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FILM AND TELEVISION
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
ADV4634 Ad Law 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 GÜL ŞENER
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the legal issues facing advertising and to examine and discuss the regulation standards in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Upon completing this course, students will;


1- Think critically about legal problems and solutions unique to advertising practice.
2- Conduct legal research and evaluate information by methods appropriate to the professions, audiences, and purposes that advertising targets/serves.
3- Understand ethical aspect of advertising practice through the assessment of legal regulations.

Course Content

This course involves the examination of legal regulations in terms of the advertising practice in Turkey.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introduction: Overview of the syllabus.
2) Advertising monitoring in Turkey: - RÖK - International advertising practice principles Related reading from the course book.
3) False advertising overview. Related reading from the course book.
4) False advertising: What is the truth? Related reading from the course book.
5) Copyrights
6) Competitive restrictions
7) Rising trend: Product placement. - What do new regulations bring? Supplementary reading will be distributed.
8) Case studies
9) Looking from the consumer side.
10) Ethical issues in advertising: - Special audiences: Children and youth Related reading from the course book.
11) Ethical issues in advertising: - Telling the truth. Selected reading from the course book.
12) Advertising law in practice: Professional point of view 1 - Guest speaker (Regulator)
13) Advertising law in practice: Professional point of view 2 - Guest speaker (Advertiser)
14) Advertising monitoring in a digital age: - Guest speaker (digital agency)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Reklam ve reklam mevzuatı, Zakir Avşar / Müge Elden
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 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 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 6 84
Midterms 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
Total Workload 134

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) 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
8) Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9) Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
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
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