TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	15
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn the transition of journalism though new media. 2) Learn the advantages that new media provided to journalism. 3) Evaluate the controversial fields that are emerged by new media.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	-
COURSE DEFINITION	The new media influenced many sectors and directly influenced and transformed the field of journalism. Recently traditional media structures have reshaped themselves in line with the needs of the new media, accordingly many apparent transformations occurred in different fields such as the way that journalists gather and edit news and the way that they present news to readers / audiences. This course basically focuses on how journalism transforms with new media and it aims to evaluate both the avantages that new media practices provided to journalism field, and controversial fields that emerged with new media.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction of the Course 2nd Week Journalism From Past to Today 3rd Week New Media, New Journalism 4th Week journalism Practices from Tradition to Digital 5th Week Social Media as a Means of News Gathering 6th Week Social Media as a Means of Informing 7th Week Social Media Guides that Media Coorporations Use in Turkey and Worldwide 8th Week Midterm 9th Week Journalism, Fake News, Double Check and Social Media 10th Week Journalism in Crisis Periods and Digital Platforms 11th Week Independent Digital Journalism Platforms / From News Room to Individual Journalism 12th Week Social Movement - Global Events and Digital Journalism 13th Week Social Movement - Global Events and Digital Journalism 14th Week Digital Journalism in the Context of Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Discussions/ Digital Journalism and Control
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Pavlik, John V. Yeni Medya ve Gazetecilik. Phoneix Yayınevi, 2013 Tufekci, Zeynep. 2018. ?How Social Media Took Us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump.? MITTechnology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611806/how-social-media-took-us-fromtahrir-square-to-donald-trump/. Clerwall, C. (2014). Enter the robot journalist. Journalism Practice, 8(5), 519?31. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2014.883116 Kormelink, T. G., & Costera Meijer, I. (2017). What clicks actually mean: Exploring digital news user practices. Journalism, 19(5), 668-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884916688290 Van Dalen, A. (2012). The algorithms behind the headlines: How machine-written news redefines the core skills of human journalists. Journalism Practice, 6(5-6), 648-658. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2012.667268
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Presentation,Case Study
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Presentation of Article 1 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No