| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Issues of Press | GZT113 | Elective | Bachelor's degree | 1 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Gürsoy DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Defines the concepts of press and news.
2) Compares the development process of press history in Türkiye and in the world.
3) Classifies the problems of freedom of the press within the framework of different periods.
4) Explains the development process and problems of local media.
5) Discusses the developments in the field of media in the digital age.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | High | Low | Low | Middle | Middle | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | High | Low | Low | No relation | Middle | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | Low | Low | Low | No relation | Middle | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | High | Low | Low | No relation | Middle | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | Low | Low | Low | No relation | Middle | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None.
Course Contents
In the course; the emergence and development processes of the concepts of press and news, the first newspapers and magazines published in Türkiye and in the world, legal regulations in the field of press from the Ottoman to the Republican Period, censorship and freedom of the press, the emergence of the local press in Türkiye and the problems faced by the local press, media freedom debates in the digital age will constitute the subject content to be explained.
Weekly Schedule
1) Emergence and Development of the Concept of Press2) Economic and Social Foundations of the Emergence of Journalism
3) First Newspapers and Magazines Published in the World
4) First Newspapers Published in the Ottoman Period
5) The Reforms in the Field of Press in the Tanzimat Period First Legal Regulations and Press Censorship
6) 2nd Abdülhamit Period Press Regime and Jeune Turc Publishing
7) Proclamation of the 2nd Constitutional Monarchy and Removal of Censorship from the Press
8) Midterm Exam/Evaluation
9) Anatolian and Istanbul Press during the War of Independence
10) The Developments in the Press in the Republican Era
11) The Status of the Press Freedom in the Multi-Party Political Period
12) The Changes in the Press from the 1960s to the 1980s and The Media Ownership Structure
13) The Emergence of Commercial Television in Türkiye and Legal Arrangements
14) Development and Problems of Local Press in Türkiye
15) Media Freedom Debates in the Age of Digital Media
16) Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
1- M. Nuri İnuğur, Basın ve Yayın Tarihi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 2005.
2- Orhan Koloğlu, Osmanlı'dan 21.Yüzyıla Basın Tarihi, Pozitif Yayınları, İstanbul, 2006.
3- Hıfzı Topuz, Türk Basın Tarihi, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2015.
4- Murat Özgen, Türkiye’de Basının Gelişimi ve Sorunları, İ.Ü. İletişim Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 2004.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
40% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required