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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD3206 | Documentary News Production for New Media | Spring | 2 | 2 | 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: | 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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: |
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 |
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 |
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 |