| Political Science and International Relations (Master) (with Thesis) (English) | |||||
| Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 | ||
| Course Code: | PIR5016 | ||||
| Course Name: | Media and Politics | ||||
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Fall |
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. EFE CAN GÜRCAN | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Doç. Dr. Efe Can Gürcan | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | This course thus invites students to explore key elements of media systems and locate media in a larger political context by focusing on enduring questions about the relationship between media and politics: What influences do media have on our society? How are these influences manifested in human communication? In what ways do social and political groups use media in attempting to influence or even manipulate others’ thinking and behavior? How do socio-economic inequalities and political struggles that characterize media systems influence the way we perceive of the world? In this course, weekly seminars will consist of a combination of lectures and structured discussions of assigned readings. |
| Course Content: | Media refer to technologies that allow and facilitate human communication. These technologies involve many types including print media, radio and television broadcasting, film, and the Internet. Once we conceive of politics as the ways in which human communities debate and decide upon the rules that govern society, it becomes apparent that media is inextricable from politics. After all, each political act necessitates some form of communicative activity through the medium of certain techniques and technologies. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) The course will introduce students to media and politics. 2) Students will finish with basic knowledge on the relationship between media and political power. 3) They will have acquired critical thinking skills and a broad range of analytical tools for examining political interactions in media environments. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Media and Power | |
| 2) | Media and the Economy | |
| 3) | Media and Inequality | |
| 4) | Presentation and Quiz week | |
| 5) | Media and Democracy | |
| 6) | Ideology and News | |
| 7) | Media and Propaganda | |
| 8) | Exam Review | |
| 9) | Political Communication | |
| 10) | Public diplomacy and media | |
| 11) | Media and Globalization | |
| 12) | Internet and New Media Politics | |
| 13) | Presentations | |
| 14) | General Reivew | |
| 15) | Final Exam |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | M. Sönmez. 2010. Medya, Kültür, Para ve İstanbul İktidarı. İstanbul: Yordam L. Foerstel. 2007. Medya ve Savaş Yalanları. İstanbul: Yordam E. S. Herman ve N. Chomsky. 2012. Rızanın İmalatı. İstanbul: BGST Yayınları |
| References: | M. Sönmez. 2010. Medya, Kültür, Para ve İstanbul İktidarı. İstanbul: Yordam L. Foerstel. 2007. Medya ve Savaş Yalanları. İstanbul: Yordam E. S. Herman ve N. Chomsky. 2012. Rızanın İmalatı. İstanbul: BGST Yayınları |
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| 1) Have knowledge about the basic theoretical debates in the field of Political Science and International Relations | |||||||||||
| 2) Define contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of Political Science and International Relations at national and international level. | |||||||||||
| 3) Relate the interaction of the Department of Political Science and International Relations with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economy, business). | |||||||||||
| 4) Evaluate and discuss the events in interdisciplinary dimension, acquire knowledge and skills, conduct research using social sciences methods and follow the field | |||||||||||
| 5) Political and social processes that take place in Turkey and in the world, able to solve problems and the causes of these problems, on the relationship of citizens with political structures reveals scientifically. | |||||||||||
| 6) Uses leadership characteristics in the field of political science and International Relations with the consciousness of team work. | |||||||||||
| 7) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what they need and critically question the information they have acquired. | |||||||||||
| 8) Designs and prepares scientific studies such as theoretical or experimental projects, reports, articles and theses, either on their own or with others, and uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques related to their field. | |||||||||||
| 9) Can provide opinions, thoughts and solutions in the fields of Political Science and International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and oral form. | |||||||||||
| 10) Follow developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | |||||||||||
| 11) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | |||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Have knowledge about the basic theoretical debates in the field of Political Science and International Relations | |
| 2) | Define contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of Political Science and International Relations at national and international level. | |
| 3) | Relate the interaction of the Department of Political Science and International Relations with other social sciences (philosophy, history, sociology, law, economy, business). | |
| 4) | Evaluate and discuss the events in interdisciplinary dimension, acquire knowledge and skills, conduct research using social sciences methods and follow the field | |
| 5) | Political and social processes that take place in Turkey and in the world, able to solve problems and the causes of these problems, on the relationship of citizens with political structures reveals scientifically. | |
| 6) | Uses leadership characteristics in the field of political science and International Relations with the consciousness of team work. | |
| 7) | Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what they need and critically question the information they have acquired. | |
| 8) | Designs and prepares scientific studies such as theoretical or experimental projects, reports, articles and theses, either on their own or with others, and uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques related to their field. | |
| 9) | Can provide opinions, thoughts and solutions in the fields of Political Science and International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and oral form. | |
| 10) | Follow developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | |
| 11) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Quizzes | 1 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Presentations / Seminar | 11 | 22 |
| Quizzes | 4 | 14 |
| Midterms | 7 | 22 |
| Final | 14 | 42 |
| Total Workload | 142 | |