GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
ECONOMY POLITICS OF MEDIA/5370007
Course Title: ECONOMY POLITICS OF MEDIA
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 2 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Prof. Serdar ÖZTÜRK
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.serdarozturk.net
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  iletisim2008@gmail.com,serdarozturk@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students know main terms related to political economy.
They apprehends political economy of media in accordance with classical and critical political economy theories.
The theory grasped in the course is adapted to developments in media sector.
They also adapt the theory of political economy of media into films.
 -- 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  What is political economy?
2. Week  Classical political economy
3. Week  Critical political economy
4. Week  Main approaches concerned with political economy of media
5. Week  Epistemology and method
6. Week  Differences of political economy of media
7. Week  Midterm exam
8. Week  Needs
9. Week  To grasp aesthetics and symbolic needs in terms of political economy of media
10. Week  Aesthetics and symbolic needs
11. Week  Production Process of Communication: Media Sector
12. Week  Production Process of Communication: Media Organisations
13. Week  A political economy framework about media organisation in Turkey
14. Week  Final exam
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Ollman, Bertell, Diyalektiğin Dansı (İstanbul: Yordam, 2010) Fraser, Ian, Hegel ve Marks'da İhtiyaç Kavramı (Ankara: Dost, 2008)
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
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 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 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
0
0
 Reading
14
6
84
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
12
12
 Final and Studying for Final
1
12
12
 Other
1
5
5
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
183
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.32
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X