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DIGITAL GAME DESIGN
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
NMD4112 News Writing in English Spring 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

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 SİNAN AŞÇI
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: This course provides students news writing skills for different areas in English. The students can compare and evaluate the foreign newspapers, TVs, radios and web pages in terms on their contents. This course is very useful for the new media students in the sense that it covers news writing and reporting in English.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Students will be able to teach fundamental skills about writing news dispatches in English
2) To explore different styles of news language
3) To compare various media outlets on style (TV, print, online, radio, wire services etc.)
4) To explore and compare products of English language news outlets.

Course Content

This course is to be the guide to the knowledge, skills and attitude of the professional journalists. It teaches to write news for all media platforms like print, online, TV, radio. And also, this course specializes in different languages for different areas.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Relations between language characteristics and newspeak
2) Basic styles in English language news writing
3) Clichés and how to avoid them
4) Word economy
5) Writing for print media and headline skills
6) Writing for TV radio
7) Spoken word, reporting on the field and language of the street
8) Writing online texts
9) Comparing different outlets
10) Language and content. How they affect each other
11) Different areas and different languages
12) Explore quality and tabloid examples and compare them
13) Compare different titles in English media word
14) General review

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: News Writing, the Gathering, Handling and Writing of News Stories. Matthew Lyle Spencer. 2012. ISBN-1103879855
References:

Evaluation System

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

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Homework Assignments 14 1 14
Midterms 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
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