Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to the course |
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2) |
Approaching media criticism: Reflections on motives, materials and methods |
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3) |
Manufacturing Consent: How free is our freedom of speech and press? |
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4) |
Being critical consumers of the news |
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5) |
Way of seeing |
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6) |
Discussion: Black Mirror |
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7) |
Discourse analysis as ideology analysis |
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8) |
Midterm |
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9) |
Gender, race and media representation |
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10) |
Post-colonial critic: Post-colonial theory |
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11) |
Douglas Kellner: Reflections on Modernity and Postmodernity in McLuhan and Baudrillard |
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12) |
Approaches to visual communication media criticism and their application to TV genres |
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13) |
2 examples of media bias |
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14) |
Evaluation of the term before final exam |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. |
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2) |
Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. |
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3) |
Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. |
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4) |
Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. |
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5) |
Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. |
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6) |
Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. |
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7) |
Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. |
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8) |
Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. |
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9) |
Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. |
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10) |
Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. |
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11) |
Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. |
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12) |
Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. |
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13) |
Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. |
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14) |
Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. |
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