| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Communication | GZT413 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Fall | 4 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Associate Prof. Dr. Betül PAZARBAŞI
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Describe the structural features of the international news agencies and the nature of national and international news
2) Explain the barriers of international information and news free movement, the causes of imbalances in the distribution of international news
3) List the most important international meeting on communication imbalance.
4) Evaluate the guiding role of Western news agencies in the international news flow and new international information and communication order
5) Comment on discussion about the New International Communication and Information Order (NWICO)
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| 4 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | High | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | High | High | No relation | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
e-course
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
International relations
Course Contents
International, regional and national news agencies (AP, AFP, AA, Reuters) and their functions, international communication order and economical foundations, information flow in international communication order, single sidedness of information and improving international communication order and suggestions regarding to that.
Weekly Schedule
1) International news, the nature of international news and services of foreign news2) Circulation of international news and barriers to the circulation
3) The features of agency journalism, news agencies and their functions
4) Structural characteristics of news agencies operating in the international arena
5) The guiding role of the Western news agencies on the flow of international news.
6) The news agencies operating in the national arena
7) The causes of imbalance of international communication
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Important international meetings on the issue of international communication imbalance
10) Debates on the New International Communication Order
11) The position of the third world countries' news agencies on the flow of international news
12) One-way transmission and one-dimensionality of international communications and information
13) Converting of information and knowledge by the means of international news agencies
14) National News Agencies
15) Student presentations
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- A. Rıdvan Bülbül, Uluslararası İletişim, Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım, 2000
2- İrfan Erdoğan, Uluslararası İletişim, İstanbul: Kaynak Yayınları, 1995
3- Yasemin G. İnceoğlu, Uluslararası Medya, Medya Eleştirileri, İstanbul: Der Yayınları, 2004
4- Daniel R.Headrich, Enformasyon Çağı, Kitabevi yayınları, YY., 2002
5- Murat Zeytinli, Uluslararası Haber Dengesizliği, İstanbul: Rebel Yayıncılık, 1997
6- Suat Sinanoğlu (Der), Bir Çok Ses Tek Bir Dünya, Ankara: UNESCO Türkiye Milli Komisyonu, 1993
7- Yasemin G. İnceoğlu, Uluslararası Medya Medya Eleştirileri, İstanbul: Der Yayınları, 2004
8- Yusuf Kaplan, Enformasyon Devrimi Efsanesi, İstanbul: Rey Yayınları, 1991
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
20% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
80% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required