ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| Political Science and International Relations (Master) (with Thesis) (English) | |||||
| Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | PIR5016 | ||||
| Course Name: | Media and Politics | ||||
| Semester: | 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 Objective and Content
| 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. |
Learning Outcomes
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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. |
Course Flow Plan
| 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 |
Sources
| 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 |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
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Assessment & Grading
| 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 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation
| 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 | |