GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATION/İLET-652
Course Title: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF COMMUNICATION
Credits 3 ECTS 3
Semester 6 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
The students comprehend that communications exist in an economic atmosphere and in a society where the conditions are set by the economic philosophy.
All kinds of structurings regarding communications are defined in accordance with the existing environment of political economy.
Communications is a superstructural organization and the objective of this course is to analyse the substructure defining it.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
   There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Communications and political economy: Introduction
2. Week  Media within the economical atmosphere that the society has.
3. Week  Historical development of Political Economy: Platon, Aristo.
4. Week  Scholastic Age: St Thomas Aquinas
5. Week  Age of enlightenment: Renaissance-Reform and the new World reshaped by the bourgeoisie.
6. Week  Attempts to explain the new World: W. Petty, D. Hume
7. Week  Changing sovereigns of the changing society: Land aristocracy and proprietors.
8. Week  Midterm
9. Week  Gaps in wealth, distribution and preliminary critics: (St. Simon, S. Sismondi, C. Prodhon, L. Blanch)
10. Week  A second World Proposal: Socialism.
11. Week  Scientific Socialism and Karl Marx: Analysis of capitalism and its criticism
12. Week  Collapse of communism in 1990s as a practice of socialism and unipolar World.
13. Week  Dynamic of the capitalist system: Solutions (unions, social security etc.)
14. Week  Capitalistic reorganization: Neo-liberal policies.
15. Week  EU and order of communication in the new World.
16. Week  Final
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - Haluk SELMAN:'History of Economic Thought' (Lecture note) Ankara 1999 - Alev SÖYLEMEZ: 'Media Economics' Haberal Foundation Press Ankara 1998
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
30
 Assignment
1
10
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
4
2
8
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
3
18
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
3
3
 Final and Studying for Final
1
5
5
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
79
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
3.16
 ECTS: 
3
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Explains theories, methods, concepts and interconceptual relationships in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.X
2Diagnoses the processes, methods and techniques about the production of scientific knowledge in Public Relations and Advertising.X
3Expresses the theoretical and practice-based knowledge in Public Relations and Advertising.X
4Associates the social, historical, cultural, political and economic dimensions of comunication.X
5Develops the skills required for an efficient use of modern technique and tools necessary for communicational practices.X
6Analyzes media texts from a critical perspective.X
7Uses information and communication technologies effectively .X
8Rearranges the knowledge in other disciplines of the social sciences in order to use it in the area of expertise.X
9Carries out studies in the field of public relations by taking responsibility in both individual and in team works.X
10Find ways to access information in the field of Public Relations and Advertising.X
11Follows theories, methods and technologies in the field of Public Relations.X
12Transfers his/her ideas and suggestions on problems to relevant people or institutions by fostering these ideas and suggestions with qualitative and quantitative data.X
13Acts with social responsibility and carries out works which are appropriate with ethical rules, laws, regulations and legislation in the field of Public Relations and ADvertising.X
14Uses the theories, methods, tools and technologies in the field of Public Relations and Advertising competentlyX