| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Media Literacy | HIT450 | Compulsory | Bachelor's degree | 4 | Spring | 5 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. İdil SAYIMER
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) Explain how to utilize new media litearcy in the virtual environment.
2) Disscuss and analyze the social effects of social media.
3) Develop knowledge about emergence of social media with compared to other media.
4) Recognize the importance of media literacy for new media
5) Explain the new media literacy literature
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
| Program Competencies | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Learning Outcomes | ||||||||||
| 1 | High | Middle | High | Middle | High | No relation | No relation | High | Middle | |
| 2 | High | High | Middle | High | High | Middle | Middle | High | High | |
| 3 | Middle | Middle | High | No relation | High | High | High | Middle | Middle | |
| 4 | High | Middle | Middle | Middle | Middle | No relation | High | High | Middle | |
| 5 | Middle | High | Middle | High | Middle | No relation | Middle | Middle | Middle | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
none
Course Contents
In this course, the concepts and theoriticans which are related with new media concept, digital skills, digital divide, digital competency will be evaluated. Participatory culture, citizenship journalism, big data analaysis, hate speech in new media, misinformation and disinformation in new media, trolls, surveillance society, new media-ethics and privacy relationship, hacktivism and hack culture will be examined.
Weekly Schedule
1) The concept of Information Society2) Liberal and Critical Analysis of Information Society and New Public Sphere
3) New Public Sphere
4) Effects of New Communication Technologies, the birth of the Internet, Web 2.0 Technology
5) Digital skills, digital divide, digital capability terms.
6) Participatory culture and citizenship journalism terms
7) Hate speech in new media
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Misinformation and disinformation terms
10) Trolls in new media, the survealinca society
11) Ethic and privacy relationship in new media
12) Hack culture and hactivism
13) Presentations about new media literacy
14) Presentations about new media literacy
15) Presentations about new media literacy
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- .
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Demonstration
5) Group Study
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade |
30% |
|---|---|
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
70% |
Total |
100% |
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required