COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDIA AND RELIGION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ILS 3279 MEDIA AND RELIGION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Theology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET CEM ŞAHIN

Offered to

Theology
Theology (Evening)

Course Objective

To learn various religious themes debating in media and how these themes settled in related religious tradition in fact, and their meanings and functions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have an idea about the relation between religion and media
2   know media reading methods
3   can distinguish religious themes in media in respect of their context
4   can determine these themes in related religious literature
5   get ability of interpretation of issues which have been debated in media

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Religion in modern media
2 Religious themes in mass media
3 Indirectly religious themes
4 Doomsday
5 Ciphers
6 Superman/Savior
7 Miracles
8 Midterm Exam
9 Mysterious groups
10 Mysterious groups
11 Media themes and their true origins and meanings in religious literature
12 Case study
13 Case study
14 Debate

Recomended or Required Reading

1. R. Hayes-D. Grossman, Bilim Insanının Medya Rehberi, çev. M. Kayı, TÜBITAK, Ankara, 2008.
2. Sultan Unkun Ülger, Medya-Din Ilişkisi Üzerine Sosyolojik bir Araştırma: Kahramanmaraş Örneği, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Kahramanmaraş, 2007.
3. Sedat Cereci, Televizyonun Sosyolojik Boyutu, Şule Yay., Istanbul 1996.
4. Ulviye Ezerbolatoğlu, Iletişimin Kitlesel Etkisi Bağlamında Türkiye de Basının Dine Bakışı, Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi S.B.E. Samsun, 1996.
5. Examples from newspapers and televisions.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + BUT * 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)

To be announced.

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 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51