The course aims to explain how digitalisation affects news writing processes. In this course students will be able to describe the variety of ways new media have converged in the 21st century.
In this course the effects of digitalisation on journalism will be discussed through a historical scope. This course explains the digitization of Journalism.Students learn how to digitize and editing and distribution of new media as well as the history and economics of digital media.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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Learning Outcomes |
Program Learning Outcomes |
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1. Describes the changing concepts and principles of journalism due to digitalization. |
1, 2, 7, 10 |
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A, C |
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2. Expresses the evolution of digital journalism historically. |
4, 9 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C |
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3. Discusses journalism regarding its economical and legal processes. |
4, 9 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C |
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4. Handles the concept of convergence within the scope of journalism praxis. |
3, 5, 8, 11 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C |
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5. Studies the effects of technology on journalism though social dimentions. |
3, 8, 12 |
1, 2, 3 |
A, C |
Course Flow
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COURSE CONTENT |
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Topics |
Study Materials |
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1 |
Introduction |
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Journalism, Digital Journalism and New Media |
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Changes in Journalism with Digitalization |
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History of Digital Journalism |
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5 |
Digital Journalism Literacy |
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6 |
Legal Obligations in Digital Journalism |
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7 |
Intellectual Property, Copyright, Patent |
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8 |
Midterm |
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9 |
Media Convergence and Journalism |
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10 |
Truth and Accuracy |
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11 |
Independency of Digital Journalism |
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12 |
Fairness and Impartiality |
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13 |
Effects of Economic Changes on Journalism |
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14 |
Technology and Society |
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15 |
Digital Media, The Future is the Revolution |
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16 |
Final |
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Recommended Sources
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RECOMMENDED SOURCES |
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Textbook |
Digital Journalism (Emerging Media and the Changing Horizons of Journalism), Kevin Kawamoto, Rowman& Littlefield Publishers, INC, 2003. Online Journalims: Principles and practices of news for Web, James C. Foust, Holcomb Hathaway, 2005. Digital Futures for cultural and media Studies, John Hartley, Wiley- Blackwell: 2012. |
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Additional Resources |
Digital Journalism Trainers Manual, Irex https://www.irex.org/sites/default/files/node/resource/digital-journalis... |
Material Sharing
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MATERIAL SHARING |
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Documents |
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Assignments |
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Exams |
There will be one midterm exam, one homework and final exam one for each student on given topics. |
Assessment
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ASSESSMENT |
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IN-TERM STUDIES |
NUMBER |
PERCENTAGE |
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Mid-terms |
1 |
40 |
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Homework |
1 |
10 |
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Final Exam |
1 |
50 |
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Total |
100 |
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Contrıbution of fınal examination to overall grade |
50 |
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Contrıbution of in-term studies to overall grade |
50 |
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Total |
100 |
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Course’s Contribution to Program
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COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM |
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Program Learning Outcomes |
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Describes the conventional and new concepts of journalism field. Ecaluates these concepts and approaches within sample cases. |
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Follows national and international developments and literature, possesses the terminalogy knowledge in native and foreign language. |
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3 |
Defines distinct concepts such as journalism ethics and news value and evaluates the changes in these concepts by beholding various parameters. |
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X |
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Defines and analyses cultural, economical, political, sociological, psychological and historical developments and events in scope of journalism principles and ethical rules. |
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X |
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Questions national and international sectoral problems with differents appraches and interprets the formations. |
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X |
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Follows the advances and developments in national and international journalism field, discusses the changes and transformations in the applications in the field of journalism in other coutries. |
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Analyses, evaluates and explains the research executed in the journalism and digital media fields. |
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X |
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Studies, discusses and interprets how the relationship between media devises, society and technology is formed. |
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X |
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Expresses the fundamentals and the historical, economical and international developments of digital media. |
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X |
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10 |
Understands the transformation of conventional journalism to digital media, evaluates the historical and economical and political processes. |
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X |
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11 |
Describes media convergence, compares and contrasts the periodical conditions and stakeholders. |
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X |
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12 |
Organises the contents production and usage of new areas in media, designs the necessary research and knowledge requirements for new media management. |
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X |
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13 |
Focuses on new media theories, exemplifies these theories and follows new perspectives. |
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14 |
Expresses technical concepts and information of communication sector that is changed due to new media and evolved with digitilization. Describes the required infrastructure necessary to use and remember the knowledge in the field. |
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X |
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Analyses the new production and marketing domains of conventional and digital media, associates these domains with new production forms. |
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ECTS
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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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Activities |
Quantity |
Duration |
Total |
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Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) |
16 |
3 |
48 |
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Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) |
14 |
12 |
168 |
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Mid-term |
1 |
3 |
3 |
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Homework |
1 |
45 |
45 |
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Final |
1 |
3 |
3 |
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Total Work Load |
267 |
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Total Work Load / 25 (h) |
8,9 |
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ECTS Credit of the Course |
9 |
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