Course Name | Code | Semester | T+U Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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Media, Power and Politics | MCS 517 | 0 | 3 + 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Recommended Optional Courses | |
Course Language | English |
Course Level | yuksek_lisans |
Course Type | Optional |
Course Coordinator | EKMEL GEÇER |
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Course Category | Field Proper Education |
Course Objective | This couse aims to examine the interactions between media and political institutions, actors and processes, in light of theories of journalism, communication and political practice. |
Course Content | This course attempts to explain roles of media in a well-functioning democracy. Furtermore it expolores what constitutes the “media” in today's circumstances. The course will cover a wide range of issues related to media impact on political campaigns and political advocacy. |
# | Course Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
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1 | Students should be able to critically evaluate media theories as applied to daily life | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Oral Exam, Homework, Project / Design, |
2 | Students should be able to develop oral and writing skills | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Oral Exam, Homework, |
3 | Students should be able to develop critical understanding through media and democracy relation | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Oral Exam, Project / Design, |
4 | Students should be able to develop discussion skills related with political discources and media power | Lecture, Question-Answer, Discussion, | Testing, Oral Exam, Homework, |
Week | Course Topics | Preliminary Preparation |
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1 | Comforting Myths and Harsh Truths: the state of News Production | |
2 | The Role of the Media in Public Life | |
3 | ournalists, Citizens, and the Public(s) | |
4 | press bias(es) | |
5 | The journalistic profession: indexing, framing, and priming | |
6 | The Looming News Crisis | |
7 | Alternative Models of Journalistic Production | |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | The Internet is not a “Series of Tubes” | |
10 | Privacy Online and other concerns | |
11 | New Media and Poltics | |
12 | Political participation and New media | |
13 | Media and Democracy | |
14 | Final |
Resources | |
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Course Notes | |
Course Resources | VIDEO: “How the Internet will (one day) transform government,” by Shirky. Ted Talk Schudson, Michael. 1995. The Power of News. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ghonim, W. (2012) The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: A Memoir, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: New York. Issenberg, S. (2012) The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns, New York: Crown. Karpf, D. (2012) The MoveOn Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy, New York: Oxford University Press. http://a.nicco.org/karpf Lih, A. (2009), The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia, Hyperion: New York. Shirky, C. (2008), Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, Penguin Books: New York. |
Evaluation System | |
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Semester Studies | Contribution Rate |
1. Ödev | 50 |
1. Performans Görevi (Uygulama) | 50 |
Total | 100 |
1. Yıl İçinin Başarıya | 40 |
1. Final | 60 |
Total | 100 |
ECTS - Workload Activity | Quantity | Time (Hours) | Total Workload (Hours) |
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Total Workload | 0 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (Hours) | 0 | ||
dersAKTSKredisi | 6 |