GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY/4360054
Course Title: CRITICAL MEDIA LITERACY
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   Asst. Prof. Gülsüm Gülnaz Gültekin
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   http://www.websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/gulsumg
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  gulsumg@gazi.edu.tr, gulsumgulnaz@gmail.com
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Understand how media messages create meaning.
Identify who created a particular media message.
Recognize what the media maker wants us to believe or do.
Name the "tools of persuasion" used.
Recognize bias, spin, misinformation and lies.
Discover the part of the story that's not being told.
Evaluate media messages based on our own experiences, beliefs and values.
Create and distribute our own media messages.
Become advocates for change in our media system.
 -- 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  Introduction basic concepts: media literacy,critical media literacy
2. Week   Critical Media Literacy: Kellner,Luke, Potter
3. Week  Media Constructs Industrial Realities Media= Money; Money = Media
4. Week  Critical Media Literacy:Kellner, Luke, Potter
5. Week  Critical Media Literacy: Buckingham and so forth
6. Week  Renee Hobbs: Seven Great Debates in Media Literacy
7. Week  The Opportunities of the Alternative Media and New Media
8. Week  Midterm Exam
9. Week  Participant Citizenship and Social Transformation
10. Week  Contemporary developments in media literacy
11. Week  Critical Media Literacy and Gender
12. Week   Media Literacy experiences in various countries
13. Week  Student Presentations and Discussion
14. Week  Student Presentations and Discussion
15. Week  Student Presentations and Discussion
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Alvarado, Manuel., Gutch, Robin. ve Wollen, Tana. (1988). Learning the Media. An Introduction to Media, London: Macmillan Education. Binark, Mutlu. ve Gencel Bek, Mine. (2007). Eleştirel Medya Okuryazarlığı. Kuramsal Yaklaşımlar ve Uygulamalar, İstanbul: Kalkedon. İnal, Kemal. (2009). Medya Okuryazarlığı. Elkitabı, Ankara: Ütopya. Buckingham, D. (ed.) Watching Media Learning. Making Sense of Media Education, London: The Falmer Pres.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
   Lecture, Question & Answe
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  -
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
1
20
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
60
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
40
 -- 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
12
4
48
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
3
18
 Designing and Applying Materials
4
3
12
 Preparing Reports
2
4
8
 Preparing Presentation
2
4
8
 Presentation
16
3
48
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
0
 Final and Studying for Final
0
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
190
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.6
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X