NEW MEDIA AND JOURNALISM

RTS616

Course Code: RTS616
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 15

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Doctorate Of Science

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Learn the transition of journalism though new media.
Learn the advantages that new media provided to journalism.
Evaluate the controversial fields that are emerged by new media.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

The new media influenced many sectors and directly influenced and transformed the field of journalism. Recently traditional media structures have reshaped themselves in line with the needs of the new media, accordingly many apparent transformations occurred in different fields such as the way that journalists gather and edit news and the way that they present news to readers / audiences. This course basically focuses on how journalism transforms with new media and it aims to evaluate both the avantages that new media practices provided to journalism field, and controversial fields that emerged with new media.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction of the Course
2^nd Week	Journalism From Past to Today
3^rd Week	New Media, New Journalism
4^th Week	journalism Practices from Tradition to Digital
5^th Week	Social Media as a Means of News Gathering
6^th Week	Social Media as a Means of Informing
7^th Week	Social Media Guides that Media Coorporations Use in Turkey and Worldwide
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Journalism, Fake News, Double Check and Social Media
10^th Week	Journalism in Crisis Periods and Digital Platforms
11^th Week	Independent Digital Journalism Platforms / From News Room to Individual Journalism
12^th Week	Social Movement - Global Events and Digital Journalism
13^th Week	Social Movement - Global Events and Digital Journalism
14^th Week	Digital Journalism in the Context of Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Discussions/ Digital Journalism and Control

Recommended or Required Reading

Pavlik, John V. Yeni Medya ve Gazetecilik. Phoneix Yayınevi, 2013
Tufekci, Zeynep. 2018. ?How Social Media Took Us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump.? MITTechnology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611806/how-social-media-took-us-fromtahrir-square-to-donald-trump/.
Clerwall, C. (2014). Enter the robot journalist. Journalism Practice, 8(5), 519?31.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2014.883116
Kormelink, T. G., & Costera Meijer, I. (2017). What clicks actually mean: Exploring digital news user practices. Journalism, 19(5), 668-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884916688290
Van Dalen, A. (2012). The algorithms behind the headlines: How machine-written news redefines the core skills of human journalists. Journalism Practice, 6(5-6), 648-658.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2012.667268

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Presentation
Case Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Presentation of Article	1	30
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X
K2		X	X
K3			X