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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND MEDIA PRP535 - 3 + 0 10

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITMaster's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Ability to define the role of each of the media tools in international affairs,
2) The media's ability to analyze its impact on international affairs,
3) To be able to read through international relations and international communication theories.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONIt is aimed that students can accurately define the role of each of the media tools in international issues and accurately analyze the influence of the media on international issues.In this context, it will be tried to read the media through the literature of international relations during the course.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Course Description and General Introduction
2nd Week Dimensions of International Relations and Media Relations
3rd Week State and Media Relationship
4th Week Public Diplomacy and Media
5th Week The Impact of International Media on Crises
6th Week War and Media
7th Week Terror and Media
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Case Study: September 11 and the Media
10th Week Case Study: I. and II. Gulf War and Media
11th Week Case Study: Afghanistan War and Media
12th Week Case Study: 2014 Ukraine Crisis and Media
13th Week Case Study: The Syrian Civil War and Media
14th Week General Repetition
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGErdem Denk, ?Medya ve Uluslararası Politika?, Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, Cilt 4, Sayı 13, Bahar 2007, ss.145-156.

Erdem Denk, ?Türk Basınında Dış Politika?, Orta Doğu, Cilt 4, Sayı 1, 2009.

Piers Robinson, ?Theorizing the Influence of Media On World Politics: Models of Media Influence on Foreign Policy?, European Journal of Communication, Vol. 16(4), 2001, pp.523-544.

Murat Sadullah Çebi, ?Medyaya Yeni Düzen Devlet-Medya İlişkilerinde Yeni Kuramsal Eğilimler?, Selçuk İletişim, Sayı 1, No.1, 1999, ss.41-57.

Adrian Hadland, Media-State Relations in Emerging Democracies, (New York: Palgrave), 2015, pp.19-72

Meltem Bostancı, Kamu Diplomasisinde Medyanın Rolü ve Önemi, (İstanbul: Anahtar Kitaplar), 2012, ss. 21-59- 85-110

Eylem Yanardağoğlu, ?Uluslararası İletişim ve Kamu Diplomasisi: BBC Dünya Servisi Haber
Merkezi Örneği?, İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, Sayı 38, 2014, ss.116-132
Bülend Aydın Ertekin, ?Uluslararasi Sistemde Görsel-İşitsel Medyanın Kamu Diplomasisi ve Kamuoyu Yaratmadaki Önemi: TRT?nin Türkçe Dışında Yayın Yapan Kanalları Üzerine Bir Inceleme?, Electronic Journal of Social Sciences, Cilt.11, Sayı.42, 2012, ss.323-354

Mai?a K. Davis Cross and Xinru Ma, EU Crises and the International Media, ARENA Working Paper No. 3, June 2013.

Eytan Gilboa, ?The CNN Effect: The Search for a Communication Theory of International Relations?, Political Communication, 22:27-44.

Rasha El-Ibiary, ?Questioning the Al-Jazeera Effect: Analysis of Al-Qaeda?s Media Strategy and Its Relationship With Al-Jazeera?, Global Media and Communication, Vol.7, No.3, Dec. 2011, pp.199-204

Susan L. Carruthers, The Media at War, (London: Palgrave), 2011, pp.1-42(ODTÜ)

Haldun Yalçınkaya, ?Savaşlarda Asker-Medya İlişkilerinin Geldiği Son Aşama: İliştirilmiş Gazetecilik?, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 5, Sayı 19, ss. 29-56.

Süreyya Çakır, ?Savaşa/Şiddete Dayalı Bir Toplumsal Gerçeklik Ortamının İnşasında Medyanın Rolü: Savaş, Görsel Medya ve Gerçeklik?, Tuğrul İlter, Nurten Kara, Melek Atabey, Yetin Arslan, Müge Orun (Ed.), Communication in Peace/Conflict in Communication, (North Cyprus: Eastern Mediterranean University Press), 2008(ODTÜ)

Diego Lazzarich, ?Discourses of War?, Josef Seethaler, Matthias Karmasin, Gabriele Melischek (Ed.), Selling War: The Role of the Mass Media in Hostile Conflicts from World War I to War on Terror, (Bristol: Intellect), 2013, pp.37-56

UNESCO, Terrorism and the Media, UNESCO 2017.

Gabriel Weimann, New Terrorism and New Media, Wilson Center, 2014.

Cristina Archetti, Understanding Terrorism in the Age of Global Media: A Communication Approach, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan), 2012, pp.32-59.


Suat Sungur, ?11 Eylül Gazeteciliği: Yeni Normallere Doğru?, Iletişim Fakültesi Dergisi, Sayı 26, 2006, ss.117-124.

Halil Ibrahim Yenigun, ?Muslims and the Media after 9/11: A Muslim Discourse in the American Media??, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 21:3, 39-69

Erol İlhan ve Nalan Dirik, ?Savaş Haberleri Bağlamında Haber Politikaları: ABD Örneği?, İletişim Kuram ve Araştırma Dergisi, Sayı 33, Güz 2011, ss.61-86

Steven Kull, Clay Ramsay, Evan Lewis, ?Misperceptions, the Media and Iraq War?, Political Science Quarterly. 118(4):569-598
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Presentation of Article130
Total(%)60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)40
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam133
Preparation for Quiz21530
Individual or group work12020
Preparation for Final exam14040
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12020
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam144
Homework23060
Field Research12525
Article Presentation122
Article13030
Total Workload276
Total Workload / 309,2
ECTS Credits of the Course10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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