Communication Sciences (DR)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code: ILB6004
Course Name: Transmedia Narratives
Semester: Fall
Course Credits:
ECTS
8
Language of instruction: Turkish
Course Condition:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
PhD TR-NQF-HE:8. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:Third Cycle EQF-LLL:8. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. YALÇIN KIRDAR
Course Lecturer(s): Prof. Hatice Öz Pektaş
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: To inform about the transmedia narrative. It is to convey the place, target and audience of transmedia narratives in communication processes.
Course Content: This course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of transmedia narrative principles and practices.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) To be able to analyze and reveal the relationship between narrative and media.
2) To be able to analyze and distinguish narratives through production and consumption relations.
3) Developing ideas after sample narrative studies

Course Flow Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) What is Transmedia?
2) The Genre and the Media
3) Center of Narrative
4) Storytelling in different environments
5) Character in a Narrative
6) Building a story in a narrative
7) What is Speculative Fiction
8) Information in the transmedia narrative
9) Sensory information and iconography in transmedia narrative
10) Transmedia narrative case studies
11) Arc of Story
12) Sample analysis
13) Legends, fairy tales and folk tales
14) Legends, fairy tales and folk tales
15) Transmedia narratives: movie reviews
16) Final

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Getting Started in Transmedia Storytelling: A Practical Guide for Beginners, Robert Pratten Transmedia Television: New Trends in Network Serial Production, M.J. Clarke

References: Getting Started in Transmedia Storytelling: A Practical Guide for Beginners, Robert Pratten Transmedia Television: New Trends in Network Serial Production, M.J. Clarke

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes

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3

Program Outcomes
1) The student who has completed the Ph.D. Program has a good command of current and advanced approaches and concepts related to communication sciences. 2 2 1
2) Comprehends the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities, monitors and evaluates discussions. 2 3 3
3) Uses current and advanced knowledge in the field of communication sciences. 2 1 2
4) Expands the boundaries of knowledge by making original studies in the field of communication sciences or by bringing new interpretations to existing studies. 2 3 2
5) Uses the information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level. 3 2 3
6) Researches, comprehends, designs, adapts and applies an original subject. 3 2 3

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Average 3 Highest
       
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) The student who has completed the Ph.D. Program has a good command of current and advanced approaches and concepts related to communication sciences. 2
2) Comprehends the interaction between communication sciences and other humanities, monitors and evaluates discussions. 2
3) Uses current and advanced knowledge in the field of communication sciences. 3
4) Expands the boundaries of knowledge by making original studies in the field of communication sciences or by bringing new interpretations to existing studies. 3
5) Uses the information and communication technologies required by the field at an advanced level. 1
6) Researches, comprehends, designs, adapts and applies an original subject. 2

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 48
Project 1 60
Homework Assignments 1 20
Final 1 80
Total Workload 208