FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Department of New Media and Communication
NMC 102 | Course Introduction and Application Information
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Communication in History
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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NMC 102
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Spring
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3
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0
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3
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5
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| Prerequisites |
None
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| Course Language |
English
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| Course Type |
Required
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| Course Level |
First Cycle
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| Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The aim of the course is to introduce students to main periods, events and discussion points of the history of communication and media from the ancient empires till today. |
| Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course outlines main developments in history of communication and media. It shows the significance of technological developments in media and their impact on culture and society. |
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Core Courses | |
| Major Area Courses |
X
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| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
| 1 | Introduction to the course: An overview of the topics and themes | |
| 2 | Communication in the Ancient Empires | Innis, Harold, “Media in Ancient Empires”; Robinson, Andrew, “ The Origins of Writing”; Drucker, Johanna, “The Alphabet”; Havelock, Eric, “The Greek Legacy”; Logan,Robert K., “The Alphabet Effect”, in David J. Crowley, Paul Heyer,Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society, Longman Publishers USA, 1995. |
| 3 | Communication in the Middle Ages. Manuscripts and the Authority of Text | Burke, James, and Robert Ornstei, Robert, “Communication and Faith in the Middle Ages”; Thomas F. Carter “Paper and Block Printing- From China to Europe”, in David J. Crowley, Paul Heyer,Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society, Longman Publishers USA, 1995. |
| 4 | Printing Press | Mumford, Lewis “The Invention of Printing”; Thompson John B., “The Trade in News”, içinde David J. Crowley, Paul Heyer,Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society, Longman Publishers USA, 1995. |
| 5 | The Rise of Reading Public and the Emergence of the Public Space | Havelock, Eric, The Coming of Literate Communication to Western Culture, 1980, s.70-79. Cowan, Brain, The Social Life of Coffee: The Emergence of the British Coffeehouse, New Haven. Yale University Press, s.76-110. |
| 6 | Mid-Term I | |
| 7 | Photography | Charles Baudelaire, “The Modern Public and Photography”, içinde Fancis Frascina, Modern Art And Modernism: A Critical Anthology, 2018, s.107-28. |
| 8 | Magazines | Botein,Stephen, and Censer, Jack R and Ritvo, Harriet, "The periodical press in eighteenth-century English and French society: a cross-cultural approach", in Bon Harris, Politics and the Rise of the Press: Britain and France 1620-1800, 2008, 464–490. |
| 9 | Invention of Telegraph | Headrick, Daniel, “The Optical Telegraph”; Tom Standange, “Telegraphy”; . |
| 10 | Invention of Telephone | Claude S. Fischer, “The Telephone Takes Command”;James W. Carey, “Time, Space, and the Telegraph”, David J. Crowley, Paul Heyer,Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society, Longman Publishers USA, 1995. |
| 11 | Broadcasting: Radio | Kern, Stephen, “Wireless World” and Susan J. Douglas “Early Radio” in David J. Crowley, Paul Heyer, Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society, Longman Publishers USA, 1995. |
| 12 | Broadcasting: Television | Williams, Raymond, “introduction”, Television and Cultural Form, 1974. |
| 13 | Internet | Amalia E. Gnanadesikan, The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet, 2009, pp.50-5. Morozov, Evgeny, Making History (More than a Browser Menu) and Net Delusion : The Dark Side of Internet Freedom, 2012, pp.35-45. |
| 14 | Semester Review | |
| 15 | Mid-Term II | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | David J. Crowley, Paul Heyer, Communication in History: Technology, Culture, Society, Longman Publishers USA, 1995.ISBN: 0205483887 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, MIT Press, 1964. ISBN 978-0-262-63159-4 |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation |
1
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10
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| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments |
1
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30
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| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exams | ||
| Midterm |
2
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60
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| Final Exam |
-
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| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
4
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100
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| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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| Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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| Study Hours Out of Class |
-
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0
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| Field Work |
0
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| Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
-
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0
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| Portfolio |
0
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| Homework / Assignments |
1
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33
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33
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| Presentation / Jury |
0
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| Project |
0
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| Seminar / Workshop |
0
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| Oral Exam |
0
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| Midterms |
2
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33
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66
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| Final Exam |
-
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0
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| Total |
147
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| 1 | To be able to critically discuss and interpret the theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of the discipline of new media and communication. |
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| 2 | To be able to critically interpret theoretical debates concerning the relations between the forms, agents, and factors that play a role in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 3 | To have the fundamental knowledge and ability to use the technical equipment and software programs required by the new media production processes. |
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| 4 | To be able to gather, scrutinize and scientifically investigate data in the processes of production and distribution. |
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| 5 | To be able to use the acquired theoretical knowledge in practice. |
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| 6 | To be able to take responsibility both individually and as a member of a group to develop solutions to problems encountered in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 7 | To be informed about national, regional, and global issues and problems; to be able to generate problem-solving methods depending on the quality of evidence and research, and to acquire the ability to report the conclusions of those methods to the public. |
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| 8 | To be able to critically discuss and draw on theories, concepts and ideas that form the basis of other disciplines complementing the field of new media and communication studies. |
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| 9 | To be able to develop and use knowledge and skills towards personal and social goals in a lifelong process. |
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| 10 | To be able to apply social, scientific and professional ethical values in the field of new media and communication. |
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| 11 | To be able to collect datain the areas of new media and communication and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). |
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| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign language at a medium level of fluency efficiently. |
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| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. |
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