BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | |||||
| 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 |
| NMD3103 | Issues in New Media Practices | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 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 TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | This course is designed to introduce the students both the classical and contemporary arguments about construction of reality in traditional and new media and equip them with theoretical and practical means to challenge various ways of information disorder. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; - Will have an understanding about the critical perspectives on construction of reality in traditional media. - Will learn about opportunities and limits of social media tools. - Will learn about the recent discussions about concepts such as “information disorder” and “fake news”. - Will be able to critically analyse (new) media content. |
Course Content
| New media technologies are developing at a very high speed changing the news and entertainment consumption habits of people constantly. As media production and consumption converge in a new form of practice, a new actor, someone not only consuming the media products as a passive audience but also an active participant in the production process; “prosumer” has emerged. In this era, the conventional media companies promising to stick to basics of information sharing such as accuracy, privacy, accountability are now challenged by vast number of prosumers. However, “information disorder” is not only an end result of this vast network society and prosumers, but also it is facilitated by various interest groups ranging from governments to opposition movements. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Overview of the course | |
| 2) | News, truth and post-truth | |
| 3) | Making news: Critical analysis | |
| 4) | Making news: Critical analysis | |
| 5) | Critical analysis of “the news” | |
| 6) | Critical analysis of social media | |
| 7) | Social media and politics | |
| 8) | Social media and politics | |
| 9) | Social media and politics | |
| 10) | Post-truth era | |
| 11) | Social media age | |
| 12) | Network society, prosumer and new media | |
| 13) | Project presentations | |
| 14) | Project presentations and review of the course |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Herman, Edward S. and Noam Chomsky, 2002. Manufacturing consent : the political economy of the mass media, New York : Pantheon Books Keyes, R., 2019. Hakikat sonrası çağ : günümüz dünyasında yalancılık ve aldatma, İzmir: Delidolu |
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Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 14 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 20 |
| Project | 2 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 50 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 30 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 70 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Quizzes | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Midterms | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Final | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 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) | Utilize the wealth of information stored in computer databases to answer basic biological questions and solve problems such as diagnosis and treatment of diseases. | 3 |
| 2) | Acquire an ability to compile and analyze biological information, clearly present and discuss the conclusions, the inferred knowledge and the arguments behind them both in oral and written format. | 4 |
| 3) | Develop critical, creative and analytical thinking skills. | 5 |
| 4) | Develop effective communication skills and have competence in scientific speaking, reading and writing abilities in English and Turkish. | 3 |
| 5) | Gain knowledge of different techniques and methods used in genetics and acquire the relevant laboratory skills. | 4 |
| 6) | Detect biological problems, learn to make hypothesis and solve the hypothesis by using variety of experimental and observational methods. | 4 |
| 7) | Gain knowledge of methods for collecting quantitative and qualitative data and obtain the related skills. | 3 |
| 8) | Conduct research through paying attention to ethics, human values and rights. Pay special attention to confidentiality of information while working with human subjects. | 5 |
| 9) | Obtain basic concepts used in theory and practices of molecular biology and genetics and establish associations between them. | 4 |
| 10) | Search and use literature to improve himself/herself and follow recent developments in science and technology. | 5 |
| 11) | Be aware of the national and international problems in the field and search for solutions. | 4 |