Radio, Television and Cinema (English) Preview
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

COM107

Course Name:

Communication Law

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory Courses

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Prof. Dr. AYBİKE SERTTAŞ

Course Lecturer(s):

Aybike Serttaş

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:	Media law affects the way information can be obtained and presented in many different ways. The purpose of this course is to provide you with the answers you need to decide what the law is with regard to any issue you might deal with in your work.
Course Content:	This course introduces communication and media professionals to the legal context within which they work. The course uses case studies to illustrate how such issues as freedom of expression, defamation, access to information, breach of privacy, and confidentiality affect the working life of the media professional.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) 1) Understand how media laws and regulations compare with those of other nations
2) Understand how media policies and regulations enable or constrain effective media environments
3) Understand the obligations and rights of media practitioners in the execution of their duties
4) Understand some of the problems and limitations of applying old media laws in new media environments
5) define sources of press law.
6) Defines the concepts and institutions in press law.
7) Defines the concepts and institutions in radio and TV law.
8) Defines the concepts and institutions in Internet Law

Course Flow Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course introduction
2)	Basic Principles of Mass Communication Law
3)	Freedom of Expression
4)	Freedom of the Press
5)	European Court of Human Rights
6)	Judgements by the European Court of Human Rights I
7)	Judgements by the European Court of Human Rights II
8)	Press Law
9)	Privacy Law
10)	Broadcast law II
11)	Broadcast law II
12)	Internet Law I
13)	Internet Law II
14)	Review and Conclusion

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	The Law of Journalism and Mass Communication, Joseph Russomanno (Editor)
References:	Artun Avcı, Türkiye’de İfade Özgürlüğü ve İnternet

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Program Outcomes
1) By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life.
2) It provides a critical perspective on mass media.
3) With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources.
4) Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting.
5) Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector.
6) Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs.
7) Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies.
8) Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started.
9) Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies.
10) With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector.
11) They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative.
12) Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics.
13) Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.
14) Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life.	2
2)	It provides a critical perspective on mass media.	3
3)	With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources.	3
4)	Students will be an expert in front of the camera, behind-the-scenes, news center, light, sound, editing, directing, cinematography, screenwriting.
5)	Thanks to the media professionals, the students will be ready for the sector.	2
6)	Acquires production skills such as short and medium films, screenplays, documentaries and TV programs.
7)	Have the basic knowledge and experience of image technologies.
8)	Thanks to sectoral cooperation, professional business life will be started.	2
9)	Through an applied curriculum, students gain an interdisciplinary perspective on different media studies.	3
10)	With the technical training to be taken in studio environment, students gain experience in the sector.
11)	They will have skills such as negotiating with the group, taking initiative.	2
12)	Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics.	3
13)	Follow the developments in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1.	3
14)	Students use information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field.

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	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	14	70
Project	1	8
Final	1	8
Total Workload		128