TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Ahmet Demir
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Will be able to define and interpret the notions of communication, mass communication, mass media, media literacy, 2) Will be able to compare negative and positive effects of mass media on modern societies, 3) Will be able to develop projects to point out the importance of media litearcy in social life.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Text and text types (article, adress, advertisement text, report, regulations, mail etc.) used in mass media such as newspaper, magazine are examined in terms of syntax, lexiaology and semantics. Turkish used in verbal and written mass media is taken up in terms of logical mistakes, syntax, vocabulary, grammer, text linguistics, semantics etc.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Description of communication, its elements and kinds 2nd Week Mass Media, its functions and importance in community life 3rd Week Communication and the language 4th Week Media deceptions and critical thinking 5th Week Media literacy 6th Week The usage of turkish language in mass media 7th Week Culture, literature and printed media 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Culture, literature and radio, Culture, literature and cinema 10th Week Culture, literature and television 11th Week Culture, literature and internet 12th Week Turkish instruction by mass media 13th Week The bad and the good effects of mass media on turkish instruction 14th Week A general evaluation of the course
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	ÇAMDERELİ, Mete, İletişime Giriş, Dem Yay., İstanbul 2008. DEMİRAY, Uğur (editör) , Etkili İletişim, PegemA Yay., İstanbul 2004. GÜNAY, V. Doğan, Dil ve İletişim, Multilingual Yay., İstanbul 2004. GÜZ, Nurettin, Haberde Yönlendirme ve Kamuoyu Araştırmaları, Nobel Yay., Ankara 2005. ÖZBAY, Murat, "Televizyonla Türkçe Öğretimi", Yayımlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Gazi Üni. Sos. Bili. Enstitüsü, Türkçenin Eğitimi ve Öğretimi Bilim Dalı, Ankara 1991 ÖZDEMİR, Nebi, Medya Kültür ve Edebiyat, Geleneksel Yayıncılık, Ankara 2008.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Other,Problem Solving
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 2 10 20 Preparation for Final exam 1 36 36 Course hours 2 12 24 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 36 36 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 120 Total Workload / 30 4 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No