NEW MEDIA
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	Fall	2	2	3	5

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	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

Sources

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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)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.	3
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.	1
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.	4
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.	2
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.	4
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.	3
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.	4
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.	4
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.	4
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.	4