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
NMD2905	Photojournalism	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 SİNAN AŞÇI
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None.
Course Objectives:	This program provides professional training for advanced photographers in the field of photojournalism. The core of this program is the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism Seminar, through the seminar, students are assisted in establishing a strong point of view that will nurture, strengthen, and enrich their individual projects.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;
- will be able to comprehend and decode photographs
- will be able to acquire and develop technical skills in photography
- will be able to start, develop and present photography projects
- will be able to create a personal portfolio
- will be able to share and discuss personal projects with the instructor, their classmates and professional from the field who will be guest-lecturers

Course Content

Each week, students will tackle a typical magazine assignment: read a manuscript, conduct research, "concept out," photograph, print, edit, and present work as an opening spread to a story. The class will critique work in an open forum. Discussions will also cover the practicalities of model releases, fees, portfolio presentation, and job delivery. Slide presentations and lectures will offer an overview of the history of magazines from their original goals to how they operate in today's market. Guest photographers, photo editors, and art directors will share their perspectives on the field.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Overview of the course
2)	The history of photojournalism and its icons
3)	Street photography
4)	Uygulama: bir sokak fotoğrafçısı olarak fotoğraf günlüğü oluşturma
5)	Discovering society with your eyes (Ara Güler lifetime work)
6)	The documentary project: the photographer as a storyteller
7)	Midterm exam
8)	Adobe Lightroom applications
9)	Photographer as a videographer I (theoretical aspects)
10)	Photographer as a videographer II (practical aspects)
11)	Close up photography
12)	The fundamental of portraiture and the interpretive portrait
13)	How to turn an idea into picture and a story? (e.g. Robert Frank, The Americans)
14)	When photography becomes art? (Josef Koudelka collected works)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

John Berger, Understanding a Photograph, Aperture, New York, 2013.
Ara Güler's Istanbul, Thames and Hudson, London & New York, 2009.
Kenneth, Kobre (2008). Photojournalism: The Professionals' Approach
ISBN-10: 075068593X
Daido Moriyama: Record ,Thames and Hudson, London&New York, 2017.
Diane Arbus, Revelations, Random House, U.S.A, 2003.
I. Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks of 1960s and 1970s, Aperture,NY, 2009.
Gilless Peres, Telex Iran, Scalo, Germany,1997.
Larry Towell, The Mennonites, Phaidon, London, 2000.
Sergio Larrain, Vagabond Photographer, T&H, London & New York, 2013.

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	13	% 0
Midterms	1	% 40
Final	1	% 60
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	13	3	39
Study Hours Out of Class	14	8	112
Midterms	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			157

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.	2
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.	5
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.
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.	3
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.	4