COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ISB 5043 MEDIA LITERACY EDUCATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Social Studies Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR HASAN TÜRKER

Offered to

Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

This course is designed to develop critical thinking and eye on messages television, video, cinema, internet or media has. It aims to take a critical stance on influence of the messages on individuals and communities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the variety of communication and realize its items
2   Recognize the mass media
3   Understand mass media s development and effects on the process of history.
4   Analyse the effect of media on the society and individual.
5   Gain students the skills of analysis, synthesis, assesment and transmissionof mesages and knowledge and gain students critical perspective towards press.
6   Understand the importance of media literacy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Communication concepts and types of Communication
2 Mass communication, Historical development of mass communication tools
3 Media Concept and Functions of Media
4 Media and Ethics
5 Television Broadcasting as a common mass communication tool and Copyright
6 Family, children and Effects of Television
7 Radio, Functions of Radio and Effects of Radio Programmes
8 Midterm exam
9 Functions of Newspaper and Magazines
10 Internet, Functional Properties of Internet and its Usage.
11 Media and Politics
12 Media and Violence
13 Media and Culture
14 Media Literacy and its Field of Application
15 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

INAL. K. Medya Okuryazarlığı El Kitabı Ankara 2009, Ütopya yayınevi
MEB Medya Okuryazarlığı Dersi Öğretmen Kılavuzu Kitabı Ankara 2008. Devlet Kitapları Müdürlüğü
TÜRKOĞLU N.-CINMAN ŞIMŞEK M. Medya Okuryazarlığı Istanbul 2007. Kalemus Yayınları
SOLAK. Adem (Ed), Medya ve Şiddet Ankara2007. Hegem Yayınları
PEKMAN. C. Avrupa Birliği'nde Medya Okuryazarlığı , 2006
HALLORAN. M. Televziyonun Toplum Üzerindeki Etkileri, Televizyonun Etkileri, çev. Süheyl Gürbaşkan, Istanbul1973, Istanbul Reklam Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations, Debates, question and asnwer methods and projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hturker@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 7 3 21
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 6 5 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.1324
LO.24323
LO.34324
LO.44323
LO.54334
LO.64343

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