Radio, Television and Cinema (English) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | COM201 | ||||
Course Name: | Communication Ethics | ||||
Semester: | Fall | ||||
Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | English | ||||
Course Condition: | |||||
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
Type of course: | Compulsory Courses | ||||
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Mode of Delivery: | E-Learning | ||||
Course Coordinator: | Araş. Gör. MAHMUT ENES AĞCA | ||||
Course Lecturer(s): | Prof.Dr. Süleyman İrvan | ||||
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Course Objectives: | This course aims to: ● Define communication ethics in relation to law; ● Examine ethical theories and help students to understand different ethical approaches ● Examine ethical problems in traditional, online, and television journalism, photography, advertising, and social media. |
Course Content: | This course covers ethical problems related to communication and the media. It will help students to gain ethical awareness by concentrating on ethical principles and problems in different fields of communication and the media. The course includes topics as defining ethics; freedom of expression and the press; ethical theories and principles; journalism ethics; self-control systems in journalism; photography and ethics; ethics in television journalism; social media and ethics; advertising ethics |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) İletişim alanlarındaki etik sorunları kavrayacaklardır; 2) Etik teorileri gazetecilik ve diğer iletişim alanlarında karşılaştıkları etik sorunları çözmek için kullanacaklardır; 3) Mesleklerini etik ilkeleri gözeterek yapacaklardır. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Course introduction | |
2) | Freedom of speech and the press | |
3) | Ethical theories and principles | |
4) | Ethical problems in traditional and online journalism I | |
5) | Ethical problems in traditional and online journalism II | |
6) | Ethical problems in television journalism | |
7) | Media accountability systems | |
8) | Midterm | |
9) | Photography and ethics | |
10) | Crime stories and ethical principles | |
11) | Children in the news | |
12) | Advertising ethics | |
13) | Social media ethics | |
14) | Final project |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | David Gordon et al (2011). Controversies in Media Ethics, 3. ed. Routledge |
References: | Medya içerikleri, sunumlar |
Course Learning Outcomes | 1 |
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Program Outcomes | ||||||||||||||
1) By providing both theoretical and practical education, it prepares students for academic and business life. | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
2) It provides a critical perspective on mass media. | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
3) With the English curriculum, it allows students to follow the international market and academic studies from original sources. | 3 | 3 | 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 | 2 | 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. | ||||||||||||||
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. | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
12) Acquire basic values related to media and business ethics. | 3 | 3 | 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. | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
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 |
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. | 3 |
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. | |
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. | 3 |
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 | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 39 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 70 |
Midterms | 1 | 3 |
Final | 1 | 8 |
Total Workload | 120 |