COMMUNICATION DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
NMD4113 | Political Communication | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
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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 |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
Course Objectives: | This course starts from the basic concepts of political science and then aims to develop an understanding of how political actors, the public and the media interact in everyday politics and in times of crisis. It also brings an understanding of agenda-setting by exploring the interaction. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students grasp the basic concepts of political science, understand agenda-setting and understand how political actors, the public and the media interact in everyday politics and in times of crisis. |
After analyzing the interaction theoretically, students will explore it on practical basis, by going out to the field. This fieldwork will most basically involve participant observation and in-depth interviews. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | none |
2) | What is political communication | Perloff, 3-46 |
3) | The study of political communication | Perloff, 46-73 |
4) | Media and political knowledge | Perloff, 73-95 |
5) | Contemporary political socialisation | Perloff, 95-117 |
6) | Agenda Setting | Perloff, 119-136 |
7) | Agenda building | Perloff, 136-155 |
8) | Framing | Perloff, 155-180 |
9) | Behind political news | Perloff, 180-207 |
10) | Unpacking political news | Perloff, 207-233 |
11) | Communication and the election campaign | Perloff, 233-257 |
12) | Communication and the election campaign | Perloff, 257-316 |
13) | Communication and the election campaign | Perloff, 317-364 |
14) | presentations | none |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Perloff, Richard (2014) The Dynamics of Political Communication: Media and Politics in a Digital Age. New York: Routledge |
References: | yok |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
Field Work | 1 | % 50 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20 |
Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Field Work | 8 | 40 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 28 |
Project | 1 | 10 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 5 |
Total Workload | 125 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Create design oriented application for the visual communication design field. | |
2) | Resolve visual communication problems via concept based designs and an integrated perspective in the visual communication design field. | |
3) | Qualify in design directing through analysis and design processes. | |
4) | Display creative thinking, approach and production process skills. | |
5) | Integrate basic fields of visual communication; print, time-based and interactive media, through mastering each one of these fields individually. | |
6) | Identify complementary design solutions in the visual field in order to solve communication problems. | |
7) | Perform necessary operational skills in order to finalize products in the visual communication design field. | |
8) | Evaluate recent design trends and the evolving aesthetic perspectives. | |
9) | Use recent design softwares that coincide with the developing information technologies and communication channels. | |
10) | Interpret theoretical, historical and intellectual roots of the visual communication design field. | |
11) | Perform necessary time management in order to complete a visual communication design project. | |
12) | Demonstrate leadership qualities in a design team as well as individual skills during the progress of a visual communication design project. | |
13) | Display compositional solutions and aesthetic skills to fulfill design needs in a visual communication design work. | |
14) | Develop academical, intellectual and critical point of view for global, local and individual visual communication design works. | 3 |