The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Define the concept of sustainability,
2) Understand the causes of climate change from different dimensions,
3) Discuss the effects of climate change from sociological, cultural and psychological perspectives,
4) Analyze the challenges faced by climate scientists in communicating climate change,
5) Discuss the theoretical foundations of climate change communication,
6) Analyze case studies on climate change communication,
7) Learn climate change communication tools: visuals, storytelling, games, movies, events, advertisements, advocacy, new media,
8) Have information about climate change activism.
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| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Message in climate change communication: emotions, frames, storytelling |
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| 1) |
Introduction to the course |
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| 2) |
An overview of the concept of sustainability, climate change as a sustainability problem |
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| 3) |
An in-depth look at climate change: Causes; results; cultural, psychological and social perspectives
Progress on a global level: understanding why global agreements are important; examining the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, the IPCC
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| 4) |
What can we do for a more sustainable world?
Calculating carbon footprint
In-class activity |
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| 5) |
What is communication?
Disciplines related to climate change communication: Environmental communication, risk communication, science communication
In-class activity |
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| 6) |
Source in climate change communication: A view from the point of view of scientific organizations/people, companies, NGOs and governments. |
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| 7) |
Message in climate change communication: emotions, frames, storytelling |
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| 8) |
Midterm exam |
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| 9) |
Receiver in climate change communication: Who is the target audience in climate crisis messages, how is it determined?
In-class activity |
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| 10) |
Channels in climate change communication: traditional and social media, events, movies, advertisements, games |
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| 11) |
Climate activism |
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| 12) |
Communicating about climate change through art and science |
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| 13) |
Climate change and creativity |
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| 14) |
Review for the final exam |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society |
4 |
| 2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
3 |
| 3) |
Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area |
1 |
| 4) |
Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey |
1 |
| 5) |
Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product |
2 |
| 6) |
Being able to write a script ready to be shot |
2 |
| 7) |
Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment |
1 |
| 8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
1 |
| 9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
1 |
| 10) |
Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage |
1 |
| 11) |
Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white |
3 |
| 12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
5 |