TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Kıvılcım Romya Bilgin
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the basic concepts and approaches in international, global and transnational communication. 2) Gain a systematic understanding about the economic and technologic convergence of media with in the light of the theoretical framework. 3) Examine and analyze the problems of contemporary media industry including music, film advertising and public relation sectors with a critical point of view and have the ability to propose solutions to them.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The convergence process, which arises in parallel with the developments in mediated communication (telecommunication, data communication and mass communication) technologies, brings about a new panaroma in the level of international communication on access to and control of mediated communication. The course aims to create an awareness of the role played by culture, technology and economy in this view. Various topics and debates on international communication, internationalization and transnationalization processes and international communication will be evaluated.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Definitions, scope of international communication, Network society 2nd Week Information and communication technology history (New) Information and Communication Technologies: Information Highways 3rd Week Information and Communication Technologies and economy: Media Industry, liberal economic policies, privatization 4th Week Oligopolization, natural monopolies, rearrangement, horizontal and vertical concentration 5th Week International Communication Approaches 6th Week Current debates on information society and network society. What is changing in information traffic? 7th Week International organizations, democracy, national sovereignty, tele-democracy, bureaucracy and infocracy 8th Week MIDTERM EXAM 9th Week Transformation in international communication politics Media Empires, International Television 10th Week International film and music industry: structure, ownership and control 11th Week Interaction dynamics with international advertising and PR agencies and local agencies 12th Week Transnationalization, cultural imperialism, homogenization 13th Week International communication scheme and Turkey 14th Week Evaluation of global communication in relation to advertising, and public relations film and digital game industries.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	APPPADURAI, Arjun 1996. Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimansion of Globalisation.Minneapolis : University of Minesota pres. BAGDIKIAN, h.Ben.2004. The New Media Monopoly. Boston:Becon Press. MOWLANA, Hamid . 1986. Global Information and World Communication: New Frontiers in International Communication. New York: Longman. MUHAMMADI, Ali. 1997. International Communication and Globalization. London: Sage Publication. Van DIJK, Jan. 1999 The Network Society (Trans. Leontine Spoorenberg). London. Sage Publication
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Report Preparation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 50 50 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Project Total Workload 156 Total Workload / 30 5,2 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No