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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
ETHICAL ISSUES IN JOURNALISM RTS605 - 3 + 0 15

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITDoctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED15
NAME OF LECTURER(S)-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) will discuss the concept of ethics
2) will ask questions about how media ownership structure
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNo.
COURSE DEFINITIONIn this course the students will discuss the ethic concept, the relationship between freedom, democracy and ethics, and the difference between virtue based ethics and duty based ethics. They will ask questions about the relationship between the way media system functions and the the ethical rules of journalism or how the ownership patterns of media can force a journalist to act in a way that conflicts the professional behavioral rules of journalism. They will be familiar with the ethical issues that journalists face in some specialist fields such as war and conflict reporting, reporting politics, reporting health and photo-journalism.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Dersin tanıtımı
2nd Week Etik, özgürlük, demokrasi ve sorumluluk-merkezli etik kavramlarına dair tartışma
3rd Week Medya sisteminin işleyişi, sahiplik yapısı, 21. yüzyılda gazetecilikte olanaklar ve zorluklar
4th Week Etik ve piyasa arasındaki ilişki
5th Week Toplumda yaşamanın bir ön koşulu olarak mahremiyet, kimin mahremiyet hakkı vardır?
6th Week Savaş haberciliği ve etik, savaş haberciliği ve barış haberciliği
7th Week Politika haberciliği ve etik
8th Week Ekonomi haberciliği ve etik
9th Week Sağlık haberciliği ve etik
10th Week Gizlilik, kamu yararı ve devlet sırları
11th Week Sansür, özdenetim (özsansür) ve kendini denetleme
12th Week Gazetecilerin kaynakları ve izleyicileri ile ilişkileri
13th Week Yeni medya ve etik
14th Week İletişim etiğine dair farklı kültürlerin oluşturabileceği ortak bir zeminin protonormları ve normları
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGAgnes Heller, 2006, Bir Ahlak Kuramı, İstanbul: Ayrıntı
A.Belsey ve R. Chadwick, 2011, Medya ve Gazetecilikte Etik Sorunlar, İstanbul: Ayrıntı
B. H. Bagdikian, 2004, The New Media Monopoly, Boston: Beacon Press
Bernard Goldberg, 2001, BIAS: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, Washington: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Bülent Çaplı, 2002, Medya ve Etik, Ankara: İmge
B.Çaplı-H.Tuncel, (Ed.), 2010, Televizyon Haberciliğinde Etik, Ankara: A.Ü. İletişim Fakültesi Yayını
Chas Critcher, 2003, Moral Panics and the Media, Buckingham ? Philadeplhia: Open University Press.
Johan Retief, 2002, Media Ethics, London: Oxford Press
John Keane, 2010, Medya ve Demokrasi (4. Baskı), İstanbul: Ayrıntı
Jon Nuttall, 1997, Ahlak Üzerine Tartışmalar, İstanbul: Ayrıntı
L. Doğan Tılıç, 2009, Utanıyorum ama gazeteciyim, İstanbul: İletişim
Martin Hirst ? Roger Patching, 2005, Journalism Ethics, London: Oxford Press
Michael Kunczik , 1999, Ethics in Journalism, Bonn: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Robert W. McChesney ve B. Scott (Eds), 2004, Our Unfree Press, New York: The New Press
Ruhdan Uzun, 2011, İletişim Etiği ? Sorunlar ve Sorumluluklar, Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları
Süleyman İrvan, 2005, Medya ve Etik, Habercinin El Kitabı 2: Medya, Etik ve Hukuk (Der. Sevda Alankuş), İstanbul: IPS İletişim Vakfı Yayınları, Habercinin El Kitabı Dizisi.

PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term130
Total(%)30
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)30
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)70
Total(%)100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
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