PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION (ENGLISH) | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD3202 | Media Critics | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None. |
Course Objectives: | This course aims to raise awareness of bias and ideology in the media that surround us daily. The course does not promote a particular political viewpoint, but challenges you to engage media critically, thereby becoming better informed citizens. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; - gain the ability to analyze news on different media platforms, - gain the ability to evaluate all components of the news; sentence structures, word selection, titles, photos, - are able to evaluate the effects of the media with a critical perspective. |
This course develops critical thinking on journalism and news media. Within the scope of the course, topics that will help students to critically approach the media will be examined in the light of colonialism, postcolonialism, ideology, gender, ways of seeing and many other theories. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the course | |
2) | Approaching media criticism: Reflections on motives, materials and methods | |
3) | Manufacturing Consent: How free is our freedom of speech and press? | |
4) | Being critical consumers of the news | |
5) | Way of seeing | |
6) | Discussion: Black Mirror | |
7) | Discourse analysis as ideology analysis | |
8) | Midterm | |
9) | Gender, race and media representation | |
10) | Post-colonial critic: Post-colonial theory | |
11) | Douglas Kellner: Reflections on Modernity and Postmodernity in McLuhan and Baudrillard | |
12) | Approaches to visual communication media criticism and their application to TV genres | |
13) | 2 examples of media bias | |
14) | Evaluation of the term before final exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1) Gender, Race, and Class in Media : A Critical Reader / editors, Gail Dines, Wheelock College, Jean M. Humez, University of Massachusetts, Boston. 2) Stokes, Jane (2003) How to do Media and Cultural Studies. London: Sage. |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 1 | % 50 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 13 | 3 | 39 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 127 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To have theoretical and practical knowledge required to fulfill professional roles and functions of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation field. | 2 |
2) | To act in accordance with ethical principles and values in professional practice. | 1 |
3) | To use life-long learning, problem-solving and critical thinking skills. | 4 |
4) | To define evidence-based practices and determine problem solving methods in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation practices, using theories in health promotion, protection and care. | 1 |
5) | To take part in research, projects and activities within sense of social responsibility and interdisciplinary approach. | 1 |
6) | To have skills for training and consulting according to health education needs of individual, family and the community. | 1 |
7) | To be sensitive to health problems of the community and to be able to offer solutions. | 1 |
8) | To be able to use skills for effective communication. | 5 |
9) | To be able to select and use modern tools, techniques and modalities in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation practices; to be able to use health information technologies effectively. | 1 |
10) | To be able to search for literature in health sciences databases and information sources to access to information and use the information effectively. | 1 |
11) | To be able to monitor occupational information using at least one foreign language, to collaborate and communicate with colleagues at international level. | 1 |
12) | To be a role model with contemporary and professional identity. | 5 |