. | X | ||||
| 4 | Manifests professional knowledge and such skills as copywriting, image management, editing, sound design, producing and directing, media management in different fields of radio, television and cinema locally and globally. | X | ||||
| 5 | Holds responsibility in broadcasting by integrating national and international rules of law that media professionals should pursue with professional ethical principles. | X | ||||
| 6 | Comprehends the knowledge and skills related to institutional operation and management in the production and broadcasting processes of radio, television and cinema for the common interest. | X | ||||
| 7 | Evaluates radio, television and cinema fields analytically and critically from their institutional structuring to products regarding a wide range of cultural, artistic, economic, and social relations. | X | ||||
| 8 | Has the ability to collect visual, audio and written data, conduct research, evaluate, report and offer creative solutions in the fields of radio, television and cinema. | X | ||||
| 9 | Develops original projects for radio, television and cinema by following new technologies, developments, and ideas in the fields of art, culture, and media at the national and global planes. | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Preparation & reading | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Mid-term | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Total Work Load | 133 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 5,32 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||
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