TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Associate Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Associate Professor Ferhan Gündüz
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Comprehends the distinctions between ethics, morality and law. 2) Understands professional ethics and the structural elements that determine ethics. 3) Evaluates methods such as accountability and ombudsman. 4) Examines and resolves ethical issues in the media, which are always discussed in the field. 5) Understands the need to respect human dignity, fundamental rights and freedoms.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	It is aimed to teach the definition of ethics, its development and the rules to be followed professionally and problematic issues that may be encountered. The scope of the course includes definitions of ethics, the relationship between ethics/morality/law, approaches to communication ethics, private life, material relations with news sources, problems related to discrimination in TV journalism, how new communication technologies affect journalism, responsibilities of the media in crisis reporting, during election campaigns criticisms of the media, image and ethics, tabloid journalism, accountability and regulation of journalism.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Information about course content, teaching and ethics. 2nd Week Historical Foundations of Media Ethics, Media Ethics. 3rd Week Ownership and Control in the Media. 4th Week Media and Democracy 5th Week Media Accountability. 6th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Tabloid Journalism 7th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Private Life, 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Relations with News Sources. 10th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Discrimination 11th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Crisis Journalism 12th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Choice 13th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: Judicial News 14th Week Ethical Issues in Television Journalism: New Media 15th Week FINAL EXAMINATION
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Çaplı B. ve Tuncel H.(2010), Televizyon Haberciliğinde Etik, Ankara: Fersa Matbaacılık Alankuş, Sevda (der.) (2003) Medya, Etik ve Hukuk, IPS İletişim Vakfı Yayınları: İstanbul Uzun, R.,(2009), İletişim Etiği, Ankara:Dipnot yayınları A. Rıdvan Bülbül (2001) İletişim ve Etik. Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 30 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 exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 50 50 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 30 30 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 1 1 Homework 1 25 25 Total Workload 149 Total Workload / 30 4,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No