GEP0619 Using Media for CommunicationBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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
GEP0619 Using Media for Communication Fall
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: GE-Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: none
Course Objectives: This course presents a wide-scale, interdisciplinary analysis and guide to both analog and digital media. Practicing the media platforms, this course explores and analyzes practices of journalism, broadcasting in general and also it provides an effective knowledge to create personal blog and digital space. The students will learn to use networking tools effectively and strategically from analog to digital for both personal communication to public communication.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;
-will be acquainted with using media platforms
-will be ready to create their own digital media and space
-will enhance their own practical knowledge about effectivity of their own media
-will gain the necessary experience to create the blogs and the other necessary accounts for digital networking
-will be able to guide and/or lead social media accounts
-will use their abilities effectively during their professional experience

Course Content

This course covers the function and principles of media practices through analog in general specificy digital media. It provides students to create their own media in a strategic and effective way.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Presentation of the Aim of the course
2) Delivering the message, the news and the information: How do we reach each other?
3) How to provide personal and public information and news through media
4) Me and my community: Networking through Analog and Digital Media
5) Analog for all, digital for each.
6) Internet and the Digital Communication
7) Having your own blog, Twitter account, and publishing your own news.
8) Project 1
9) Citing, mentioning, tagging and let others know.
10) Strategic timing and publishing
11) Sending the message, catching the zeitgeist through your own media
12) Practicing communication skills: Effectivity of your own media
13) Presentation: Who are you, what is your media?
14) Last words: From personal communication to public communication
15) General review
16) Final Project

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Ders notları Kitap: Social Media Communication: Concepts, Practices, Data, Law and Ethics by Jeremy Harris Lipschultz
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
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PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK %
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Being able to identify problems and ask right questions 3
2) Having problem solving skills and developing necessary analytical attitude
3) Comprehending theoretical arguments along with counter arguments in detail
4) Gaining awareness of lifelong learning and being qualified for pursuing graduate education
5) Applying theoretical concepts in project planning
6) Communicating efficiently by accepting differences and carrying out compatible teamwork
7) Increasing efficiency rate in business environment
8) Developing innovative and creative solutions in face of uncertainty 3
9) Researching to gather information for understanding current threats and opportunities in business
10) Being aware of the effects of globalization on society and business while deciding
11) Possessing digital competence and utilizing necessary technology
12) Communicating in at least one foreign language in academic and daily life
13) Possessing managing skills and competence
14) Deciding with the awareness of the legal and ethical consequences of business operations
15) Expressing opinions that are built through critical thinking process in business and academic environment 3