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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 |
NMD3913 | Visual Journalism | Spring Fall |
3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Assoc. Prof. TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor HALUK ÇOBANOĞLU |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None. |
Course Objectives: | Public trust to TV and print media news is getting less everyday. There are many reasons affecting the public trust. Social media had turn to a fake news spreader filled with rumors conspiracy theories. Journalists working for electronic and online media should prepare their stories with more solid proofs and evidences. While working in the field as a tv or online journalists need to produce more pictures together with the sound. They need to edit them in simple cinematographic way to establish a contact between the story and the viewers. That should be done without any compromise of journalism ethics. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; Students who complete this course; 1. will make progress in understanding and comprehending the visual world. 2. will be able to gain and develop technical skills in developing visual projects. 3. will be able to initiate, develop and present photography and video projects. 4. will be able to create a personal portfolio. 5. will be able to share and discuss personal projects with all media 6. will capable of analyzing the story with visual aspects and editing it in ethical rules. |
The focus of the course is on visual journalism in digital age. Key issues include how visual journalism is practicing on the field, and how visual journalism is challenged by and profiting from developments of digital technology. Course Teaching Method includes discussion, case study, demonstration and practice, assignments, project preparation, individual and group work. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | |
2) | The basic technics of photography | |
3) | Photojournalism | |
4) | Video Journalism | |
5) | Video camera | |
6) | The Frame (Composition) | |
7) | The Light (Dramatic, Natural) | |
8) | Sound / Deadline for the 1st project | |
9) | Editing | |
10) | Digital publishing ethics | |
11) | Analysis on well known worldwide broadcasters of visual journalism / Deadline for the 2nd project | |
12) | Visual sense (pictures turning to a story) | |
13) | Making the multimedia report. Discussions on the multimedia reports prepared by the students | |
14) | Summary of the course topics, directions and notices for the final exam |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | 1) Visual journalism: Infographics from the world's best newsrooms and designers / edited by Robert Klanten and Anja Kouznetsova ; contributing editor, Javier Errea ; preface, profiles, and caption texts by Javier Errea ; translation from Spanish into English by Steven Tolliver 2) Visual journalism / David Machin ; Lydia Polzer 3) Data Journalism handbook / Jonathan Gray, https://datajournalism.com/read/handbook/one. 4) Televizyon program yapımcılığı : “bir televizyon yapımcısının bilmesi gereken her şey” / Colin Hart ; çev. Vedat Tayyar Erdamar |
References: | 1) BBC News Night 2) DW European Journal 3) ARTE Reportage 4) AL JAZEERA ENGLISH People and Power |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Project | 2 | % 60 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 0 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 100 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Project | 2 | 16 | 32 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 132 |
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. | 4 |
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. | 4 |
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. | 2 |
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. | 2 |
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. | 2 |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | 2 |
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. | 5 |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | 5 |
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. | 5 |