Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Media Analysis RTS207 Turkish Compulsory 3. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. Fatma GÜRSES, Arş. Gör. Gülizar ÖZTÜRK
Instructor(s) Arş. Gör. Gülizar ÖZTÜRK (Güz)
Goals The aim of this course is to understand how meaning is produced, discussed, negotiated in media texts and ideology, class, nation, gender, etc. To gain critical skills to analyze and understand how they relate to broader power structures such as.
Course Content Various media texts and genres will be studied using basic theories and notions of thought currents such as Marxism, feminism, semiology, structuralism, post-structuralism, psychoanalysis and post-modernism.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Understands the importance of media analysis process for society
2 Recognize the methods used in the media analysis process
3 Analyze different media texts
4 Evaluates the effect of media on society.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week General introductory lesson. Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression
2. Week Research methods in communication studies. Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression
3. Week Methodological foundations of media analysis, theoretical and conceptual foundations of contemporary approaches to news discourse and reception. Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours Research Verbal Expression
4. Week Basic concepts of media analysis, language, ideology in news research, and theoretical foundations of a contemporary approach to the problem of power/power. Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Class Hours
5. Week Language and discourse in news Verbal Expression Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research
6. Week Discourse analysis Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Class Hours
7. Week Semiotic analysis Preparation, After Class Study Class Hours Research Verbal Expression
8. Week Midterm Class Hours Practice
9. Week Transition from quantitative methodology to qualitative methodologies in reception studies Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Class Hours
10. Week General evaluation and examination of student presentations and works Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Verbal Expression Research
11. Week Student presentations. Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
12. Week Student presentations. Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
13. Week Student presentations. Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study
14. Week Student presentations. Class Hours Preparation, After Class Study Research Verbal Expression Visual Presentation
15. Week Fınal Class Hours Practice
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
The Matrix for Course & Program Learning Outcomes
No Program Requirements Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Students will be able to define the concepts related to cinema and television sectors.
2 Students will be able to discuss the reflections of this information in the fields of application by dominating both basic and new theoretical orientations and concepts in cinema and television fields.
3 Students will be able to comprehends the historical processes of cinema, television, media and communication fields and compares them with today's sectoral trends.
4 Students will be able to have knowledge about the structure and working principle of the technical materials used in the field, follow the current material developed in line with the new orientations and apply this knowledge by reflecting on their own studies.
5 Students will be able to work in the field of cinema and television, they develop appropriate solutions by calculating possible problems.
6 Students will be able to combine the theoretical knowledge related by the cinema and television sectors with the practical methods.
7 Students will be able to develop collaborative work by linking cinema and television fields with other arranged disciplines.
8 Students will be able to questioning the innovations they pursue, they discover their own directions of cinema and television.
9 Students will be able to provide the opportunity to use and share knowledge, skills effectively by participating in national and international film screenings, festivals, contests and similar organizations.
10 Students will be able to recognize the ethical values in cinema and television fields and applies them in the working environment.
11 Students will be able to organize that bring together individuals working in the field of cinema and television organizations and arrange an environment of reflection and discussion.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4
PY1 3 3 3 3
PY2 3 3 3 3
PY3 3 3 3 3
PY4 3 3 3 3
PY5 3 3 3 3
PY6 3 3 3 3
PY7 3 3 3 3
PY8 3 3 3 3
PY9 3 3 3 3
PY10 3 3 3 3
PY11 3 3 3 3
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Ayşe İnal, Haberi Okumak
  • Fatma Gürses, Medya Söylem Demokrasi
  • Erol Mutlu, İletişim Sözlüğü
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Homework 1 12 4 48
Homework 2 10 3 30
Final 1 2 2
Classroom Activities 10 2 20
Total Workload 102
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 4.0