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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Approaches To Contemporary Journalism GZT131 Elective Master's degree 1 Fall 6

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Prof. Dr. Gürsoy DEĞİRMENCİOĞLU

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Explain the technological components of the new media.
2) Evaluate the types of new reporting that emerged in age of new media.
3) Compares the traditional journalism and the online journalism.
4) Associate the approaches of contemporary reporting and the new media process each other.
5) Explain the historical development of press and its process of adaptation to the new media.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Learning Outcomes
1 High High High High High High High High High High High
2 High High High High High High High High High High High
3 High High High High High High High High High High High
4 High High High High High High High High High High High
5 Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle Middle

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None.

Course Contents

During the course, the types of journalism that emerged with the use of internet and the social networking sites have played a role in the transmission of news, the new reporting approaches in the age of new media will be discussed.

Weekly Schedule

1) Transformation Process of News in the New Media Age.
2) New Types of Journalism in the New Media Age.
3) New Types of Journalism in the New Media Age.
4) New Types of Journalism in the New Media Age.
5) The Internet as a New Media Tool.
6) Using the Blogs on the Internet.
7) Social Sharing Networks and New Media.
8) Midterm Exam/Evaluation.
9) New Communication Technologies and Reporting.
10) Technological Components of New Media.
11) The Concept of Digitization and Integration in the New Media.
12) The Concept of Interaction in New Media and Journalism.
13) Contemporary Journalism Approaches and New Media.
14) Contemporary Journalism Approaches and New Media.
15) Contemporary Journalism Approaches and New Media.
16) Final Exam.

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Ruhdan Uzun, “Gazetecilikte Yeni Bir Yönelim: Yurttaş Gazeteciliği”, Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2006.
2- John V.Pavlik, Journalism and New Media, Columbia University Press, New York, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Case Study
5) Self Study
6) Project Based Learning


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade

40%

 

Number

Percentage

Semester Studies

Midterm Examination

1

40%

Quiz

1

60%

 

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

60%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required