NMD3208 Advanced Media PerformancesBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
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
NMD3208 Advanced Media Performances Fall 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 TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Lecturer(s): Instructor BANU ŞAHİN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The aim of the course is to provide students with competence in all areas of broadcasting, especially video broadcasting, and to make them gain experience in preparing and presenting a program. Strengthening students' on-camera performances is one of the main outcomes of the course.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
- They will learn how to speak in an accurate and impressive way
- They will perceive the differences between speaking and writing language and pronunciation attributions
- Students would learn how to write a news on media organs like radio and television and practice readily.
- Students would learn how to present the news on media organs like radio and television and practice readily.
- Students would learn the skills of creating and presenting program content.

Course Content

Within the scope of this course; detailed information will be given about diction, news writing and presenting. Within this context; students would receive necessary education on diction, voiceover, writing and presenting of television and radio news, presenting of newscast and news, creating a newscast context. Necessary information about creating and presenting a program context, writing and presenting the news on radio and television will be provided in both theoretical and practical ways.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction to the course. Definition and practicing areas of being a correspondent, announcer and presenter.
2) The importance of breathing correctly
3) What is body awareness? How to use voice correctly?
4) Drama workout
5) Written language and spoken language
6) What does a correspondent do?
7) Alternative newspapers
8) What is rhetoric?
9) Midterm
10) How to prepare a program and its content for radio and TV
11) Non-verbal communications: The usage of gesture and mimic
12) Dos & Don'ts: Hosting a guest on TV and radio
13) Speaking in front of a camera in an advanced way
14) Evaluation before final

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: In accordance with course processing; internet and newspaper news, poems, various reading materials, documents of radio and television news will be handed for practice.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 50
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 13 3 39
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Midterms 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 113

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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.