Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ECONOMICS & ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / ULS412 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Code: ULS412 Course Title: MEDIA AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer UMUT YUKARUÇ (umutyukaruc@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to gain the students the ability to analytically comprehend the relation between the media and politics.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can interpret relations between media and politics PO-2 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government.
PO-4 To be able to interpret and evaluate the current issues.
PO-6 To be able to identify their own learning needs and direct the learning.
PO-7 To be able to monitor developments using a foreign language at B1 level.
PO-16 Have detailed knowledge of geography and culture as well as the historical of Turkey and the world.
Examination
LO-2 can learn the historical process of media PO-2 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government.
PO-7 To be able to monitor developments using a foreign language at B1 level.
PO-11 To be able to develop a positive attitude towards lifelong learning.
Examination
LO-3 can learn new media PO-2 To be able to discuss the political, social and economic causes and results of the transformations experienced in a society or a government.
PO-7 To be able to monitor developments using a foreign language at B1 level.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Media tools, media history, media-capital relations, media-power relations, communication models, analysis of media language, alternative or new media, international relations, foreign policy.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Course introduction. Sharing the evaluation criteria with the students. The importance of the course, its place in the international relations discipline. Introduction to the course. What is the media? Lecture, discussion
2 Introduction to media studies. Development of media: theories and approaches-I Lecture, discussion
3 Introduction to media studies. Development of media: theories and approaches-II Lecture, discussion
4 Critical Theories: Frankfurt School Lecture, discussion
5 Critical Theories: British Cultural Studies, Relationship between Media and Popular Culture Lecture, discussion
6 Critical Theories: Political Economy, Media and Consent Production Lecture, discussion
7 CNN Effect: Representation and IR Lecture, discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Soft Power and Media Lecture, discussion
10 Public Diplomacy and Media Lecture, discussion
11 Media and International Movements Lecture, discussion
12 Media and Propaganda Lecture, discussion
13 Media, Disinformation and Manipulation Lecture, discussion
14 Pop Culture and IR-I Lecture, discussion
15 Pop Culture and IR-II Lecture, discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Chomsky, Noam ve Herman, Edward S. (2006), Rızanın İmalatı: Kitle Medyasının Ekonomi Politiği, (çev.) Ender Abadoğlu, Aram Yayınları, İstanbul
2 Debord, Guy (2010), Gösteri Toplumu, (çev.) Ayşen Ekmekçi ve Okşan Taşkent, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul
3 Baudrillard, Jean (2010), Tüketim Toplumu, (çev.) Ferda Keskin ve Hazal Deliceçaylı, Ayrıntı Yayınları, İstanbul
4 McLuhan, Marshall ve Fiore, Quentin (2005), Yaradanımız Medya: Medyanın Etkileri Üzerine Bir Keşif Yolculuğu, (çev.) Ünsal Oskay, Turkuvaz Kitap, İstanbul
5 Geoff Kemp and at all. (2016), Politics and Media, New Zealand.
6 Türkiye'de Medya Ekonomisi, Michael Kuyucu, Esen Kitap
7 İngiliz Kültürel Çalışmaları, Graeme Turner, 2016, Heretik, Ankara.
8 Media Culture: Cultural Studies, identity and politics between the modern and postmodern, Douglas Kellner, 2011, Routledge: London and New York.
9 Kitle İletişim Kuramları: Kavramlar, Okullar, Modeller, Burak Özçetin, 2018, İletişim Yayıncılık: İstanbul.
Required Course instruments and materials
Several books and articles, written and visual media.

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 %40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 %60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 3 14 42
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 11 33
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 1 4 4
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 3 12
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 3 5 15
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150