POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
NMD3206	Documentary News Production for New Media	Spring Fall	2	2	3	5

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Basic information

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
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Objectives:	This course aims to develop an understanding on the basics of documentary journalism and to improve the visual memory of students.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Students who succeed in this course will be able to have;
- developed an understanding on the essential elements of documentary filmmaking
- increased their knowledge and bradened their horizons about the specific roles storytelling plays on journalism and documentary-making
- grasped the fundamentals of technical opportunities made availabe to documentarists by new media technologies
- gained hands-on experience on novel ways of making narrative and / or experimental documentaries
- worked in groups to create an interactive documentary

Course Content

This course is about exploring and creating productions situated at the intersection of news, documentary and new media. The course will start by a discussion of elements of documentary style, followed by an analysis of novel ways of documentary film-making which make use of opportunities provided by new media. After a discussion of emerging technologies and techniques available to media-makers (such as location-based technologies, transmedia storytelling, crowdsourcing, and interactivity) and their implications for film and television documentary, students will be expected to work in teams to create a series of narrative and experimental documentaries.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction and Overview of the Course
2)	The role of documentaries on the construction of nation-state
3)	Documentary on the population exchange
4)	National holidays and documentary journalism
5)	Political parties, elections and documentary
6)	Social movements and documentary
7)	Documentary journalism in times of political crisis
8)	The evaluation and analysis of midterm exam
9)	Documentary journalism on anti-democratic movements
10)	Labor movement and documentary journalism
11)	Documentaries on historical political moments
12)	Telling the history through documentaries and memory
13)	Documentary production for peace
14)	Review of the term

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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	1	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Application	14	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Homework Assignments	10	2	20
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice.
2)	Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies.
3)	Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences.
4)	Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments.
5)	Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy.
6)	Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member.
7)	Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development.
8)	Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies.
9)	Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives.
10)	Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments.
11)	Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era.
12)	Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics.