The aim of the course is to provide the students with advantages and disadvantages of doing journalism in digital age. However writing news details will be taught.
Prerequisite(s)
Corequisite(s)
Special Requisite(s)
Instructor(s)
LecturerBüşra Kaya
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule
Wednesday, 02.00 pm. İncirli Campus, 3A01.
Office Hour(s)
Wednesday, 10.00 am. İncirli Campus, 3A03.
Teaching Methods and Techniques
- Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
Principle Sources
-Yüksel, Okan. İnternet Gazeteciliği ve Blog Yazarlığı. Sinemis Yayınları, 2014.
-İnce, Mustafa. Haber Edinme Aracı Olarak İnternet ve İnternet Haberciliği. Eğitim Kitabevi
Yayınları, 2018.
-Duman, Kenan. İnternet Haberciliği: Kuram, Uygulama ve Eleştiri. Beta Basım Yayım, 2018.
-Uçak, Olcay. Değişen Gazetecilik ve Yeni Yasal Düzenlemeler. Derin Yayınları, 2011.
Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
2. Week
Comparison of traditional journalism and internet journalism, characteristics and brief history of internet journalism
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
3. Week
Effects of internet on journalism profession, internet newspapers in Turkey and in the world
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
4. Week
Discussion on internet journalism and media literacy, examination of sample internet news sites
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
5. Week
Examination of internet news sites
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
6. Week
Midterm exam
7. Week
News writing techniques in internet journalism, applied news writing
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
8. Week
Applied news writing, data journalism and investigative journalism
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
9. Week
Preparing, entering and publishing on the website
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
10. Week
Citizen journalism, blogs samples from Turkey and around the world
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
11. Week
Content analysis on blogs and social media accounts with news content
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
12. Week
Ethics in internet journalism, legal studies on fake news, examples about the subject
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
13. Week
Digital activism, slacktivism, hacktivism, leakage journalism
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
14. Week
Drone journalism, general overview
Lecture, Sampling, Presentation
15. Week
Final exam
16. Week
17. Week
Assessments
Evaluation tools
Quantity
Weight(%)
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To have theoretical and practical knowledge about Digital Media and Marketing
PO-2
To be able to think critically, free, original and creative, to be able to produce
PO-3
To be able to relate different areas of communication with each other, develop strategies, create interaction
PO-4
To have detailed knowledge about internet sites, mobile marketing, digital advertising, digital media planning, social media, digital analysis and measurement and to have professional application skills
PO-5
To have knowledge and application of data literacy and data management
PO-6
To be able to master changing communication strategies and technologies and manage processes
PO-7
To be able to produce content, present and manage skills within the scope of communication studies
PO-8
To be aware of the responsibilities and ethical obligations required by the profession and to act within the rules
PO-9
In working life; to be an efficient, productive and responsible individual in team work, to gain practical problem solving skills in business life problems
PO-10
To be able to follow the speed of the digital age and keep the information about the field constantly updated
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To learn advantages, disadvantages and features of internet journalism.
LO-2
To learn the characteristics of internet news sites and to be able to analyze the critical content of such sites.
LO-3
To comprehend the relationship between internet journalism. and media literacy and to evaluate the news with this awareness.
LO-4
To learn news writing techniques: umbrella head, subhead, 5N1K rule, inverted pyramid etc.
LO-5
To distinguish and interpret the differences between internet journalism and traditional journalism in terms of visuality and content.
