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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 |
LAW2104 | Media Law | Fall | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
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 MEHMET SİNAN ALTUNÇ |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi MEHMET SİNAN ALTUNÇ Prof. Dr. AYŞE NUHOĞLU |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | It is aimed to teach the legal regulations about the mass media devices and mass communication freedom and the changes made in those regulations during years. It is also aimed to teach the principles brought about the subject in the international documents and discuss those within court decisions and current events. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; -Get information about the main regulations of media law. -Understand what kind of disputes may arise in the field of media law. -Realize the importance of freedom of speech and expresiion within media law. |
Communications freedom in different political regimes, communications freedom in international documents and in the Constitution, communications freedom in Turkey, the grounds that the communications freedom might be restricted, types of publicatons, liability regimes in media law. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Genereal Information Communications Freedom in Different Political Regimes Communications Freedom in International Documents and in the Constitution | To read the related parts of the book, to read the events/decisions if given. |
2) | Communications Freedom in Turkey. | |
3) | Press regime | |
4) | Periodical publications | |
5) | Liability regime in Press | |
6) | Radio-TV Regime | |
7) | Radio-TV regime in Turkey | |
8) | Cinema-Video Regime | |
9) | Internet Regime | |
10) | Internet in Turkey | |
11) | Presentations | |
12) | Presentations | |
13) | Presentations | |
14) | Presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | İçel/Ünver, Kitle İletişim Hukuku, Beta, istanbul 2012. |
References: | Mahkeme kararları, güncel olaylar, farazi olaylar. Court decisions, current events, hypothetical events. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 14 | % 0 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | 20 | 20 |
Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload | 97 |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
7) | To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. | |
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. | |
9) | To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication. | |
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. |