|
| Course Description |
|
| Course Name |
: |
News Gathering and Writing Techniques |
|
| Course Code |
: |
AS 204 |
|
| Course Type |
: |
Optional |
|
| Level of Course |
: |
First Cycle |
|
| Year of Study |
: |
2 |
|
| Course Semester |
: |
Spring (16 Weeks) |
|
| ECTS |
: |
3 |
|
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
: |
Guest Instructor ÇETİNYİĞENOĞLU
|
|
| Learning Outcomes of the Course |
: |
Has the basic knowledge and skills in news gathering and writing techniques
Uses classical methods within practical syntheses of news writing techniques
Writes accurate news through comparisons of the wrong techniques
Uses the news verbs in an effective way
|
|
| Mode of Delivery |
: |
Face-to-Face |
|
| Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites |
: |
None |
|
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
: |
None |
|
| Aim(s) of Course |
: |
Aim of this course is to give students the basic knowledge and skills in news gathering and writing techniques. Preparing students to the profession of journalism with the support of experience. |
|
| Course Contents |
: |
In this course, the definition of news, the question of objectivity, journalists working in different media contexts, institutional and assessment, types of news, news gathering and news sources, questioning techniques, types of questioning, the basic elements and principles of news writing, types of transfer news, news language, spelling and written evaluation of the news / editorial topics will be covered. |
|
| Language of Instruction |
: |
Turkish |
|
| Work Place |
: |
Classroom |
|
|
Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities |
| Week | Subject | Student's Preliminary Work | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
|
1 |
Introduction |
meeting |
Conference |
|
2 |
Definitions of news |
Tokgöz, Demirkent |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
3 |
Issues of objectivity (homework-1) |
Tokgöz, Demirkent |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
4 |
working conditions of journalists |
Lecturer´s course file |
Conference |
|
5 |
News types (homework-2) |
Tokgöz, Demirkent |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
6 |
News gathering and news sources (homework-3) |
Lecturer´s course file |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
7 |
interviewing techniques (homework-4) |
Lecturer´s course file |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
8 |
interviewing types (homework-5) |
Lecturer´s course file |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
9 |
midterm exam |
file |
written exam |
|
10 |
basic elements in news writing (homework-6) |
Lecturer´s course file |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
11 |
basic principles in news writing (homework 7-8) |
Lecturer´s course file |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
12 |
types of transfering in news |
Lecturer´s course file |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
13 |
news language |
Lecturer´s course file, daily newspapers |
Comparative media analysis |
|
14 |
news writing rules |
Lecturer´s course file, daily newspapers |
Literature, Comparative media analysis |
|
15 |
evaluating the written news /redaction |
Lecturer´s course file, daily newspapers |
Comparative media analysis |
|
16/17 |
final exam |
all file |
written exam |
|
|
|
Required Course Resources |
| Resource Type | Resource Name |
| Recommended Course Material(s) |
 Oya, Tokgöz (2010) Temel Gazetecilik, İmge Yayınları
Nezih Demirkent, Medya Medya
Çetin Yiğenoğlu, lecturer´s course file
|
| |
| Required Course Material(s) | |
|
|
|
Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria |
|
Semester/Year Assessments |
Number |
Contribution Percentage |
|
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
60 |
|
Homeworks/Projects/Others |
10 |
40 |
|
Total |
100 |
|
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success |
40 |
| |
|
Final Assessments
|
100 |
|
Rate of Final Assessments to Success
|
60 |
|
Total |
100 |
|
|
| Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes |
| # | Key Learning Outcome | Contribution* |
|
1 |
Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. |
0 |
|
2 |
Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. |
0 |
|
3 |
Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. |
4 |
|
4 |
Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. |
3 |
|
5 |
Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. |
5 |
|
6 |
Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. |
0 |
|
7 |
Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). |
3 |
|
8 |
From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. |
0 |
|
9 |
As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. |
0 |
|
10 |
Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. |
5 |
|
11 |
Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad. |
0 |
|
12 |
While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. |
5 |
|
13 |
Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, |
3 |
|
14 |
Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly. |
0 |
|
15 |
Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. |
2 |
|
16 |
Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. |
4 |
|
17 |
Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. |
4 |
|
18 |
Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media) |
4 |
|
19 |
Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work |
0 |
|
20 |
Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning |
0 |
| * Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum). |
|
|
| Student Workload - ECTS |
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Related Works |
|
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) |
14 |
3 |
42 |
|
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) |
10 |
2 |
20 |
| Assesment Related Works |
|
Homeworks, Projects, Others |
10 |
2 |
20 |
|
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Final Exam |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
Total Workload: | 86 |
| Total Workload / 25 (h): | 3.44 |
| ECTS Credit: | 3 |
|
|
|