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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
GKD 5011	MEDIA LITERACY	ELECTIVE	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Buca Faculty Of Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ESRA BUKOVA GÜZEL

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education
Computer and Instructional Technologies Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Chemistry Teacher Education
Biology Teacher Education
Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education
Geography Teacher Education
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
French Language Teacher Education
Physics Teacher Education
PRE - SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION
ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
Special Teacher Education
Mathematics Teacher Education
Buca Faculty Of Education
German Language Teacher Education
Elementary Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education
History Teacher Education
Guidance and Psychological Counseling
FINE ARTS TEACHER EDUCATION
Social Studies Teacher Education

Course Objective

Gaining the ability to reach the right information by using internet and social media resources, get to know the power of internet and social media and being aware of the legal regulations and ethical principles on their use and their impact on society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Be able to recognize internet and social media resources.
2	Be able to reach the right information by using internet and social media resources.
3	Be able to know the legal and ethical arrangements for the use of internet and social media resources.
4	Be able to know the effects of the power of internet and social media resources on society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Information literacy
2	Conscious use of the Internet and social media
3	The effects of social media on individuals
4	Information dissemination and misleading power; power of news dissemination; media and perception management
5	Legal rights and responsibilities for media and internet
6	Copyright, personality rights
7	Information privacy, privacy violation
8	General Review, Course Evaluation, Midterm Exam
9	Language use in the media
10	News value and quality analysis
11	Popular culture
12	Male and female roles in the media
13	Consumer culture and advertising
14	Stereotyping in the media
15	Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Inal, K. (2009). Medya Okuyazarlığı El Kitabı, Ütopya Yayınevi
Bilici, I. E. (2018). Medya Okuyazarlığı ve Eğitimi, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık
Şimşek Cinman, M. ve Türkoğlu, N. (2016). Medya Okuryazarlığı, Pales Yayınları
KOLTAY, T. (2011). The Media and The Literacies: Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Di¬gital Literacy , Media Culture Society, 33(2) s.211-221.
POTTER, W. J. (2011). Media Literacy 5th edition, California: SAGE Publications.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, discussions and group studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	VZ	Midterm
2	FN	Semester final exam
3	BNS	BNS	Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4	BUT	Make-up note
5	BBN	End of make-up grade	Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zafer.tanel@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	1	15	15
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1				5
LO.2				5
LO.3				2
LO.4				2

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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