GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS/4360008

Course Title:	PUBLIC COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Compulsory

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Tuğba ASRAK HASDEMİR

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ahtuba

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

tubahasdemir@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

Learns the research and practices concerning public communication and public relations.
Know the basic theory and discussions about the state-society interaction which represents an important place in there practices.
Adopts the basic theory and discussions into his/her proffessional & academic life.

-- 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	General overview of the subjects and discussions included in the course
2. Week	Utilitarianism: Is society and state for individual?
3. Week	Liberal equality, Rawls and equity: A theoretical base for campaign of social responsibility
4. Week	Libertarianism, night watcher state and individual
5. Week	Marxism, a critical perspective for society-state relationship
6. Week	Communitarianism: Individual as a public man and community communication
7. Week	Feminism, sex-based perspective in public communication
8. Week	Midterm
9. Week	From modern to new conceptions of citizenship
10. Week	New communication technologies and new facilities for public communication
11. Week	New communication technologies, public communication and giving power to the citizen.
12. Week	Discussions on “Information Society”, practices of e-government: A new paradigm for public communication?
13. Week	Right to know and its practices as examples of public communication
14. Week	Concluding remarks on redefinition of society’s relation to state
15. Week	Civil society and politics of identity
16. Week	Final

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

Asrak Hasdemir, T. (2009), “Kamusal İletişim ve Bilgi Edinme Hakkı”, Türkiye’de Kitle İletişimi Dün-Bugün-Yarın içinde, K. Alemdar (der.), Ankara:Gazetecilik Cemiyeti Yayınları.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	1	20
Assignment	2	60
Exercises	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		80
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		20

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	16	3	48
Practising Hours of Course Per Week	0	0	0
Reading	14	4	56
Searching in Internet and Library	14	4	56
Designing and Applying Materials	0	0	0
Preparing Reports	0	0	0
Preparing Presentation	1	2	2
Presentation	14	1	14
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term	1	4	4
Final and Studying for Final	1	8	8
Other	0	0	0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			188
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.52
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
1						X
2						X
3						X
4					X
5					X
6						X
7					X
8					X
9						X
10						X
11						X
12						X

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