Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Communıcatıon Theorıes GİT202 4. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 3.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Fehime Elem YILDIRIM
Instructors Fehime Elem YILDIRIM
Assistants
Goals The aim of this course is to convey the historical adventure of mass communication with different technological, social events and cultural contexts.
Course Content Transfer of different mass communication theories with the contexts that accompany their emergence. While providing detailed information about both mainstream and critical theories, discussing the current transformation of mass communication and predictions about the future of mass communication.
Learning Outcomes
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Mass Communication and Communication Research
2. Week Early American Communication Studies: The Chicago School
3. Week Early American Communication Studies: The Powerful Effects Paradigm
4. Week Different Paradigms and Theories After World War II
5. Week Different Paradigms and Theories After World War II
6. Week Mass Communication Models
7. Week Mass Communication Models
8. Week Frankfurt School, Critical Theory
9. Week Frankfurt School, Critical Theory
10. Week British Cultural Studies
11. Week British Cultural Studies
12. Week Communication and political economy
13. Week Communication and technology
14. Week Final Exam
Recommended Sources
Özçetin, B. (2018). Kitle iletişim kuramları: Kavramlar, okullar, modeller. İletişim Yayınları.
Erdoğan, İ., İşler, E., & Durmuş, H. (2005). Kitle İletişiminde Pozitivist Ampirik Geleneğin Kuruluşu Lazarsfeld ve Yönetimsel Araştırmalar. İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, 20(21).