TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	1
SEMESTER	First Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	15
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Hidayet Hale Künüçen
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) learns the basic concepts and the theories of liberal media studies. 2) learns the basic concepts and the theories of critical media studies. 3) learns and utilizes the basic critical concepts of communication science.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	No.
COURSE DEFINITION	The aim of this course is to provide the students the skill to think analytically and interpret critically when they see media texts and to build a critical theoretical context when they produce media texts. Additionally the students can evaluate their knowledges and skills about the communication field in a critical aspect and can understand the national, international, sociological and intercultural dimentions of the communication.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Communication as a discipline and the short history of communication research, functions of communication 2nd Week Mainstream paradigm in communication studies 3rd Week Mainstream paradigm in communication studies 4th Week Frankfurt School- Culture Industry and Communication Studies 5th Week Frankfurt School- Culture Industry and Communication Studies 6th Week Frankfurt School- Culture Industry and Communication Studies 7th Week Cultural Studies: Culture-Media-Hegemony-Manufacturing Consent 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Cultural Studies: Culture-Media-Hegemony-Manufacturing Consent 10th Week Media-Society-Culture-Industry: Political economy and critical political economy 11th Week Media-Society-Culture-Industry: Political economy and critical political economy 12th Week New Media 13th Week Communication research in Turkey 14th Week General evolution of mainstream and criticai media studies
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No