TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	Second Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Deniz Tansel İlic
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will learn the basic elements of media literacy. 2) Will gain a perspective on the necessary theoretical background of communication. 3) Will gain practical background competency for upcoming communication courses in the curriculum after dealing with the critical theory and complete necessary practices.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	Yes(İLF121)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	The basic concepts of critical media studies will be thought
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Critical Communication Paradigm and Its Basic Assumptions. 2nd Week Frankfurt School and the cultural industry. 3rd Week Frankfurt School and the cultural industry. 4th Week Market oriented art and non market oriented art. 5th Week T.W. Adorno's debate on the emergence of authoritarian personality and the role of the media. 6th Week British Cultural Studies approach and re-defining culture. 7th Week British Cultural Studies approach and re-defining culture. 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Media and fame creation mechanism, good fame-bad reputation and the emergence of fame, the phenomenon of mortality. 10th Week Media and genres: I) What is the news? News writing and discussion of the news-ideology relationship (based on examples) 11th Week Advertising phenomenon and reproduction of political advertisements and ideology. 12th Week Political economy theory and media industry. 13th Week Media and professionalism of the production process of media texts, media barons, media sector in Turkey. 14th Week Possibilities of Alternative and New Media, Characteristics of Computer-Mediated Communication (PCM).
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Alankuş, Sevda (der) (2004)Bağımsız İletişim Ağı: Ders Kitapları. 5 cilt İstanbul: BİA. (Z) Bennett, Tony vd. (2006) New Keywords. London: Blackwell. (EK) Fiske, John (1996) İletişim Çalışmalarına Giriş. Ankara: Bilim ve Sanat. 211-236.(Z) Fiske, John (1999) Popüler Kültürü Anlamak. Ankara:Bilim Sanat Y. 129-160. (Z) Hargreaves, Ian (2005) Gazetecilik. Ankara:Dost. (Z) Hartley, John (20029 Communication, Cultural and Media Studies. New York: Routledge. (EK) İrvan, Süleyman (der) (2002) Medya Kültür Siyaset. Ankara:Alp. (EK) Mutlu, E. (1997) Iletişim Sözlüğü. Ankara: Ark Yayınları. (Z) Rojek, Chris. (2003) Şöhret. İst: Ayrıntı. (Z) Smith, Philip (2005) Kültürel Kuram. İstanbul: Babil. (EK) Türkoğlu, N. (2004) Toplumsal İletişim. İstanbul: Babil Yayınları. (Z) Williams, Raymond (2005) Anahtar Sözcükler. İstanbul. İletişim. (EK)
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Problem Solving,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 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 60 60 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 14 1 14 Total Workload 178 Total Workload / 30 5,93 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No