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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
NMD4107 Digital Content Management Spring 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: Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TİRŞE ERBAYSAL FİLİBELİ
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DİLARA TEKRİN
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: Determining the content needs by conducting preliminary research, designing a content strategy in line with these findings, and implementing the project. Gaining knowledge and experience on circulation principles in order to obtain maximum engagement rates.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) can experience every process in digital content management.
2) can design a content strategy
3) can design visuals and text to boost engagement
4) can adapt popular content formats and memes to content campaigns
5) can analyse content reports
6) can work as teams in content production and management

Course Content

Theoretical information about content management principles will be provided and students will have the opportunity of gaining hands-on experience in application of these principles. Students will work in groups such as a content team of a digital content agency. They will design a content strategy and create visual and textual content.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Introducing the syllabus & Introduction to the course
2) Characteristics of digital content
3) How to design a content strategy
4) Social media strategies
5) B2B vs B2C content strategies / Deadline for the 1st assignment
6) E-mail marketing strategies
7) User Generated Content / Deadline for the 2nd assignment
8) Virals, internet memes, remixes
9) Small Group Communication / Deadline for the 3rd assignment
10) SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
11) How to analyze a content strategy?
12) Group presentations and in class discussions
13) Group presentations and in class discussions
14) Group presentations and in class discussions

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies, New York: Taylor Francis. Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture. New York: New York University Press. The Sage Handbook of Social Media, Burgess, Marwick and Poell The Language of New Media, Lev Manovich Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach, Barker, Barker, Bormann, Zahay van Dijck, J. (2009). Users like you? Theorizing agency in user-generated content. Media, Culture & Society, 31(1), 41–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443708098245
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 1 % 10
Homework Assignments 3 % 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 5 70
Homework Assignments 3 5 15
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 130

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. 1
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. 4
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. 3
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
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. 1
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. 1
7) To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content. 5
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. 5
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