| Radio, Television and Cinema (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | RTC209 | ||||
| Course Name: | Television Journalism | ||||
| Semester: | Fall | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Prof. Dr. AYBİKE SERTTAŞ | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | Dr. Şükran PAKKAN TOSUN | ||||
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| Course Objectives: | • To introduce the principles of visual communication: focus on documentaries and news • To develop an understanding of television, its newsroom, organisational structure and reporting process • To enable the process of writing news scripts and producing for television •To introduce students to visual storytelling with a video camera. |
| Course Content: | Students who successfully complete this course; can carry out thorough research into news and programme ideas, including identifying: suitable interviewees and locations; relevant background and illustrative footage and locations; visual materials, archive picture and sound footage; articles and features. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students can carry out thorough research into news and programme ideas, including identifying: suitable interviewees and locations; relevant background and illustrative footage and locations; visual materials, archive picture and sound footage; articles and features. 2) Students can develop the knowledge that will allow them to situate news events in their larger context, to ask more informed questions, and to evaluate competing claims made by sources. 3) Also imparts a deeper understanding of journalism and the forms it takes, and the focus is on content as much as on skills. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | TV Journalism - Basic Definitions and Concepts | |
| 2) | Media/General - History, Development Process, Current Situation in the World and Turkey | |
| 3) | Understanding the TV- Power of dissemination and deception: Media and perception management, Persuasion, Proof, Background | |
| 4) | Messages - Broadcasting Journalism Messages Types and Their Effects | |
| 5) | Formats - TV Journalism & Programme Formats | |
| 6) | Writing - Writing For Visuals Steps for Producing the News Story | |
| 7) | Interviewing - kinds of interviews, principles for conducting an effective interview | |
| 8) | Reporting- Newstelling, The Story / The Process News values and principles | |
| 9) | ASSIGMENTS WEEK | |
| 10) | Shooting – Principles of delivering an effective story | |
| 11) | Shooting - Piece To Camera Principles of delivering an effective PTC | |
| 12) | Presenting on TV Principles of effective presentation | |
| 13) | Ethics of Journalism - Code of Ethics for Television Journalists | |
| 14) | Challenges and Trends Responsibilities of a reporter and challenges Trends in journalism | |
| 15) | Final |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | G.C. Awasthy Allied Publishers, N.D. |
| References: | K.R. Mullick Sterling Publications |
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| 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. | ||||||||||||||
| 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) | 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. |
| 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 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 105 | ||
| Homework Assignments | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 28 | ||
| Total Workload | 133 | ||||||