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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
NUTRITION LITERACY IN THE MEDIA NUT147 - 3 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Instructor Can Selim Yılmaz
Research Assistant Hilal Çalışkan
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) learns the effect of media on feeding behavior
2) researches the news that will affect the feeding behavior in the media.
3) evaluates the scope of the news that will affect the nutrition behavior in the media within the scope of literature information.
4) evaluates the impact of the news in the media
5) analyze the programs of visual media that affect nutritional behavior.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTno
COURSE DEFINITIONIt is a course that examines the effects of social media on nutritional behavior.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Definition of the Media, Written Visual and Social media definition and legal applications
2nd Week Definition of the Media, Written Visual and Social media definition and legal applications
3rd Week Discussing the news about nutrition in the written and visual media and the accuracy of the news with the literature Discussing the news about nutrition in social media and the accuracy of the news with the literature
4th Week Social Media and Health Communication
5th Week Reliability of Social Media in the Field of Health and Nutrition.
6th Week Midterm
7th Week Social Media And Nutrition Behavior, Its Effects
8th Week Social Media And Nutrition Behavior, Its Effects
9th Week Article discussion
10th Week Article discussion
11th Week Article discussion
12th Week Article discussion
13th Week Article discussion
14th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGT.L. Peterson Exploring baseline food-media literacy of adults J Media Literacy Educ, 4 (2012), pp. 3-11
H. Gibbs, K. Chapman-Novakofski Establishing content validity for the nutrition literacy assessment instrument
Prev Chronic Dis, 10 (2013), pp. e109-e119
Teng, C. C., & Chih, C. (2022). Sustainable food literacy: A measure to promote sustainable diet practices. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30, 776-786.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term120
Assignment115
Presentation of Article115
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam122
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work
Preparation for Final exam14228
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam6212
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework11010
Article Presentation11010
Total Workload106
Total Workload / 303,53
ECTS Credits of the Course4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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