Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
- STV634 Turkish Compulsory 3 + 0 3.0 8.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Graduate
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Course Coordinator
Instructor(s)
Goals This course aims to evaluate the politics-press relationship in the context of politics, press, society and economy and to make methodological analysis on the relationship between media and politics.
Course Content In this course, the evolution of media in Turkey and the world, media ownership issues, political journalism and television, the Turkish press and political journalism, political journalism in the Western press, the Internet and politics will be examined.
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Establishes the relationship between social, economic and political developments and the field of journalism and deeply understands the social function of journalism.
2 Understand the relationships between journalism, information technology and society and the technological developments that affect the content and dissemination of news.
3 Can express himself/herself in a creative, innovative and understandable way on topics related to his/her field through written, oral and visual narrative forms.
4 Gain comparative knowledge about local and foreign media.
5 Have knowledge about contemporary media criticism.
6 Have knowledge about ownership relations in Turkish media.
7 Develops critical and analytical thinking skills regarding politics.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Providing information about course content.
2. Week Brief history of the newspaper
3. Week Media, Journalism and Politics
4. Week Critical Political Economy Approaches to Media: Herbert Schiller and Christian Fuchs
5. Week Technological and Anthropological Approaches to Media: Herbert Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman
6. Week Current Themes in Media Studies: Surveillance and Power: Paul-Michel Foucault
7. Week Social Approaches to Media: Daniel Bell and Ulrich Beck
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Property Relations in the ''Media Industry''
10. Week ''Public Discourse in the Age of Spectacle'' (Neil Postman)
11. Week Television Journalism and Politics
12. Week Turkish Press and Politics
13. Week Internet and Politics
14. Week Overall Assessment
15. Week Final
*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 Defines concepts related to the 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 DK5 DK6 DK7
PY1 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY8 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
PY9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
PY10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
PY11 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Recommended Sources
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Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Manuel Castells (1996) The Rise of the Network Society, Cambridge, MA; Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
  • Hıfzı Topuz, Türk Basın Tarihi, Remzi Kitabevi, 2001.
  • Jean Noel Jeanneney, Medya Tarihi, YKY, 1998.
  • Pierre Bourdieu, Televizyon Üzerine, İleşitim Yayınları.
  • Neil Postman, Televizyon: Öldüren Eğlence, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2004.
  • John Keane, Medya ve Demokrasi, Ayrıntı Yayınları.
  • Douglas Kellner, Medya Gösterisi, Açılım Kitap, 2010.