NEW MEDIA
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
NMD2007	Media Technologies	Fall	3	0	3	6

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Must Course
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor MERT KUTLUK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	none
Course Objectives:	This course aims to make students investigate the history of media technologies ad well as their roles within social relations and social structure.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;
- will develop an analytical skill to contextualize the technological and technical developments within social, political and economic conditions of societies.
-demonstrate an understanding of the history and future of digital journalism.
- will be able to interpret the relationship between empirical power of some countries today and in the past and the technologies those countries invent, develop and sell to the other regions of the world.
- will grasp technological changes and the relations due to with their effects on global and local agents.
-learn about the basic usability criteria of digital news platforms

Course Content

This course introduces the basic concepts, principles and practices of digital journalism to students. The course is therefore designed to contribute to the students’ storytelling, news writing, research and reporting skills as well as introduce them to new techniques of journalism in digital sphere. By the end of the semester, students will be able to produce news across various digital platforms.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction	-
2)	Definition of language as technology
3)	Emergence and the rise of broadcast media
4)	Satellite technologies & GPS
5)	The Internet: TCP, IP, P2P
6)	Web 1-2-3: HTML, PhP, Semantic Web & Algorithms
7)	SEO & SEM & Online Economy & Attention Economy
8)	Surveillance and Privacy
9)	Encryption and Digital Security
10)	Streaming
11)	AI, machine learning, deep learning
12)	Blockchain: Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, NFTs, smart contracts
13)	Augmented reality & Virtual reality & Metaverse
14)	Review of the term

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Course pack will be prepared by the instructor and will be comprised of some selected chapters from these resources: David Park, Nicholas W. Jankowski and Steve Jones, The Long History of New Media, Peter Lang, 2011.
References:	Course pack will be prepared by the instructor and will be comprised of some selected chapters from these resources: David Park, Nicholas W. Jankowski and Steve Jones, The Long History of New Media, Peter Lang, 2011.

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 0
Seminar	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
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	5	70
Project	2	20	40
Homework Assignments	1	2	2
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			160

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)	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.	5
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
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.	5
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.	4
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.	5
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.	5
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.	1
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.	2
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.